| Humberto Gessinger | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Born | 24 December 1963 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | BMG Music, |
| Associated acts | Engenheiros do Hawaii |
Humberto Gessinger (born December 24, 1963) is the singer and bassist of the Brazilian band Engenheiros do Hawaii. Gessinger was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In late 1984, he formed a rock band with two friends from the faculty of architecture at UFRGS, Carlos Maltz and Marcelo Pitz, to play in a parade made by students. The band decided to call themselves Engenheiros do Hawaii (Engineers from Hawaii), which was a name making fun of the surf wears that most of the Engineering students used to wear at the university campus.[1]
The band released their first album in 1986, although they had already appeared in a 'promising bands' collection of BMG Music at 1985. With the departure of Marcelo Pitz in May 1987, Gessinger started playing bass and the band recruited Augusto Licks as lead guitarist. In 2001, with yet another new formation of the band (Paulinho Galvão on guitar, Bernardo Fonseca on bass and Gláucio Ayala on drums) he returned to lead guitar. He is the only original member of the band who is still with the group.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Gessinger has been married to architect Adriana Sesti, who was his girlfriend since high school and throughout college. In 1993 they had their first daughter Clara Gessinger, who, as a baby, appeared in several videos promoting the band's then-latest release Gessinger, Licks & Maltz, and who would duet with her father on the song "Pose" in the band's 2004 MTV Unplugged album.
In 2008, Humberto paused the activities of Engenheiros do Hawaii and joined the friend and guitarist Duca Leindecker from the band Cidadão Quem, to create the duo Pouca Vogal.[2]