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Leo Lago always needed to create, to write, to draw, to compose. And it was this needing that made him, in 1997, along with his brother Leandro, to start the punk band Selvagens (what means Wild Ones). Both sang and were the band main songwriters, and Leandro played the bass. Along with Gustavo in the guitar and VJ in the drums, they had recorded their first work, Punkixe, in 1998. Sixteen songs, three covers (Ramones, Troggs, Trashmen), recorded live at the studio in three hours. The great influence was the punk rock of the Ramones, but there were some songs that tried new paths, as "Gato morto" (Dead Cat), "Rock 1/2 doido" (Crazy rock song) and "Nowhere to go" (a blues-punk that mix with samba/bossa-nova by the end).
In 2000, they recorded an EP, Lucas 12:49, this time with Lissandro in the guitar and Jorge in the drums. Four songs, three re-recordings from Punkixe and one Raul Seixas´ cover ("S.O.S.").
The EP receives a good review in the magazine Rock Press, but soon they disband. By this time, Leandro began to play guitar too and they began to record at home in the computer, programming the drums. They give up to look for new musicians for the band, but continue recording songs and trying new sounds more and more.
So, in 2006, Asilo Arkham para músicos insanos (Arkham Asylum for the musically insane), the new album, is almost ready, with 21 tracks, between songs and vignettes. It never was oficially released, but mp3s were put in the Internet. Punk continues here and there, in songs as "Ode à loucura" (Ode to crazyness) and in the do-it-yourself spirit; but they had new influences and increased the experiments, as in "Terezinha canta um blues" (Terezinha sings the blues), "Dozedê Didi", "A Corja" (The scum) and "Anunziô Zumbi", that received good reviews in sites as Overmundo and GarageBand..
The idea was to change the name of the band and put out Arkham Asylum as the first work as a duo, but, with the lack of time of Leandro, never was acomplished.
Then Leo Lago began to create songs alone, programming all the instruments. What started in a shy way gained force after the good commentaries received by the song "Blues de pai Joaquim" (Father Joaquin´s blues)", and later by "Vegetais" (Vegetals) and "Salve o cavaleiro" (Hail to the knight) at the site Overmundo, by the end of 2006. So, little by little, he creates the album central idea and other songs were made, giving birth to Venturas e desventuras do engenhoso Cavalleiro do Lago (Graces and disgraces of the ingenious Knight of the Lake), finally released in September, 2007, with 18 songs.
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 | Cantiga ( 2073 Listens ) | |
| | É Natal de novo ( 773 Listens ) | |
| | Moça vestida de seda ( 516 Listens ) | |
| | Salve o cavaleiro ( 457 Listens ) | |
| | Sejam benvindos ao Asilo ( 337 Listens ) | |
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