Titãs
Encyclopedia
Titãs are a rock
band from São Paulo
, Brazil
. Their best-known line up is the one in the album
Cabeça Dinossauro
(1986): Nando Reis
(bass guitar, vocals), Branco Mello
(vocals), Marcelo Fromer
(guitar), Arnaldo Antunes
(vocals), Tony Bellotto
(guitar), Paulo Miklos
(sax, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), Charles Gavin
(drums) and Sérgio Britto
(keyboards, vocals). Out of these, only Mello, Bellotto, Miklos, and Britto remained in the band as of today.
Titãs are one of the most successful bands in Brazil
, having sold more than 6.3 million albums and having been covered by several well-known Brazilian artists and a couple of international singers.
They started their career with nine members on its line-up. Apart from Reis, Mello, Fromer, Antunes, Bellotto, Miklos and Britto, they had also Ciro Pessoa
as lead singer. However, he quickly left the band even before the first album, Titãs
was released. André Jung
was the current drummer in the beginning, but just after Titãs was released, he also quit and was replaced by current drummer Charles Gavin. This formation kept the same until 1992, when Antunes left the band to pursue a solo career. Same did Reis in 2002, after the release of A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana
. Before that, however, Fromer was killed in July 2001 when a motorcycle rammed him at Avenida Europa, São Paulo. In 2010, Gavin left the band due to personal reasons.
The band has released their new album in June 2009, titled Sacos Plásticos
(Plastic Bags). The first single from the album was "Antes de Você
" ("Before You"), and it received radio airplay on May 7. The second single was "Porque Eu Sei que É Amor
" ("Because I Know It's Love") and it reached #16 at Brasil Hot 100 Airplay
at the end of the seventies
and, after their first live performance at the school itself in 1981, the band began to perform live in several night clubs around the city. The first formation was: Arnaldo Antunes (vocals), Branco Mello (vocals), Marcello Fromer (guitar), Nando Reis (bass), Paulo Miklos (sax and vocals), Sergio Britto (keyboards and vocals), Tony Bellotto (guitar), Ciro Pessoa (vocals) and André Jung (drums). It was a pop
/new wave
-styled band, with a rather conventional sound and odd looks, with tender and little ball neckties. In 1984, without Ciro Pessoa, who left over a disagreement about Andre Jung's drumming skills, the band signed with the WEA label to record their first album, Titãs
, produced by Pena Schimdt, and featuring songs previously recorded with Pessoas's vocals. Although poorly promoted and hardly a success, the band spawned their first hit: "Sonífera Ilha
", later recorded by singer Moraes Moreira.
In 1985, with Charles Gavin replacing André Jung on drums (the latter going on to Ira!
), their second album, Televisão
, produced by Lulu Santos
, was released with tighter arrangements than their debut album. Not only was the title track a great hit, the album was more heavily promoted than the first one and brought more opportunities to the group.
, released in June 1986, contained a lot of tracks criticizing the public institutions ("Estado Violência" and "Polícia"), as well as other "pillars" of the Brazilian society and indeed society in general ("Igreja" and "Família"). The heavy and punk
-influenced rhythms and the forceful lyrics, characteristic of the band in this phase, are fully represented in this album which is considered by the critics one of the best works of the group and one of the landmarks of the Brazilian rock
.
Jesus Não Tem Dentes No País Dos Banguelas
, released at the end of 1987, continued in the same vein as the previous album in tracks like "Nome aos Bois", "Lugar Nenhum" and "Desordem", however adding samplers in tracks like "Corações e Mentes", "Todo Mundo quer Amor", "Comida" and "Diversão". After some international performances, the band recorded some of their hits in live Montreux Festival
and released Go Back in 1988. The biggest hit to come out of Go Back was a live version of the song "Marvin" which is a re-invented version of "Patches" by Dicky Lee made famous by Elvis.
The producer Liminha (a former adjunct member of Os Mutantes
) was always an important associate of the band since Cabeça Dinossauro, and this association arrived to its climax in Õ Blésq Blom
, one of the most popular productions of the band by that time. Some of the prominence tracks: "Miséria", "Flores", "O Pulso" and "32 Dentes". One of the prominent features of this work was the special guest appearance of a couple of improvisors, called Mauro and Quitéria, discovered by the band in a beach in Recife
.
mark a strong yaw at the musicians' style, searching for heavier, alternative and authorial sound, along with scatological lyrics. The members themselves produced the album and the work was possibly the final reason for Arnaldo Antunes
to leave for a solo career. The following album, Titanomaquia
, in 1993, continued the previous work in a way, with heavy instrumentation and aggressive lyrics, only now produced by Jack Endino
, producer of important bands like Nirvana
, which contributioned for the grunge
-influenced sound.
