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Cheiro de Vida
12+ albums
FusionProgressive rockasciiechoProgressivecheck out later
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André Gomes, Bass Alexandre Fonseca , Drums Carlos Martau, Guitar and Krika After some garage jams back in 1978, Cheiro de Vida was formed by bassist André Gomes, guitarist Carlos Martau and drummer Alexandre Fonseca. The band started properly on 1980 on Rio Grande do Sul, south part of Brazil, performing on a variety of theaters and pubs, now with the addition of Paulo Supekovia also on guitar. Moving to São Paulo in 1981, they recorded an album backing Brazilian singer Diana Pequeno, becoming her touring band, travelling all over the country. At the end of 1982, the band came back to their hometown, Porto Alegre, and recorded for the second time, now with singer Bebeto Alves, on his live album titled “Notícia Urgente”. On the same year they also became the band for singer Victor Ramil besides keeping Cheiro de Vida’s own activities. On the following year they began to record their first album “Cheiro de Vida”, which would only see the light of day a year later, on 1984. To finance the album, 850 “bonus” was sold to friends and fans. A couple of weeks before it’d start pressing the album, a small record label ACIT offered to take care of it’s promotion and distribution, in exchange of releasing it in it’s label. It was taken and proved a wrong business decision that took a long time to heal. After not receiving any royalties or proper promotion, the band took 10 years to get it’s masters back. On the same year, Cheiro de Vida became a five-man band, with the addition of D
