Cidade Negra
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| Cidade Negra | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Genre(s) | Reggae Soul |
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| Years active | 1986-present | |
| Website | Official Website | |
| Members | ||
| Toni Garrido Da Gama Bino Farias Lazão |
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| Ras Bernardo | ||
Cidade Negra is a Brazilian musical group formed in 1986 in Rio de Janeiro. Their songs have influences of reggae, soul and rock. Their lyrics are about love and social issues.
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[edit] History
The band known the success in 1991, with the album Lute pra Viver (Fight for Lives), includding the radio hit Falar a Verdade. Garrido, at the period, was the vocalist of Banda Bel. He entered in Cidade Negra after the second album, in 1993.
Formed in Baixada Fluminense, the band was placed hits in soap operas, as the frustrated remake of Irmãos Coragem, broadcasted in Rede Globo in 1995.
In 2002, Cidade Negra was recorded their first acoustic record, on MTV Brasil. The Acústico MTV (MTV Unpluggeed Cidade Negra conteined other radio hit, Girassol. On this year, Garrido was presenter of two editions of Globo-Endemol's reality show Fama with Angélica
In 2005, the gruoup was nominated for brazilian VMA's (VMB), in best video by viewers choice (Perto de Deus). Their lost it by the CPM 22's Um Minuto para o Fim do Mundo.
[edit] Members
- Toni Garrido - lead singer and guitar
- Lazão - drums
- Da Gama - guitar
- Bino Farias - bass
[edit] Discography
- Lute pra Viver (1991)
- Negro no Poder (1992)
- Sobre Todas as Forças (1994)
- O Erê (1996)
- Quanto Mais Curtido Melhor (1998)
- Hits & Dubs (Compilation) (1999)
- Enquanto o Mundo Gira (2000)
- Acústico MTV (MTV Unplugged)(2002)
- Perto de Deus (2004)
- Direto Ao Vivo (2006)
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