In 1995 the band decided to take a break for one year during which many of its members decided to work solo or work with other bands (most notably Nando Reis), or to do different activities. Tony Bellotto, for example, wrote his first book.
By releasing Domingo
at the end of 1995, the band definitively took up a pop
sound, but its popularity only reached a second climax on the commemorative work, Titãs - Acústico MTV
(MTV Unplugged), their most successful album, released in 1997, which sold 1,7 million copies. Recorded Live, MTV Acustico not only revisited their career up to that point but it also had a song which became an immediate hit named "Pra dizer Adeus".
This record was followed by Volume Dois
, modelled in the same way of their unplugged album, only recorded in studio.
The record of covers of others artists in As Dez Mais
wasn't very sucssesful (despite Aluga-se
's and Pelados em Santos
' charting) and the band decided to make another interval in 2000.
On June 11, 2001 Marcelo Fromer was rammed by a motorcycle in São Paulo and died two days later of Brain death
. It was a hard stroke to the band, which started recording their new album the day after. A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana
was released at the end of 2001 and brought "Epitáfio
" as the prominence song (a-side of the title track
) which could represent the moment lived by the band that, after losing Marcelo Fromer, saw the departure of Nando Reis, who currently leads a successful solo career with many singles prominent in Brazilian charts (including songs penned for other artists) fronting his own band Nando Reis e os Infernais
.
Regarding the death of Marcelo, this statement was published on June 20, 2001 at Titãs official site:
) to play in their album Como Estão Vocês?
(How Are You?). As this album was released, the five remaining members continued to write the history of more than 20 years of the band. With self-help hits as "Enquanto Houver Sol
", questions on relevance remain on Titãs' side, which faced declining sales and the ageing of their fanbase.
In 2005, they released another MTV-branded album, only this time in a non-acoustic live performance. This album generated a new hit for the group, called "Vossa Excelência
", that basically criticizes the hypocrisy and lack of care from politicians, thus bringing the band back to its roots. It was seen as another opportunistic stunt by Brazilian critics, as the song was released exactly when Lula
's government was facing manifold accusations of corruption
.
On February 18, 2006, Titãs opened the Rolling Stones free concert at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro
for an audience of some 1.5 million people.
In 2007, the band started a tour, entitled 25 Anos de Rock (25 Years of Rock), joining Os Paralamas do Sucesso to celebrate the 25th anniversary
of both bands, as well as the 25th anniversary of the rising of 1980s Brazilian rock bands
. The two line-ups played together most of the time on the shows, presenting also some invited musicians, like Arnaldo Antunes
, Andreas Kisser
and Dado Villa-Lobos
. The concert in Rio de Janeiro
, which took place at January 26, 2008, was recorded and filmed. The resulting CD and DVD from the show were released five months after.
".
For most of 2008 and early 2009, the band recorded their latest studio album, the Latin Grammy
-winner Sacos Plásticos
. The album was released on June 3, 2009, through Arsenal Music. The producer, Rick Bonadio, had already worked with artists such as Fresno
and NX Zero
. The first single from the album was "Antes de Você
" ("Before You"). It was featured at the Caras & Bocas
(current 19pm Rede Globo
telenovela
) soundtrack. The second single was "Porque Eu Sei que É Amor
" (Because I Know It's Love) which was featured in Cama de Gato
(a Brazilian telenovela that also features the song "Pelo Avesso" as opening theme, from their 2003 album Como Estão Vocês?).
In an interview to Jornal da Tarde
, and regarding the music of the new album, Bonadio stated:
During an interview, keyboardist Sérgio Britto said the band is planning to start recording a new album in 2011.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Their best-known line up is the one in the album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Cabeça Dinossauro
Cabeça Dinossauro
- Covers :* Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura made a cover of "Polícia", present on the b-side of their Territory single, the digipak and Brazilian pressings of their 1993 album Chaos A.D. and the compilation Blood-Rooted)....
(1986): Nando Reis
Nando Reis
Nando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
(bass guitar, vocals), Branco Mello
Branco Mello
Branco Mello is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles for the movies.- Childhood :...
(vocals), Marcelo Fromer
Marcelo Fromer
Marcelo Fromer was the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. One of the founding members and also the band's manager, he died in 2001, after being hit by a motorcycle while jogging.- Childhood :...
(guitar), Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
(vocals), Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto
Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books. Tony keeps a column called "Cenas Urbanas" at Brazilian magazine Veja.- Childhood :Bellotto decided to be a rock...
(guitar), Paulo Miklos
Paulo Miklos
Paulo Roberto de Souza Miklos is a multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor from Brazil. He is best known for his works for the band Titãs, which he is a member since its beginning, in 1981. Singing and playing the harmonica and the sax are some of his most notable contributions for the band. As...
