Maxwell Murderers

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Maxwell Murderers is a band which was formed in Rio de Janeiro by Eduardo Seabra and Helio Azem. The band name is derived from the name of the founders street, to which they decided to pay homage and devotion to their favorite movie actor; Charles Bronson. Maxwell street is a dangerous street in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. The gory movie series Death Wish, of which Charles Bronson was the star, was their biggest concept inspiration.

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[edit] The early days

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"Charles Bronson - The True King of Killings", their biggest hit, appeared on this first rehearsal with a very Spanish-influenced song which many people claim arose from the band's world music influences.

This rehearsal was released as their first demo, named Assassination Live. The record was soon spread through Once again, Staccato Studios was the chosen place for the first official rehearsal as "the post. As Eddy was not making much difference with his guitar playing, he was assigned to play the bass, leaving only André with the guitar work (now featuring a high-level distortion) and HELLio with the drums. Also, for the first time the band featured vocals performed by Eddy.

The second rehearsal was not as productive as the first one. The only thing that came out of it was the original version of "The for a while, but with no outstanding material being released. With the pressure beginning to rise it was time to change, again.

[edit] The Golden Years

Seeing that all their popularity was waning, HELLio and André, the band leaders, decided to once again change the line-up. Eddy was not able to play and sing at the same time, so they decided to call Denis once again, this time as a full time vocalist. This proved to be a very bad decision, since Eddy still was not getting along with the bass. So to fix this problem once and for all, Eddy switched places with Denis, becoming the lead vocalist of the band, with the second one being permanently allocated to the bass guitar.

Rudy, a melodic metal fan and friend of Denis, was invited to join the band to play lead guitar. With this line-up the band recorded a new version of their classic "Charles Bronson - The True King of Killings", which is regarded by fans as the best version of the song ever released.

Also recorded was a cover for Merdisse Extrema's, "A Grande Dúvida". Merdisse Extrema was a cult band from Rio featuring Maxwell Murderers´ friend Diogo Pesado. This was the first and only song performed in Portuguese by the band. The band also pulled out a short instrumental track simply called "Intro" and a remastered version of "The Moshbringer", with much better production values.

These four songs were packed together in the reMONSTERED EP. reMONSTERED also broke ground with its graphic design, featuring the band's most beautiful cover art ever released. This EP made the band recover all of their lost popularity and become a fever among mIRC, with thousands and thousands of downloads.

[edit] The Birth of a Genre: Bronson Metal, The First Album

Finally, Staccato Studios was booked for the band to record their long awaited debut album.

[edit] Discography

  • Assassination Live - Demo, 2003
  • A Lesson In How NOT to Play Thrash Metal - Single, 2003
  • ReMONSTERED - EP, 2004
  • Bronson Metal - Demo, 2004
  • Bronson Metal (Re-Release) - Full-length, 2004

[edit] Members

[edit] Current line-up

[edit] Past members

  • Rudy - Guitars
  • Denis - Bass
  • Eddy - Vocals
  • Didi - Keyboards
  • Colonia - Bass
  • Trinity_Xuxu - Bass

[edit] External links

[edit] Official links

[edit] Fan site

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