Rogério Skylab

For other uses, see Skylab (disambiguation).
Rogerio Skylab

Rogerio Skylab's portraite
Background information
Birth name Rogério Tolomei Teixeira
Born Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Genres experimental music, seresta, bossa nova, punk rock, electronic music, heavy metal music
Occupation(s) singer, composer and interviewer
Labels independent record label

Rogério Skylab (Rogerio Tolomei Teixeira),[1] born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958, is a Brazilian vocalist, composer and poet, graduated in literature and philosophy.[2] Former member of the Zumbi do Mato (forest zombie) musical group.

Importance

Biography

Skylab has a grotesque aesthetic style, combined with a lyric attitude that became one of the basis of his work. He began his musical career in 1991 and became widely known in Brasil with many appearance on Jô Soares talk show. He was a Banco do Brasil employee, where he has worked for 27 years.[1] He interacts with the public during his performances emphasizing his lyrics, which have attributes of pessimism, repetition and artistic scatology. His genre is often referred to as black humor with an undefined music style, all part of the sense that they meant in the 80's.

He has affirmed that Skylab disk series ended at tenth album.[8]

In 2012, he became the host of the talk show Matador de Passarinho (Bird Killer) on the TV channel Canal Brasil.[9]

Rogério is married to photographer Solange Venturi.

Discography

Skylab series

Skygirls series

With Zé Felipe Orchestra

Miscellaneous

Book of sonnets

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Depois de duas décadas de carreira, Rogério Skylab lança DVD ao vivo e ganha coletânea". Globo.com. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. "Rogério Skylab". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. "Rogério Skylab". São Paulo State Commercial Social Service. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. Essinger, Sílvio. "The strange world of Rogério Skylab". Clique Uol. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. "Rogério Skylab". Pensador Info. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  6. "The Multi-faces of Rogério Skylab". Communication Journal of Federal University of Pará State. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  7. Pereira, Thiago (13 June 2007). "Dissecting Skylab". Programa Alto Falante. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  8. See profile in external links
  9. "Rogério Skylab entrevista celebridades esquecidas pela grande mídia". O Globo. Retrieved 15 November 2012.

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