Aborto Elétrico
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Aborto Elétrico | |
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Origin | Brasília |
Country | Brazil |
Years active | 1978 - 1982 |
Genres | Punk rock |
Members | Renato Russo Fê Lemos Flávio Lemos Ico Ouro-Preto |
Past members | André Pretorius |
Aborto Elétrico (in Portuguese, Electric Abortion) was a brazilian punk rock band. The bands Legião Urbana and Capital Inicial were formed after the end of Aborto Elétrico.
The band Capital Inicial recorded, in the year of 2005, the album MTV especial Aborto Elétrico with 9 musics of Aborto Elétrico that weren't recorded yet and other 9 musics that were already recorded by Capital Inicial or Legião Urbana.
The song "Que País É Este?" (can be translated as What Kind Of Country Is That?), composed by Russo when he was member of Aborto Elétrico, is one of the most famous protest songs in Brazil. The song appears in the album Que País é Este 1978/1987 of the band Legião Urbana.