Matanza (band)
Encyclopedia
Matanza is a Brazil
ian punk rock
band from Rio de Janeiro
. Their music is a blend of hardcore punk
, country
and heavy metal
, thus forming the genre that the media titled countrycore.
, adapted to the tempo of a drum was heard as that of Scottish band The Exploited
. With drummer and bassist Nervous and Diba, they recorded a demo in 1998 called Terror em Dashville
.
In 1999, a new recording would attract the attention of producer Rafael Ramos
, and lead the Matanza to sign with the now defunct Music for the April release of their first CD. Already on the charts in China
, Santa Madre Cassino
was recorded in December 2000 and launched in March the following year, shortly before being the band was dropped by their record label for the lack of a radio hit.
Matanza then brought Rafael Ramos
of Deckdisc
to the studio and record their second album, Música para Beber e Brigar (Music to Drink and Fight to), which is more similar to Faust
. Album highlights are "Pé na Porta, Soco na Cara" ("Foot to the Door, Fist to the Face") and "Bom é Quando Faz Mal" ("It's Good When It's Bad") whose music videos were directed by Eduardo Kurt, also responsible for "Ela Roubou Meu Caminhão" ("She Stole My Truck") from the first album, and all those who were said to be a tribute to Johnny Cash.
The project To Hell with Johnny Cash started out as a compact four songs the band would play at their shows but in a short time grew to a full 12-track album, containing only covers of Johnny Cash songs. In early 2005, with the emergence of new media, the result was a CD-DVD, recognized as the first DualDisc
title of a Brazilian artist in the country.
Recorded in mid 2006 and launched in October of that year, A Arte do Insulto (The Art of Insult) revealed a vastly more professional band, able to face the road in a way inconceivable in their early career. The seriousness with music would be expressed in the tone of the lyrics, the weight of the composition and intensity of the show, which would later become a DVD. The work to promote the album also featured the video for "Clube dos Canalhas" ("Scoundrels' Club") directed by Rudi Lagemann and photographed by Tuca Andrade, and with the Matanza Comix magazine with comics Alan Sieber, Arnold White
, Daniel Ete, among others, Donida himself being the publisher.
The record MTV Apresenta Matanza recorded at Hangar 110 in December 2008 and directed by Romi Atarashi, has Jonas on drums and marks the transition to a new phase. Guitarist Donida left the stage to devote himself exclusively to the composition of the band. His place on the stage is occupied by Mauricio Nogueira (Ex-Torture Squad
).
Five years after A Arte do Insulto the Matanza launches Odiosa Natureza Humana (Hateful Human Nature) in March on Deckdisc. The 5th studio album (plus 4 unreleased) began to be made in 2010 and was recorded in three days, live to tape, (no digital recording) and had production by Rafael Ramos. After a 15-year career, six CDs and a DVD out and an annual average of 90 concerts, Odiosa Natureza Humana brings Matanza more Matanza than ever: heavy, fast, grumpy, ironic and touching the country-hardcore that is their trademark.
, violence
, alcohol
and women. They have an atmosphere of old American West. The media dubbed the style created by the band Countrycore. The band members are fans of Johnny Cash, and in 2005 they recorded an album of cover songs to songs of the early stage of his career, dubbed To Hell With Johnny Cash. In 2006 album, A Arte do Insulto Matanza explores various aspects of traditional Irish music.
The main composers are Donida and Jimmy London.
Jimmy London hosted the Brazilian version of Pimp My Ride, aired in MTV Brazil in 2007.
Donida edited the band's magazine "Matanza Comix" in mid 2007.
Demo albums
Live albums
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 punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band from 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...
. Their music is a blend of hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
, country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, thus forming the genre that the media titled countrycore.
Biography
Matanza was conceived in 1996 by Jimmy London and Donida, given the idea to explore the simple and straightforward melodies of the early career of the American singer Johnny CashJohnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
, adapted to the tempo of a drum was heard as that of Scottish band The Exploited
The Exploited
The Exploited are a Scottish punk band from the second wave of UK punk, formed in 1979. Originally a street punk band, they transformed into a faster hardcore punk band with a heavy political influence. From about 1987 on they changed into a crossover thrash band...
. With drummer and bassist Nervous and Diba, they recorded a demo in 1998 called Terror em Dashville
Terror em Dashville
Terror em Dashville is the original demo tape by the Brazilian band rock Matanza released in 1998 only in cassette version.-Track listing:#"Gore Doom Jamboree" - 01:45#"Imbecil" - 01:30...
.
In 1999, a new recording would attract the attention of producer Rafael Ramos
Rafael Ramos
Rafael “Fito” Ramos is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during his career.-References:*...
, and lead the Matanza to sign with the now defunct Music for the April release of their first CD. Already on the charts in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Santa Madre Cassino
Santa Madre Cassino
Santa Madre Cassino is the debut studio album by the Brazilian band Matanza released in 2001.-Track listing:#"Ela Roubou Meu Caminhão" - 03:45#"Mesa de Saloon" - 03:15...
was recorded in December 2000 and launched in March the following year, shortly before being the band was dropped by their record label for the lack of a radio hit.
