Cachorro Grande is 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 rock band from Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

, Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

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In 2003, the music video for Lunático was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2003 MTV Video Music Brasil. In 2007 they won the MTV Video Music Brasil for Best Live Performance.

Original bassist Jerônimo "Bocudo" left the band in 2005. He was then replaced by current bassist Rodolfo Krieger.

Discography

• Cachorro Grande - 2001
• As Próximas Horas Serão Muito Boas - 2004
• Pista Livre - 2005
• Todos os Tempos - 2007
• Cinema - 2009

Influences

• The Beatles
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• The Rolling Stones
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• The Kinks
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• The Who
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• Small Faces
• Supergrass
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• Os Mutantes
  Os Mutantes
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• Oasis
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• Jethro Tull
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• Led Zeppelin
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