(sax, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), Charles Gavin
Charles Gavin
Charles de Souza Gavin is a drummer and musical producer, whose fame comes mainly from his drums works at Brazilian rock band Titãs.- Biography :...
(drums) and Sérgio Britto
Sérgio Britto
Sérgio Britto is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the keyboardist and vocalist for the band Titãs, and also for his solo albums, in which he played the acoustic guitar...
(keyboards, vocals). Out of these, only Mello, Bellotto, Miklos, and Britto remained in the band as of today.
Titãs are one of the most successful bands in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, having sold more than 6.3 million albums and having been covered by several well-known Brazilian artists and a couple of international singers.
They started their career with nine members on its line-up. Apart from Reis, Mello, Fromer, Antunes, Bellotto, Miklos and Britto, they had also Ciro Pessoa
Ciro Pessoa
Ciro Pessoa Mendes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, journalist and poet. Formerly a member of rock band Titãs and the founder and lead vocalist of the now-defunct post-punk band Cabine C, he currently follows a solo career, releasing two albums as of yet.-Early life:Ciro Pessoa was born in São...
as lead singer. However, he quickly left the band even before the first album, Titãs
Titãs (album)
Titãs is the debut album of Brazilian rock band Titãs. It is the only album to feature André Jung on drums. The album also features Pena Schmidt's production, polishing the edges to the vanishing clear-cut point and burying instruments over layers of synths and electronic drumming typical of the...
was released. André Jung
André Jung
André Jung is a Brazilian drummer and journalist, best known for his performances in the band Ira!. He has also been a member of Titãs, although he has released only one album with them. Curiously, the drummer that he replaced in Ira! went to play with Titãs, with whom he played with until 2010...
was the current drummer in the beginning, but just after Titãs was released, he also quit and was replaced by current drummer Charles Gavin. This formation kept the same until 1992, when Antunes left the band to pursue a solo career. Same did Reis in 2002, after the release of A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana
A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana
A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana is the eleventh studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It was dedicated to Marcelo Fromer, the band's former guitarist, who died in 2001, just before the beginning of the recording sessions of the albums...
. Before that, however, Fromer was killed in July 2001 when a motorcycle rammed him at Avenida Europa, São Paulo. In 2010, Gavin left the band due to personal reasons.
The band has released their new album in June 2009, titled Sacos Plásticos
Sacos Plásticos
- Personnel :* Paulo Miklos - Lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14....
(Plastic Bags). The first single from the album was "Antes de Você
Antes de Você
"Antes de Você" is a single by Titãs, released on May 7, 2009. It is composed and sung by Paulo Miklos.Regarding the song, he stated the following:...
" ("Before You"), and it received radio airplay on May 7. The second single was "Porque Eu Sei que É Amor
Porque Eu Sei que É Amor
"Porque Eu Sei que É Amor" is a single by Titãs, released in July 2009. It is composed by Sérgio Britto and Paulo Miklos and sung by the latter. The song is featured at the soundtrack of Rede Globo's telenovela Cama de Gato....
" ("Because I Know It's Love") and it reached #16 at Brasil Hot 100 Airplay
Billboard Brasil
Billboard Brasil is a monthly Brazilian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap...
Beginnings and first works
Most of the band members met at Colégio Equipe in São PauloSão Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
at the end of the seventies
1970s
File:1970s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: US President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil...
and, after their first live performance at the school itself in 1981, the band began to perform live in several night clubs around the city. The first formation was: Arnaldo Antunes (vocals), Branco Mello (vocals), Marcello Fromer (guitar), Nando Reis (bass), Paulo Miklos (sax and vocals), Sergio Britto (keyboards and vocals), Tony Bellotto (guitar), Ciro Pessoa (vocals) and André Jung (drums). It was a pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
-styled band, with a rather conventional sound and odd looks, with tender and little ball neckties. In 1984, without Ciro Pessoa, who left over a disagreement about Andre Jung's drumming skills, the band signed with the WEA label to record their first album, Titãs
Titãs (album)
Titãs is the debut album of Brazilian rock band Titãs. It is the only album to feature André Jung on drums. The album also features Pena Schmidt's production, polishing the edges to the vanishing clear-cut point and burying instruments over layers of synths and electronic drumming typical of the...
, produced by Pena Schimdt, and featuring songs previously recorded with Pessoas's vocals. Although poorly promoted and hardly a success, the band spawned their first hit: "Sonífera Ilha
Sonífera Ilha
"Sonífera Ilha" is the first single by Titãs, released on 1984. The song, like its b-side, "Toda Cor", was composed by Ciro Pessoa. Sonífera Ilha is among a few of Ciro's contributions to Titãs...
