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The band was formed by the two Baptista brothers, Arnaldo (bass, keyboards) and Sérgio (guitar). In 1964, the pair (sons of a celebrated São Paulo concert pianist) formed a teenage band named the Wooden Faces. After they met Rita Lee, the three played together in the Six Sided Rockers before graduation broke up the band. Yet another name change (to O Conjunto) preceded the formation of Os Mutantes in 1965, the name coming from the science fiction novel O Planeta dos Mutantes. With a third Baptista brother (Cláudio) helping out on electronics, the group played each week on a Brazilian TV show (O Pequeno Mundo de Ronnie Von) and became involved with the burgeoning Tropicalia movement. Mutantes backed tropicalista hero Gilberto Gil at the third annual Festival of Brazilian Music in 1967, then appeared on the watershed 1968 LP Tropicália ou Panis et Circensis, a compilation of songs from the movement's major figures: Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, and Nara Leão.
By the end of 1968, Os Mutantes delivered their self-titled debut, a raucous, entertaining mess of a record featuring long passages of environmental sounds, tape music, and tortured guitar lines no self-respecting engineer would've allowed in the mix (especially at such a high volume). After time spent backing Veloso and recording a second LP of similarly crazed psychedelic pop, the band ventured to France and Europe for a few music conference shows. Returning to Brazil, they set up their own multimedia extravaganza -- complete with film, actors, dancing, and audience participation. Despite distractions of all kinds, the group also managed to record LPs in 1970 (A Divina Comédia) and 1971 (O Jardim Elétrico), both of which charted the band's shifting interests from psychedelic to blues and hard rock.
After 1972's E Seus Cometas No Pais Do Baurets, Rita Lee departed or was fired from the band (accounts vary), and resumed a solo career that had run concurrently with Os Mutantes (her debut, 1970's Build Up, had been co-produced by the Baptistas). Later Mutantes LPs displayed influences from prog rock, and after Arnaldo Baptista left the fold as well, included a succession of bandmembers -- later-to-be-legendary producer Liminha, keyboard player Túlio, and drummer Rui Motta. Except for a 1976 live record, 1974's Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol was the band's final LP. Sérgio later moved to America, where he played with Phil Manzanera, among others. After recording a 1974 solo album, Arnaldo played with a new band (Space Patrol) during the late '70s and spent time in a psychiatric hospital before emerging for his second solo work, 1982's Singin' Alone. Meanwhile, though Rita Lee's solo career began sputtering near the end of the '80s, the band turned down a request for a 1993 reunion show by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain. Six years later, the Omplatten label reissued the first three Mutantes records, and David Byrne assembled the Everything Is Possible compilation through Luaka Bop. (shamelessly copy and pasted from allmusic.com)
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Thaina_Rocks ó meu braziiiiiiiilllllll
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annanepomuceno_ Pessoal, twitter em homenagem aos Mutantes, segue lá :) https://twitter.com/#!/mutantesdadepre
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d-hilst o grande lance é que as bandas que se dizem contestadoras hj em dia esquecem lema de Maiakovski, não ignorado pelos mutantes : "não existe arte revolucionária, sem forma revolucionária"
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isazeppelin é cara, Rock n' roll no brasil era literalmente uma forma de protestar contra a opressão! Esse espírito foi perdido nos dias de hoje, INFELIZMENTE! [2]
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meechellemybell i love you
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lenonhgf Eu não acho q ngm aqui nasceu na época errada... essa época q nasceu errada!!!!
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lenonhgf
é cara, Rock n' roll no brasil era literalmente uma forma de protestar contra a opressão! Esse espírito foi perdido nos dias de hoje, INFELIZMENTE!
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paulo_4_20_ Nossa realmente, será q a ditadura era uma fábrica de rock n roll e agora na "democracia" esqueceram como faz?rs Mutantes é do caralho!
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homemdesacochei http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcpraga/sets/72157623897220499/ Fotos do Show dos Mutantes em Curitiba
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mandyrodrigues e eu? definitivamente nasci na época errada! [91264331x]
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fearlove HAIH OR AMORTECEDOR!!!
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milcamil Psychedelic, yeah!
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diego_coelho666 cd novo tah muito bom
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skamparas nejvíc, strašně je žeru !!!
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laaelxim Alguém ai tem os aluns em cd? ou vinil?
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andredurao o trem era pra estar em english mesmo?
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copires Sensacional. Poucas bandas atravessam décadas com tanto prestígio e respeito e os Mutantes é uma delas.
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TeddySchiavon Bom demais! Sou fã, especialmente, do Arnaldo Baptista! Um gênio da música brasileira!
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Med_Zeppelin www.lastfm.com/mescalha Influenciada por Mutantes!
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alinefreitas nasci na época errada! :( [4] Penso isso quase todo dia.
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