Supla is a Brazilian musician.

Biography

Supla was born April 2, 1966 in the city of São Paulo. He is the son of Senator Marta Suplicy

Marta Suplicy

Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcelos Suplicy is a Brazilian politician and psychologist. She was Mayor of São Paulo from 2001 to 2004 as a member of the Brazilian Workers' Party...

, who was elected in Nov. 2010 to an eight year term (former Mayor of São Paulo and former Minister of Tourism) and Senator Eduardo Suplicy

Eduardo Suplicy

Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy is a Brazilian left-wing politician, economist and professor. He is one of the founders and main political figures on the Workers Party of Brazil .-Biography:...

, elected Senator (1991/99), occupied the position of leader of PT (Labour Party) in the Federal Senate for three times.

Supla and his youngest, brother João Suplicy perform in the band, Brothers of Brazil,

Supla and João have performed in Edinburgh, Scotland , Prague, Czech Republic, New York, Zurich, Switzerland (Caliente Festival), London

London

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, (MTV Europe) and Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

.

Supla was also part of the winning team on the 2005 Rockgol

Rockgol

Rockgol is a television show from MTV Brasil, a football championship disputed by musicians. The show has been running since 1995. Currently, the matches are "narrated" by comedians Paulo Bonfá and Marco Bianchi, with sarcastic and sometime off-game comments, and putting nicknames on most...

 soccer championship.

Early history

Supla started his music career at 13 years old, playing drums for "Os Impossiveis" (The Impossibles). Later, he joined the band "Metropolis," also as a drummer.

At 17, Supla formed a band called "Zigue-Zague", in which he was the lead singer. The band changed the name to "Tokyo," and started writing material with a heavy punk influence. Tokyo lasted for three years, did two international tours, and released two studio albums for CBS Records. When the band imploded, Supla went solo.

Supla went on to release seven solo albums that have been well received, both commercially and critically. During a stay in New York City

New York City

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 in 1995, he formed the band "Psycho 69", which released one album.

In 2005, he released "Supla Só Na Loucura" as a DVD that includes a long form biographical documentary, a live show from the tour for the album "Menina Mulher", and other extras.

Supla has been singing cover songs together with the punk

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...

 Brazilian band Holy Tree

Holy Tree

Holly Tree is a punk band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed by George , Tito and Zé . They started on 1995, rehearsing in a rented basement. In 1996, they record their first EP, "Mom's Tea Party", under a label created by the Holly Tree themselves: Silly Sally Records...

. He has performed in Zurich, Switzerland (Caliente Festival), London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, (MTV Europe) and Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 (private shows/recording) where he was promoting his latest CD release, Vicious (Dec/2006).

Non-musical carer

Supla and João have been hosting and performing on Brothers, a one-and-a-half-hour, mainly live, variety show.

As an actor, Supla has participated in numerous films, TV shows, and soap operas. He has also recorded and performed live with some of Brazil's important musicians: Rita Lee

Rita Lee

Rita Lee Jones Carvalho , simply known as Rita Lee, is a Brazilian rock singer and composer. Lee continues to be a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegetarian...

 (from Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes ) are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. It was formed by two brothers and a vocalist, but has gone through numerous personnel changes throughout its existence...

), Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque...

, CSS, Max Cavalera

Max Cavalera

Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the heavy metal band Sepultura, before forming Soulfly in the late 1990s...

 (from Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

, Roger (from Ultraje a Rigor

Ultraje a Rigor

Ultraje a Rigor is a Brazilian rock band, which formed in 1980 and experienced great success along with other famous Brazilian rock bands from that time, like Titãs, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, Legião Urbana, and many others, mostly during the 1980s....

), Ira!

Ira!

Ira! was a Brazilian rock band that was founded in São Paulo in the early 1980s...

, Cauby Peixoto, etc. He also known for his performances with Ian McCulloch

Ian McCulloch (singer)

Ian Stephen McCulloch is an English singer, born in Liverpool, and is best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen.-Career:...

 from Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut...

.

In April 2007, he began taping his TV Show, "O Rei da Mídia" (The King of Media) for the national channel SBT Supla spends part of his time interviewing musicians, politicians, soccer players and celebrities.

On May 15, 2007, Supla (as sole curator) opened the exposition "ROCKERS" at FAAP

FAAP

Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado is a higher education institution in São Paulo, Brazil. It was created in São Paulo, in 1947, over the estate of the French Count Armando Alvares Penteado....

 (National Gallery). Photographer Bob Gruen

Bob Gruen

Bob Gruen is an American photographer known for his rock 'n' roll photographs.Gruen was born in New York City. He began photographing rock stars with Bob Dylan and served as John Lennon's personal photographer during his time in New York City. Gruen is best known for his photograph of Lennon...

 showed 290 pictures from his portfolio of Rock Gods exposed in their private and public moments of history.

Solo albums

• Vicious (2006)
• Supla Só Na Loucura (DVD) (2005)
• Menina Mulher (2004)
• Bossa Furiosa (2003)
• Político e Pirata (2002)
• Charada Brasileiro (2000)
• Psycho 69 (1995)
• Encoleirado (1991)
• Motocicleta Endiabrada
• I like Sex (1989)

TV Shows

• Familia (MTV
  MTV Brasil
  MTV Brasil is the Brazilian version of MTV, owned by Abril Mídia, the nation's largest magazine publisher, under license from Viacom - owned MTV Networks Latin AmericaMTV Brasil is one of two versions of MTV available in free-to-air terrestrial television...
  
  )
• Vídeos Lá Em Casa Com Supla (MTV)
• Casa Dos Artistas (SBT)
• Informer - H do Huck (BAND
  Rede Bandeirantes
  Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...
  
  )
• Viva A Noite - The King Of Midia (SBT)
• Brothers (RedeTV!)

Films

• O Poeta Da Vila
• Sua Excelência O Candidato
• Rock Estrela
• Nas Duas Almas (short)
• A Agenda (short)
• Uma Escola Atrapalhada
• O Segredo Dos Golfinhos
• Viva Voz

Telenovelas

• Sex Appeal (Globo
  Rede Globo
  Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
  
  )
• Um Anjo Caiu do Céu (Globo)
• Celebridade (Globo)

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