", later recorded by singer Moraes Moreira.
In 1985, with Charles Gavin replacing André Jung on drums (the latter going on to Ira!
Ira!
Ira! was a Brazilian rock band that was founded in São Paulo in the early 1980s...
), their second album, Televisão
Televisão
Televisão is the second single by Titãs, released in 1985. The song criticizes television, how it has dominated people's life and how it presumably reduces people's intelligence, as expressed in the lines "A televisão me deixou burro, muito burro demais" .It would be later used as the credit music...
, produced by Lulu Santos
Lulu Santos
Lulu Santos, stage name of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos is a Brazilian singer and guitarist, considered one of the great names of Brazilian rock.- Career :...
, was released with tighter arrangements than their debut album. Not only was the title track a great hit, the album was more heavily promoted than the first one and brought more opportunities to the group.
Up to the Spotlights
In November 1985, Tony Bellotto and Arnaldo Antunes were arrested for heroin traffic and transportation. The episode made so much of an impact in the band, the next album, Cabeça DinossauroCabeça Dinossauro
- Covers :* Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura made a cover of "Polícia", present on the b-side of their Territory single, the digipak and Brazilian pressings of their 1993 album Chaos A.D. and the compilation Blood-Rooted)....
, released in June 1986, contained a lot of tracks criticizing the public institutions ("Estado Violência" and "Polícia"), as well as other "pillars" of the Brazilian society and indeed society in general ("Igreja" and "Família"). The heavy and 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...
-influenced rhythms and the forceful lyrics, characteristic of the band in this phase, are fully represented in this album which is considered by the critics one of the best works of the group and one of the landmarks of the Brazilian rock
Brazilian rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese.-Overview:Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956, with the screening of the film The Blackboard Jungle, featuring Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", which would later be covered in Portuguese by Nora...
.
Jesus Não Tem Dentes No País Dos Banguelas
Jesus Não Tem Dentes No País Dos Banguelas
Jesus não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas is the fourth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs...
, released at the end of 1987, continued in the same vein as the previous album in tracks like "Nome aos Bois", "Lugar Nenhum" and "Desordem", however adding samplers in tracks like "Corações e Mentes", "Todo Mundo quer Amor", "Comida" and "Diversão". After some international performances, the band recorded some of their hits in live Montreux Festival
Montreux Festival
Montreux Festival is a Blues album by Albert King, Chico Hamilton andLittle Milton, recorded live on July 1, 1973 at the Montreux Jazz Festival.-Track listing:#"In View" – 12:20#"Let Me Down Easy" – 6:35...
and released Go Back in 1988. The biggest hit to come out of Go Back was a live version of the song "Marvin" which is a re-invented version of "Patches" by Dicky Lee made famous by Elvis.
The producer Liminha (a former adjunct member of 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...
) was always an important associate of the band since Cabeça Dinossauro, and this association arrived to its climax in Õ Blésq Blom
Õ Blésq Blom
Õ Blésq Blom is the fifth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The name of the album means "The first men who walked on the Earth" in the language created by Mauro and Quitéria, two repentistas from the state of Pernambuco. The language is a mixture of Portuguese, English, Italian...
, one of the most popular productions of the band by that time. Some of the prominence tracks: "Miséria", "Flores", "O Pulso" and "32 Dentes". One of the prominent features of this work was the special guest appearance of a couple of improvisors, called Mauro and Quitéria, discovered by the band in a beach in Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
.
The First Changes
The band had arrived to a decisive point in its history and the next album, Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo AgoraTudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora
Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora is the sixth album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs, and the last one to feature Arnaldo Antunes on vocals and guitars...
mark a strong yaw at the musicians' style, searching for heavier, alternative and authorial sound, along with scatological lyrics. The members themselves produced the album and the work was possibly the final reason for Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
to leave for a solo career. The following album, Titanomaquia
Titanomaquia
Titanomaquia is the seventh album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It is considered by many their heaviest and most aggressive album. All songs are credited to the band as a whole , as it happened in the previous album, Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo Agora...
, in 1993, continued the previous work in a way, with heavy instrumentation and aggressive lyrics, only now produced by Jack Endino
Jack Endino
Jack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
, producer of important bands like Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
, which contributioned for the grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
-influenced sound.
The MTV Unplugged Era
By releasing Domingo
Domingo (Titãs album)
Domingo is the eighth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs.-Track listing:*"Pinga" is a synonymous of cachaça.-Personnel:...
at the end of 1995, the band definitively took up a pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
sound, but its popularity only reached a second climax on the commemorative work, Titãs - Acústico MTV
Titãs - Acústico MTV
Acústico MTV is the second live album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The album features Arnaldo Antunes , Liminha, Marisa Monte, Fito Páez, Jimmy Cliff, Rita Lee and Marina Lima as guests artists...
