Mata-Ratos

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Mata-Ratos was born by the end of 81 in Oeiras (Lisbon suburbs). The early influences came from late 70's and early 80's British and US Punk. Mata-Ratos first show took place at the Lisbon Art School on Dec 82. Due to indecent exposure the band was run out of stage for the very first time. The next shows went on the same nihilistic & self-destructive path. Facing public and promoters animosity the band on 84 got together with other punk acts like CRISE TOTAL, KU-DE-JUDAS and GRITO FINAL to start their own DIY shows at the TEIA venue in Lisbon. It was also the year that Miguel Newton shows up to take the vocals task into his hands. Far was he to know he was taking a life sentence on this one. Only in 1990 the band finally got a deal for a first album ROCK RADIOACTIVO. The album went directly to 5th place on the Portuguese charts and sold over 9.000 copies: Hard as nails and streetwise tunes like «A minha Sogra e Um Boi», «Eu Tenho Um Pobre» and «C.C.M.» became street anthems for more than one Portuguese generation. This was also the start of a hard period for the band: line up changes, chaotic gigs, negative media coverage, endless polemics, untrue accusations, showdowns and street fights etc., etc., etc. Natural born survivors only by 94 MATA-RATOS got a new deal for a release this time on the new independent label Drunk Records/Fast N Loud who had their debut with the Mata-Ratos EXPULSOS DO BAR 7 very soon sold out. 1995 sees MATA-RATOS 2nd Album ESTAS AQUI ESTAS ALI! CD (al

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