Rui Reininho
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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
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Reininho recorded his first LP in 1977, with the Anarband band. The GNR only started to play in concert from 1980 onwards. They used to play for Carvalhido Church parochial parties in Porto and other similar events in the area. Rui Reininho went to a concert of GNR in Pavilhão do Académico (a sports pavilion in Porto) in order to interview the band and was eventually invited to join the group. In 1981, Reininho recorded his first album with GNR and remained with the band.
Rui Reininho and GNR create concerts where irony, parody and provocation dominate. The band had great success in Portugal during the 1980s and early 1990s when they reached a peak of nearly 200 live performances by year. They stage - in a language often enriched by the Porto slang - the caricatured and stereotyped sides of the city's inhabitants.
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...
rock band GNR
GNR (band)
GNR is a Portuguese band founded in 1981. This band shares its acronym with the Guarda Nacional Republicana and is inseparable from the concept of Portuguese rock. Many years after its creation, numerous recordings show the band's popularity...
. 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
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...
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Reininho recorded his first LP in 1977, with the Anarband band. The GNR only started to play in concert from 1980 onwards. They used to play for Carvalhido Church parochial parties in Porto and other similar events in the area. Rui Reininho went to a concert of GNR in Pavilhão do Académico (a sports pavilion in Porto) in order to interview the band and was eventually invited to join the group. In 1981, Reininho recorded his first album with GNR and remained with the band.
Rui Reininho and GNR create concerts where irony, parody and provocation dominate. The band had great success in Portugal during the 1980s and early 1990s when they reached a peak of nearly 200 live performances by year. They stage - in a language often enriched by the Porto slang - the caricatured and stereotyped sides of the city's inhabitants.