(MTV Unplugged), their most successful album, released in 1997, which sold 1,7 million copies. Recorded Live, MTV Acustico not only revisited their career up to that point but it also had a song which became an immediate hit named "Pra dizer Adeus".
This record was followed by Volume Dois
Volume Dois
Volume Dois is the ninth studio album released by the Brazilian rock band Titãs. Following the success of the last album, Acústico MTV, Volume Dois features unplugged arrangements of previously recorded Titãs' songs, along with some new ones. Once again, an orchestra was called to record the album...
, modelled in the same way of their unplugged album, only recorded in studio.
The record of covers of others artists in As Dez Mais
As Dez Mais
As Dez Mais is the tenth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It features only covers, as the name suggests...
wasn't very sucssesful (despite Aluga-se
Aluga-se
"Aluga-se" is the thirteenth single by Titãs, released in 1999. The song was actually composed by Brazilian rock singer Raul Seixas, and it was featured on his album Abre-Te Sésamo.-Track listing:- Music video :...
's and Pelados em Santos
Pelados em Santos
The Brazilian rock group Titãs covered this song in 1999, in their cover album As Dez Mais.-Music video:The music video of the song shows each member of the band offering a wide range of fictional products of the brand "Titãs" in a Bombril commercials-like studio , with...
' charting) and the band decided to make another interval in 2000.
On June 11, 2001 Marcelo Fromer was rammed by a motorcycle in São Paulo and died two days later of Brain death
Brain death
Brain death is the irreversible end of all brain activity due to total necrosis of the cerebral neurons following loss of brain oxygenation. It should not be confused with a persistent vegetative state...
. It was a hard stroke to the band, which started recording their new album the day after. A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana
A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana
A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana is the eleventh studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It was dedicated to Marcelo Fromer, the band's former guitarist, who died in 2001, just before the beginning of the recording sessions of the albums...
was released at the end of 2001 and brought "Epitáfio
Epitáfio
"Epitáfio" is the fifteenth single by Titãs, released in 2002. The song, a number six hit in Brazil, is a tribute to Marcelo Fromer, former guitarist of the band who died after being rammed by a motorcycle...
" as the prominence song (a-side of the title track
A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana (song)
"A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana" is the fourteenth single by Titãs, released in 2001.- Music video :The video for this song shows black & white images of the band in several situations. Branco Mello sings while having his hair cut, with Paulo Miklos sitting near him and holding...
) which could represent the moment lived by the band that, after losing Marcelo Fromer, saw the departure of Nando Reis, who currently leads a successful solo career with many singles prominent in Brazilian charts (including songs penned for other artists) fronting his own band Nando Reis e os Infernais
Nando Reis e os Infernais
Nando Reis e Os Infernais is a Brazilian rock band founded by Nando Reis. It is the band that plays with him in studio and during live performances for his solo albums...
.
Regarding the death of Marcelo, this statement was published on June 20, 2001 at Titãs official site:
After Nando's departure
The band hired the bassist Lee Marcucci (from Radio TaxiRadio Taxi
Radio Taxi is a Pop/Rock band from São Paulo, Brazil, who had a string of hit singles in the early/mid 80s. The band was formed in 1981 by guitarist Wander Taffo, drummer Gel Fernandes, bassist Lee Marcucci and singer/keyboardist Willie de Oliveira, all ex-members of Rita Lee's backing band, Tutti...
) to play in their album Como Estão Vocês?
Como Estão Vocês?
- Titãs :* Branco Mello — vocals* Charles Gavin — drums and percussion* Paulo Miklos — vocals* Sérgio Britto — keyboard and vocals* Tony Bellotto — guitar- Additional personnel :* Lee Marcucci — bass* Emerson Villani — guitar...
(How Are You?). As this album was released, the five remaining members continued to write the history of more than 20 years of the band. With self-help hits as "Enquanto Houver Sol
Enquanto Houver Sol
"Enquanto Houver Sol" is the seventeenth single by Titãs, released in 2004. The song, a number 13 hit in Brazil, was featured on the 2002 Rede Globo telenovela "Celebridades". Not as a coincidence, Malu Mader, Tony Bellotto's wife, starred as the main character...
", questions on relevance remain on Titãs' side, which faced declining sales and the ageing of their fanbase.
In 2005, they released another MTV-branded album, only this time in a non-acoustic live performance. This album generated a new hit for the group, called "Vossa Excelência
Vossa Excelência
"Vossa Excelência" is the nineteenth single by Titãs, released in 2005. The song basically criticizes the hypocrisy and lack of care from politicians, referring to the Mensalão scandal...
