The Autoramas are a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian surf/alternative

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

/indie/powerpop band that started in the late 90s and continue playing to this day.

History

The Autoramas formed in 1997 when Gabriel Thomaz (guitarist and vocalist) moved to Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 and got together with Bacalhau (drummer) and Simone (bass player). Their music is a mixture of surf music from the 60s, with New Wave

New Wave music

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 from the 80s and the energy of Punk Rock.

They released their first album, Stress, Depressão & Síndrome do Pânico, in 2000. Songs from this CD were played on radios throughout the country as well as MTV Brazil. They toured throughout all of Brazil including performing at Rock in Rio

Rock in Rio

Rock in Rio is a series of music festivals held in three cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lisbon in Portugal and Madrid in Spain.Four incarnations of the festival were in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991, 2001 and 2011, four in Lisbon, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and two in Madrid in 2008 and 2010....

 III.

Their second album, Vida Real, was released at the end of 2001, which resulted in another national tour as well as an international tour in Japan- where a compilation called Full Speed Ahead was released.

2003 marked the release of their third album, Nada Pode Parar os Autoramas with the hit Você Sabe. In 2004 they toured in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Uruguay

Uruguay

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 and Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

.

In 2007 they toured Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

and released their 4th album, Teletransporte.

Albums

• Stress,Depressão & Síndrome do Pânico - 2000
• Vida Real - 2001
• Nada Pode Parar Os Autoramas - 2003
• Teletransporte - 2007
• Música Crocante - 2011