Mamonas Assassinas

Mamonas Assassinas was a satirical Brazilian rock band. Their lyrics, music and live performances were as famous as their tragic end: on March 2, 1996, the plane in which they were flying crashed into the Cantareira mountain range, near São Paulo, causing the death of all the band members. The short lived band enjoyed a "meteoric" success, being celebrated even 22 years after its end.[1][2]

Mamonas Assassinas
OriginGuarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil
GenresComedy rock, Heavy Metal, Forró, Pagode
Years active1989–1996
LabelsEMI
Associated actsUtopia
Past membersDinho
Samuel Reoli
Júlio Rasec
Sérgio Reoli
Bento Hinoto

The band's name carries a double-entendre as, in Portuguese mamonas can be either the name of the Castor oil plant, which contains the highly toxic comount ricin (their logo incorporated a castor bean) or the augmentative for mamas, meaning breasts (which were prominently pictured on the album cover). The band mentioned model Mari Alexandre as an influence to the name, and even translated the name into English as "Killer Big Breasts".[3]

The musical style of Mamonas Assassinas members employed a humorous mixture between rock and a wide range of styles. They often borrowed elements from other music, among which were the main riff of the Portuguese Vira ("Vira-Vira"), Northeastern Brazilian rhythms like forró ("Jumento Celestino"), Mexican music ("Pelados em Santos"), heavy metal ("Débil Metal"), sertanejo ("Bois Don't Cry"), and even pagode ("Lá Vem o Alemão"). This combination can be easily checked at their videos, where various references to many cultures were found.

History

Early years and major era

The band started its activities in 1989 without Dinho, in a band called Utopia, performing covers of Legião Urbana and Rush. Soon Dinho was incorporated, and Utopia performed in the suburbs of São Paulo. They even did release an album, but it sold less than 100 copies. Just as the band noticed the comedical intromissions and songs on their concerts were better accepted than the serious performances, the band decided to fully embrace the comedy on their music, including a change to a double entendre name.[4] Their first demo reached Rafael, son of the artistic director of EMI-Odeon, João Augusto Soares. João Augusto hired the band afterwards

The plane crash

The band's successful 8-month career came to an end along with all band members' lives on March 2, 1996, due to a plane crash. After a show in Brasília, the band was flying to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, in Guarulhos where they were to embark on a journey to Portugal. Twelve hours before the band met their untimely end, band member Julio Rasec told reporters he'd had a nightmare the previous evening about the plane crashing - but laughed it off.[5]

The aircraft was a Learjet 25[6] that was having multiple radar problems even prior to takeoff. On final approach to land on runway 09R,[6] the pilot decided to abort the attempt and went-around. As it flew around the runway for a second attempt to land, it crashed into the side of a heavily forested mountain in the Cantareira range, at 23:16.

Videography
  • 1996: MTV na Estrada (MTV on the Road) (re-released in DVD in 2004)[7]
  • 2002: Show Ao Vivo em Valinhos 1996 (Live in Valinhos)
  • 2008: Por Toda Minha Vida - Mamonas Assassinas (Exhibited in TV Globo)[8]
  • 2011: Mamonas para sempre (Documentary)[9]

Members

All of them were born in Guarulhos, except Dinho, who was born in Irecê, a town from Bahia state.

  • Alecsander Alves (known as Dinho) - vocals
  • Alberto Hinoto (Bento Hinoto) - guitar
  • Samuel Reis de Oliveira (Samuel Reoli; "Reoli" is a contraction of the last names Reis and Oliveira) - bass guitar
  • Júlio César Barbosa (Júlio Rasec; Rasec is "César" spelled backwards) - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Sérgio Reis de Oliveira (Sérgio Reoli; Samuel's older brother) - drums

Discography

Studio albums
Year Album
1992 A Fórmula do Fenômeno, as Utopia
  • Released: 1992
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  • Label: Independent
1995 Mamonas Assassinas
  • Released: 1995
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  • Label: EMI

Compilation albums
Year Album
1998 Atenção, Creuzebek: A Baixaria Continua (1998, posthumous album)
  • Released: 1998
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  • Label: EMI

Live albums
Year Album
2006 Mamonas Ao Vivo (2006, posthumous album)
  • Released: September 24, 2006
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  • Label: EMI

Singles
Year Single Album
1995 "Pelados em Santos" Mamonas Assassinas
"Robocop Gay" Mamonas Assassinas
"Vira-Vira" Mamonas Assassinas
"1406" Mamonas Assassinas

References
  1. "Com orçamento de R$3 mi, musical sobre Mamonas quer conquistar nova geração" [With a R$3 mi budged, musical about Mamonas targets new generation] (in Portuguese). UOL. 2 February 2016. a banda, que fez sucesso meteórico entre 1995 e 1996
  2. "Internautas homenageiam Mamonas Assassinas 21 anos após acidente" [Mamonas Assassinas is celebrated by users on the internet 21 years after accident]. O Globo. 2 March 2017.
  3. "Mamonas Assassinas". Por Toda a Minha Vida. 2008-07-10. Rede Globo.
  4. Mamonas Assassinas profile at CliqueMusic
  5. globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/memoria-globo/v/mamonas-assassinas-morte-1996/4850859/
  6. "Acidentes Aéreos - Mamonas Assassinas" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  7. pt:MTV na Estrada (Mamonas Assassinas)
  8. pt:Por Toda a Minha Vida#Mamonas Assassinas
  9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2154685/
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