", that basically criticizes the hypocrisy and lack of care from politicians, thus bringing the band back to its roots. It was seen as another opportunistic stunt by Brazilian critics, as the song was released exactly when Lula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as...
's government was facing manifold accusations of corruption
Mensalão scandal
The Mensalão scandal took place in Brazil in 2005 and threatened to bring down the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Mensalão is a neologism and variant of the word for "big monthly payment"...
.
On February 18, 2006, Titãs opened the Rolling Stones free concert at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
for an audience of some 1.5 million people.
In 2007, the band started a tour, entitled 25 Anos de Rock (25 Years of Rock), joining Os Paralamas do Sucesso to celebrate the 25th anniversary
Anniversary
An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event...
of both bands, as well as the 25th anniversary of the rising of 1980s Brazilian rock bands
Brazilian rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese.-Overview:Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956, with the screening of the film The Blackboard Jungle, featuring Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", which would later be covered in Portuguese by Nora...
. The two line-ups played together most of the time on the shows, presenting also some invited musicians, like Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
, Andreas Kisser
Andreas Kisser
Andreas Rudolf Kisser is the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura as well as the rock supergroup HAIL!-Biography:...
and Dado Villa-Lobos
Dado Villa-Lobos
Dado Villa-Lobos is a Brazilian musician, best known as the ex-guitarist of post-punk band Legião Urbana. Along with singer Renato Russo and drummer Marcelo Bonfá, he was one of the founding members of that band, who formed in Brasilia in 1982...
. The concert in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, which took place at January 26, 2008, was recorded and filmed. The resulting CD and DVD from the show were released five months after.
Documentary and Sacos Plásticos
The band released a documentary of the 25 years of their career. The documentary features 90 minutes of images collected since the beginning of the band, including recording of albums, live performances, and more. It is titled "Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma FestaTitãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa
Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa is a 2008 documentary featuring the career of the Brazilian rock band Titãs since its beginning. The documentary features the tapes recorded by Branco Mello when he earned his VHS camera in the early 1980s...
".
For most of 2008 and early 2009, the band recorded their latest studio album, the Latin Grammy
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
-winner Sacos Plásticos
Sacos Plásticos
- Personnel :* Paulo Miklos - Lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14....
. The album was released on June 3, 2009, through Arsenal Music. The producer, Rick Bonadio, had already worked with artists such as Fresno
Fresno
Fresno is the fifth largest city in California.Fresno may also refer to:-Places:Colombia* Fresno, TolimaSpain* Fresno, a ghost village in Nidáliga, Valle de Sedano, Burgos* Aldea del Fresno, Madrid* Fresno de la Vega, Ribera del Esla, León...
and NX Zero
NX Zero
NX Zero is a Brazilian rock band formed in 2001 in Sao Paulo, the band consists Diego Ferrero , Leandro Rocha , Daniel Weksler , Conrado Grandino and Filipe Ricardo ....
. The first single from the album was "Antes de Você
Antes de Você
"Antes de Você" is a single by Titãs, released on May 7, 2009. It is composed and sung by Paulo Miklos.Regarding the song, he stated the following:...
" ("Before You"). It was featured at the Caras & Bocas
Caras & Bocas
Caras & Bocas is a Brazilian soap opera broadcast by the Globo network. It is the second-most watched soap opera in Brazil.- Cast :Kid actorsIntroducingSpecial guest starGuest actressesGuest actors- National :...
(current 19pm Rede 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...
telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
) soundtrack. The second single was "Porque Eu Sei que É Amor
Porque Eu Sei que É Amor
"Porque Eu Sei que É Amor" is a single by Titãs, released in July 2009. It is composed by Sérgio Britto and Paulo Miklos and sung by the latter. The song is featured at the soundtrack of Rede Globo's telenovela Cama de Gato....
" (Because I Know It's Love) which was featured in Cama de Gato
Cama de Gato
Cama de Gato is a Brazilian soap opera broadcast by the Globo network. It is the third-most watched soap opera in Brazil.- Cast :Guest actors:Guest actresses:Special guest star:Supporting cast- National :* Capa: Camila Pitanga...
(a Brazilian telenovela that also features the song "Pelo Avesso" as opening theme, from their 2003 album Como Estão Vocês?).
In an interview to Jornal da Tarde
Jornal da Tarde
Jornal da Tarde, often abbreviated JT, is a daily newspaper in São Paulo, Brazil. It is published by Grupo Estado, the owner of other prominent Brazilian news media such as O Estado de S. Paulo and Rádio Eldorado. It was founded in 1966 by the journalist Mino Carta in an attempt to introduce new...
