GNR (band)
Encyclopedia
GNR is a Portuguese
band founded in 1981. This band shares its acronym (Grupo Novo Rock, Portuguese for Group of New Rock) with the Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard) and is inseparable from the concept of Portuguese rock
. Many years after its creation, numerous recordings show the band's popularity. The band is always represented by the charismatic Rui Reininho
, singer, author of numerous lyrics and songs, he was one of the most loved by the media - and often controversial - symbol of the Portuguese rock scene.
Alongside Toli César (guitarist, former drummer) and Jorge Romão (bass), Rui Reininho and GNR create concerts where irony
, parody
and provocation dominate. They stage - in a language often enriched by the Porto
slang - the caricatured and stereotyped sides of the city's inhabitants. In their work, the words and music assume other tonalities to evoke a nostalgia that is connected to the city, to love and to the frailty of emotions.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
band founded in 1981. This band shares its acronym (Grupo Novo Rock, Portuguese for Group of New Rock) with the Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard) and is inseparable from the concept of Portuguese rock
Portuguese rock
The Portuguese rock scene has a fifty year history, and is popular within that country.-History:Rock music arrived to Portugal in the late 1950s with Joaquim Costa....
. Many years after its creation, numerous recordings show the band's popularity. The band is always represented by the charismatic Rui Reininho
Rui Reininho
Rui Reininho is since 1981 the lead vocalist of Portuguese rock band GNR. Singer, author of numerous lyrics and songs, he was one of the most loved by the media - and often controversial - symbol of the Portuguese rock scene. He was born in Porto....
, singer, author of numerous lyrics and songs, he was one of the most loved by the media - and often controversial - symbol of the Portuguese rock scene.
Alongside Toli César (guitarist, former drummer) and Jorge Romão (bass), Rui Reininho and GNR create concerts where irony
Irony
Irony is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions...
, parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
and provocation dominate. They stage - in a language often enriched by the Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
slang - the caricatured and stereotyped sides of the city's inhabitants. In their work, the words and music assume other tonalities to evoke a nostalgia that is connected to the city, to love and to the frailty of emotions.
Studio Albums
- Independança (1982)
- Defeitos Especiais (1984)
- Os Homens Não Se Querem Bonitos (1985)
- Psicopátria (1986)
- Valsa dos Detectives (1989)
- Rock in Rio Douro (1992)
- Sob Escuta (1994)
- Mosquito (1998)
- Popless (2000)
- Do Lado dos Cisnes (2002)
- RetropolitanaRetropolitanaRetropolitana is the eleventh album by the Portuguese band GNR. It was announced for the first time ever the April, 21st 2010. The first single, Rei do roque, will be released for May, 1st 2010.-External links:...
(2010)