Matanza then brought Rafael Ramos
Rafael Ramos
Rafael “Fito” Ramos is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during his career.-References:*...
of Deckdisc
Deckdisc
- History :The Deckdisc officially began his career as a record label in 1998, with distribution from Universal Music. The first success was the series of sound bars, which reached one million copies sold in its five volumes. It was founded by John Augustus who was CEO of Virgin Records, which is...
to the studio and record their second album, Música para Beber e Brigar (Music to Drink and Fight to), which is more similar to Faust
Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical...
. Album highlights are "Pé na Porta, Soco na Cara" ("Foot to the Door, Fist to the Face") and "Bom é Quando Faz Mal" ("It's Good When It's Bad") whose music videos were directed by Eduardo Kurt, also responsible for "Ela Roubou Meu Caminhão" ("She Stole My Truck") from the first album, and all those who were said to be a tribute to Johnny Cash.
The project To Hell with Johnny Cash started out as a compact four songs the band would play at their shows but in a short time grew to a full 12-track album, containing only covers of Johnny Cash songs. In early 2005, with the emergence of new media, the result was a CD-DVD, recognized as the first DualDisc
DualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...
title of a Brazilian artist in the country.
Recorded in mid 2006 and launched in October of that year, A Arte do Insulto (The Art of Insult) revealed a vastly more professional band, able to face the road in a way inconceivable in their early career. The seriousness with music would be expressed in the tone of the lyrics, the weight of the composition and intensity of the show, which would later become a DVD. The work to promote the album also featured the video for "Clube dos Canalhas" ("Scoundrels' Club") directed by Rudi Lagemann and photographed by Tuca Andrade, and with the Matanza Comix magazine with comics Alan Sieber, Arnold White
Arnold White
-Early life:In 1879, he married Helen Constance , only daughter of Lowell Price of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire. She predeceased him and they had one son.-Politics:...
, Daniel Ete, among others, Donida himself being the publisher.
The record MTV Apresenta Matanza recorded at Hangar 110 in December 2008 and directed by Romi Atarashi, has Jonas on drums and marks the transition to a new phase. Guitarist Donida left the stage to devote himself exclusively to the composition of the band. His place on the stage is occupied by Mauricio Nogueira (Ex-Torture Squad
Torture Squad
Torture Squad is a Brazilian death/thrash metal band, founded in 1990 which has released six studio albums and one live album. The band released their newest album, Aequilibrium, in 2010.-History:...
).
Five years after A Arte do Insulto the Matanza launches Odiosa Natureza Humana (Hateful Human Nature) in March on Deckdisc. The 5th studio album (plus 4 unreleased) began to be made in 2010 and was recorded in three days, live to tape, (no digital recording) and had production by Rafael Ramos. After a 15-year career, six CDs and a DVD out and an annual average of 90 concerts, Odiosa Natureza Humana brings Matanza more Matanza than ever: heavy, fast, grumpy, ironic and touching the country-hardcore that is their trademark.
Style and Influences
The band has a sarcastic and cynical lyrics that speak of hatredHatred
Hatred is a deep and emotional extreme dislike, directed against a certain object or class of objects. The objects of such hatred can vary widely, from inanimate objects to animals, oneself or other people, entire groups of people, people in general, existence, or the whole world...
, violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
, alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
and women. They have an atmosphere of old American West. The media dubbed the style created by the band Countrycore. The band members are fans of Johnny Cash, and in 2005 they recorded an album of cover songs to songs of the early stage of his career, dubbed To Hell With Johnny Cash. In 2006 album, A Arte do Insulto Matanza explores various aspects of traditional Irish music.
The main composers are Donida and Jimmy London.
Members
- Jimmy London – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Maurício Nogueira – leadLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
and rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together... - Donida – lead and rhythm guitar
- China – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jonas – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Jimmy London hosted the Brazilian version of Pimp My Ride, aired in MTV Brazil in 2007.
Donida edited the band's magazine "Matanza Comix" in mid 2007.
Discography
Studio albums- Santa Madre CassinoSanta Madre CassinoSanta Madre Cassino is the debut studio album by the Brazilian band Matanza released in 2001.-Track listing:#"Ela Roubou Meu Caminhão" - 03:45#"Mesa de Saloon" - 03:15...
(2002) - Música Para Beber e Brigar (2003)
- To Hell with Johnny Cash (2005)
- A Arte do Insulto (2006)
- Odiosa Natureza Humana (2011)
Demo albums
- Terror em DashvilleTerror em DashvilleTerror em Dashville is the original demo tape by the Brazilian band rock Matanza released in 1998 only in cassette version.-Track listing:#"Gore Doom Jamboree" - 01:45#"Imbecil" - 01:30...
(1998)
Live albums
- MTV Apresenta Matanza (2008)