, and regarding the music of the new album, Bonadio stated:
Gavin's departure and tour
On February 12, 2010, Titãs announced in their official website that drummer Charles Gavin would leave the band for personal reasons. Gavin later stated that he was physically and mentally exhausted because of the tours and album releases. The quartet will continue their performances of the Sacos Plásticos tour with drummer Mario Fabre.During an interview, keyboardist Sérgio Britto said the band is planning to start recording a new album in 2011.
Current members
- Paulo MiklosPaulo MiklosPaulo Roberto de Souza Miklos is a multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor from Brazil. He is best known for his works for the band Titãs, which he is a member since its beginning, in 1981. Singing and playing the harmonica and the sax are some of his most notable contributions for the band. As...
- Lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
. - Branco MelloBranco MelloBranco Mello is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles for the movies.- Childhood :...
- Lead vocals, backing vocals, bass. - Sérgio BrittoSérgio BrittoSérgio Britto is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the keyboardist and vocalist for the band Titãs, and also for his solo albums, in which he played the acoustic guitar...
- Lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboardElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, bass - Tony BellottoTony BellottoAntonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books. Tony keeps a column called "Cenas Urbanas" at Brazilian magazine Veja.- Childhood :Bellotto decided to be a rock...
- Guitar, acoustic guitarSteel-string acoustic guitarA steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...
.
Past members
- Charles GavinCharles GavinCharles de Souza Gavin is a drummer and musical producer, whose fame comes mainly from his drums works at Brazilian rock band Titãs.- Biography :...
(1985–2010) - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
. - Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
(1981–2002) - Lead vocals, backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar. - Marcelo FromerMarcelo FromerMarcelo Fromer was the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. One of the founding members and also the band's manager, he died in 2001, after being hit by a motorcycle while jogging.- Childhood :...
(1981–2001) - Guitar, acoustic guitar. - Arnaldo AntunesArnaldo AntunesArnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
(1981–1992) - Lead vocals, backing vocals. - André JungAndré JungAndré Jung is a Brazilian drummer and journalist, best known for his performances in the band Ira!. He has also been a member of Titãs, although he has released only one album with them. Curiously, the drummer that he replaced in Ira! went to play with Titãs, with whom he played with until 2010...
(1981–1985) - Drums. - Ciro PessoaCiro PessoaCiro Pessoa Mendes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, journalist and poet. Formerly a member of rock band Titãs and the founder and lead vocalist of the now-defunct post-punk band Cabine C, he currently follows a solo career, releasing two albums as of yet.-Early life:Ciro Pessoa was born in São...
(1981–1983) - Lead vocals, backing vocals.
Touring members
- Emerson Villani (1998, 2001–2007) - Guitar, backing vocals
- André Fonseca (2007–2009) - Guitar
- Lee Marcucci (2002–2009) - Bass
- Mário Fabre (2010–present) - Drums
Discography
- TitãsTitãs (album)Titãs is the debut album of Brazilian rock band Titãs. It is the only album to feature André Jung on drums. The album also features Pena Schmidt's production, polishing the edges to the vanishing clear-cut point and burying instruments over layers of synths and electronic drumming typical of the...
(1984) - TelevisãoTelevisãoTelevisão is the second single by Titãs, released in 1985. The song criticizes television, how it has dominated people's life and how it presumably reduces people's intelligence, as expressed in the lines "A televisão me deixou burro, muito burro demais" .It would be later used as the credit music...
(1985) - Cabeça DinossauroCabeça Dinossauro- Covers :* Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura made a cover of "Polícia", present on the b-side of their Territory single, the digipak and Brazilian pressings of their 1993 album Chaos A.D. and the compilation Blood-Rooted)....
(1986) - Jesus não Tem Dentes no País dos BanguelasJesus Não Tem Dentes No País Dos BanguelasJesus não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas is the fourth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs...
(1987) - Õ Blésq BlomÕ Blésq BlomÕ Blésq Blom is the fifth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The name of the album means "The first men who walked on the Earth" in the language created by Mauro and Quitéria, two repentistas from the state of Pernambuco. The language is a mixture of Portuguese, English, Italian...
(1989) - Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo AgoraTudo Ao Mesmo Tempo AgoraTudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora is the sixth album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs, and the last one to feature Arnaldo Antunes on vocals and guitars...
(1991) - TitanomaquiaTitanomaquiaTitanomaquia is the seventh album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It is considered by many their heaviest and most aggressive album. All songs are credited to the band as a whole , as it happened in the previous album, Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo Agora...
(1993) - DomingoDomingo (Titãs album)Domingo is the eighth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs.-Track listing:*"Pinga" is a synonymous of cachaça.-Personnel:...
(1995) - Volume DoisVolume DoisVolume Dois is the ninth studio album released by the Brazilian rock band Titãs. Following the success of the last album, Acústico MTV, Volume Dois features unplugged arrangements of previously recorded Titãs' songs, along with some new ones. Once again, an orchestra was called to record the album...
