Ratos de Porao - Tapa blanda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ratos de Porão (Portuguese for Basement Rats") is a Brazilian crossover thrash band from São Paulo. They have been around since 1980, toured South America, North America, and Europe and still continue to play today. Lead singer João Benedan (better known as João Gordo) is a well-known VJ on MTV Brasil. Ratos de Porão, or simply RxDxPx, was formed in 1980, existing in the Brazilian (São Paulo city) punk rock scene (alongside bands such as Cólera, Inocentes, Garotos Podres, Lobotomia, Olho Seco etc.). Directly influenced by the UK 82 hardcore bands such as Discharge, G.B.H., Varukers and swedish and finnish bands such as Anti-Cimex and Kaaos, they started to write songs that criticized Brazilian society, a revolutionary concept at the time. Their sound is regarded as one of rawest of their scene (because other bands such as Cólera and Garotos Podres were more ''punk rock'' sounding than ''hardcore'')."