Welcome to
El
(Mutantes' Planet)
Non-official site of the most revolutionary brazilian rock'n'roll band
Members of Tropicália, Brazil's last major musical movement, Os
Mutantes weren't only sideckics of Gilberto Gil and Caetano
Veloso. Neiher just "Rita Lee's former band". Os
Mutantes were probably the most important and influent Brazilian
rock band. The first one to use rock as a base to achieve more
sofisticated goals; the first one to mix pop and rock music with
brazilian popular music, following the way opened by the writers
Oswald and Mário de Andrade, leaders of Modernismo, the 20's
decade revolutionary literature style. All this and tons of
humour and gibe, resulting in package that deeply bothered the
most conservative parts of Brazilian society.
Although almost
two decades have passed since the band ended, the importance of
Mutantes' work can still be sensed in Brazilian popular music.
Brasilian musicians of many different tendecies did cover some of
the band's songs. Foreign musicians , such as Kurt Cobain (who
bought the complete collection of the band, during the period of
time he spent in Brazil for a rock festival) had also expressed
their admiration for Mutantes' work in several ocasions. However,
a whole generation of brazilians who grew up listening to the
bands that appeared in the national boom of rock in the 80's
doesn't know much about this pioneers. This site is trying to do
it's part in spreading the Mutantes' music to the world. Long
live to rock'n'roll. Long live to the music of the Mutantes.
: number of beings dragged to this odd
planet. (Since
02/02/97)
*I'm still adapting the rest of this site to English. The links below will take you to pages written in Portuguse.
Albums
Lyrics
F.A.Q.
Who covered Mutantes
Gallery
Credits
Thanks
Links