(1998) - As Dez MaisAs Dez MaisAs Dez Mais is the tenth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It features only covers, as the name suggests...
(1999) - A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última SemanaA Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última SemanaA Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana is the eleventh studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It was dedicated to Marcelo Fromer, the band's former guitarist, who died in 2001, just before the beginning of the recording sessions of the albums...
(2001) - Como Estão Vocês?Como Estão Vocês?- Titãs :* Branco Mello — vocals* Charles Gavin — drums and percussion* Paulo Miklos — vocals* Sérgio Britto — keyboard and vocals* Tony Bellotto — guitar- Additional personnel :* Lee Marcucci — bass* Emerson Villani — guitar...
(2003) - Sacos PlásticosSacos Plásticos- Personnel :* Paulo Miklos - Lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14....
(2009)
Awards
- Latin Grammy Award - "Best brazilian rock album" (Sacos PlásticosSacos Plásticos- Personnel :* Paulo Miklos - Lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14....
(2009)) - Troféu Imprensa - "Best band" (1987, 1988, 1997, 1998) and "Best song" ("Pra Dizer Adeus", 1997)
- Prêmio Bizz (by Revista Bizz) - "Best album" (Cabeça DinossauroCabeça Dinossauro- Covers :* Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura made a cover of "Polícia", present on the b-side of their Territory single, the digipak and Brazilian pressings of their 1993 album Chaos A.D. and the compilation Blood-Rooted)....
(1986), Jesus Não Tem Dentes No País Dos BanguelasJesus Não Tem Dentes No País Dos BanguelasJesus não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas is the fourth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs...
(1987), Õ Blésq BlomÕ Blésq BlomÕ Blésq Blom is the fifth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The name of the album means "The first men who walked on the Earth" in the language created by Mauro and Quitéria, two repentistas from the state of Pernambuco. The language is a mixture of Portuguese, English, Italian...
(1989), Volume DoisVolume DoisVolume Dois is the ninth studio album released by the Brazilian rock band Titãs. Following the success of the last album, Acústico MTV, Volume Dois features unplugged arrangements of previously recorded Titãs' songs, along with some new ones. Once again, an orchestra was called to record the album...
(1998)) "Best band" (1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1998), and "Best show" (Titãs - Volume 2 - Ao Vivo, 1998) - Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira (by MultishowMultishowMultishow is an entertainment channel owned by Globosat, Organizações Globo's cable and satellite television channel operator. It was launched in 1991, as one of the company's first four channels ....
) - "Best band" (1998, 1999, 2002), "Best album" (Titãs - Acústico MTVTitãs - Acústico MTVAcústico MTV is the second live album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The album features Arnaldo Antunes , Liminha, Marisa Monte, Fito Páez, Jimmy Cliff, Rita Lee and Marina Lima as guests artists...
(1998), Volume Dois (1999)), "Best show" (Titãs - Acústico MTV, 1998), "Best song" (É Preciso Saber ViverÉ Preciso Saber Viver"É Preciso Saber Viver" is the eleventh single by Titãs, released in 1998. The song was actually composed by a partnership between Roberto Carlos, the best-selling musical artist in Brazil, and Erasmo Carlos. Extra vocals were provided by Brazilian band Fat Family...
, 1999) and "Best instrumentalist" (Tony BellottoTony BellottoAntonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books. Tony keeps a column called "Cenas Urbanas" at Brazilian magazine Veja.- Childhood :Bellotto decided to be a rock...
, 2000) - MTV Video Music Brasil - "Best videoclip" (FloresFlores (song)"Flores" is the ninth single by Titãs, released in 1989. A completely reworked acoustic version of the song was later featured on the Titãs - Acústico MTV album, with Branco Mello sharing vocals with Marisa Monte.-Music video:...
(1990), Será Que é Disso Que eu Necessito? (1993), "Best rock clip", "Best Rock Video", "Video Of The Year" and "Viewer's Choice" (EpitáfioEpitáfio"Epitáfio" is the fifteenth single by Titãs, released in 2002. The song, a number six hit in Brazil, is a tribute to Marcelo Fromer, former guitarist of the band who died after being rammed by a motorcycle...
, 2002), "Musical Movie/Documentary of the Year" (Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma FestaTitãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma FestaTitãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa is a 2008 documentary featuring the career of the Brazilian rock band Titãs since its beginning. The documentary features the tapes recorded by Branco Mello when he earned his VHS camera in the early 1980s...
, 2009) - TIMTelecom Italia MobileTIM is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and Brazil.In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance.TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro...
Music Award "Best band (Pop/Rock category)" (2004)