Their first album was released in 1983 and was titled Crucificados pelo sistema. Released on the Ataque Frontal label, it was one of the best-selling hardcore albums to come out of the country, and was soon considered a punk classic worldwide. The line up was João Gordo (vocals), Mingau (guitar – later in many punk and pop bands in Brazil, currently playing in Ultraje a Rigor), Jabá (bass) and Jão (drums). Soon after, with the fall of the São Paulo punk scene (because of associated gang violence), the band split up and since then João Gordo has been accused of selling out and betraying the DIY ethics of the hardcore punk movement for several alleged reasons; he has said, "I'm a traitor since 1983, because I told the guys I played hardcore, not punk. Then, I got labelled.(...)That's a stigma".[1]
Initial crossover thrash era
In 1985, RxDxPx came back, but with a different line up and sound. They brought thrash metal to their music, influenced by bands such as Slayer, Exodus, Kreator and hardcore bands around the world that were also transitioning to a more thrash metal sound, like Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I., English Dogs, Cro-Mags, Agnostic Front and others (including Brazilian bands such as Lobotomia and Armagedom). Jão switched over to playing guitar, and an old punk named Spaghetti (who later adopted a thrash metal sound) replaced him on drums. Subsequently, they released the Descanse Em Paz album on Baratos Afins in 1986.
With their new sound, they began to associate more with heavy metal bands, becoming friends with longtime RxDxPx fans Sepultura and other bands of the Brazilian 1980s metal scene, including Korzus and Anthares. Their next studio release with Baratos Afins Records, 1987's Cada Dia Mais Sujo e Agressivo, was also released in an English-language version (Dirty and Aggressive) (the band feared that their English was so grammatically inaccurate that many of their native English speaking fans might ridicule their translated lyrics).[citation needed] This release continued the band's D-beat drum tempos.
In 1989, they signed to Roadrunner Records at the urging of Igor Cavalera of Sepultura, who played one of the band's tapes for the label's executives. RxDxPx then went to Germany to record their next studio LP, Brasil. With Harris Johns of Voivod and Tankard producing, the band's production quality improved substantially in contrast to their previous releases; the instrumentation was noticeably more technical.
In 1990, they returned to Germany to record their last album with the 'classic' line-up of João Gordo, Jão, Jabá and Spaghetti. With Harris Johns acting again as producer, their next album titled Anarkophobia was met with criticism by some fans for being the band's most metallic release to date, having considerably more complex and lengthy song compositions and more technical musicianship. Nevertheless, Anarkophobia increased their profile within the worldwide metal scene of the early 1990s.
But in mid-1991, they had their first line-up change in years, with Spaghetti leaving the band, citing that he had "been tired of the musical life".[citation needed] They auditioned several drummers to replace him, including Beto Silesci from Korzus, but the band decided that Silesci's style was too metal for the new direction they were planning to pursue. Silesci was in turn replaced with Boka of the Santos Beach thrash/death metal band Psychic Possessor. In 1992, RxDxPx released its first official live album, called Ao Vivo, with a corresponding music video for the song "Aids, Pop, Repressão" receiving heavy air play on Furia Metal of MTV (the Brazilian equivalent of Headbangers Ball).
At the decline of the thrash scene, under tension and personal problems (Jabá left the band and they had a heavy drug problem), they entered into the studio in 1994 to record their only 'all lyrics in English' album, called Just Another Crime In Massacreland. The album suffered a thin production and a low promotion by the label, and it was a hard time in the life of RxDxPx.[citation needed]
Return to hardcore punk
After the departure of Jabá, the band had several different bass players and recorded a studio album with only punk and hardcore covers called Feijoada Acidente?, a play on the Guns N' Roses album "The Spaghetti Incident?". (Feijoada is a traditional food from Brazil, a stew based on beans and pork.) There were two versions of this album: one covering only Brazilian bands such as Olho Seco, Lobotomia, Garotos Podres, among others; and one covering only non-Brazilian bands such as G.B.H., Black Flag, Anti-Cimex, Minor Threat, among others. At this time, Walter Bart (who used to play in a punk band called "Não Religião") and "Pica Pau" (Portuguese for woodpecker), who stayed in the band until 1999, played bass.
Released in 1997, Carniceria Tropical marked a return to hardcore and Portuguese lyrics, and the band regained their former success. The same year, João Gordo started to work as a VJ for MTV Brasil.
In 1999, the bassist Cristian "Fralda", who used to play in the punk rock band Blind Pigs joined the band, and they entered into the studio to re-record their first album, and called this album Sistemados Pelo Crucifa (a play on the original album title, "Crucificados Pelo Sistema"). The front cover was designed by the Korzus bassist, Dick Siebert.
Return to crossover
In 2002, they released the Onisciente Coletivo album, and came back to be more friendly with thrash metal, mixing the 1980s with 1990s faces. The bassist Cristian "Fralda" left to join the old hardcore/crossover/thrash band Lobotomia. In his place entered an old underground musician, the bass player Paulo Júnior, who still plays with his hardcore band called "Discarga" and guitarist of "Point of no Return".
In 2006, they released Homem Inimigo Do Homem.
On 13 August 2013, Ratos de Porão announced on their Facebook page that they were working on a new album. Entitled Século Sinistro, the album was released on 27 May 2014.
Another eight years passed until the release of their upcoming eighth studio album, Necropolítica, on May 20, 2022.
Morrer mais uma Vez
Ratos De Porão Lyrics
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Estou esperando
O que vai acontecer
Milhares de mortes
Esperança desaba
Não quero nem saber
Eu sei que estou morto
Odeio o mundo
Sigo meu caminho
É morrer mais uma vez
MORRER
Sentimentos confusos
Cérebros obtusos
E a sensibilidade?
Múmias podres
Ideias velhas
Destroem a cidade
Dou um fim na miha vida
Não aguento mais
Eu quero virar pó
Sigo meu caminho
É morrer mais uma vez.
The lyrics to Ratos De Porão's song Morrer mais uma Vez express the artist's bleak and hopeless outlook on life. They continue to think and wait for what will happen, but thousands of deaths have destroyed any hope they may have had. The singer is aware that they are already dead inside and they hate the world and the shit life they've been given. Despite all of this, the singer continues on their path towards death, seemingly unphased by the confusion of their emotions and the obtuseness of those around them. The singer sees the decaying state of the world due to the old and stale ideas that destroy the city and decides to put an end to their life. They no longer can stand the pain and misery that surrounds them and want to turn to dust. The lyrics of this song are devoid of optimism or positivity and reflect a harsh reality of a life full of pain and meaninglessness.
Overall, the song Morrer mais uma Vez by Ratos De Porão paints a dark and hopeless picture of life. The track speaks about death in a way that suggests that it might be easier to die than it is to face the pain of this world. There is a deep sense of pessimism in the song that suggests the artist has lost faith in humanity and the world around them. The lyrics speak to those who have lost hope and have given up on living, offering an almost macabre solution to the struggles of life.
Line by Line Meaning
Continuo pensando
I keep thinking
Estou esperando
I am waiting
O que vai acontecer
What will happen
Milhares de mortes
Thousands of deaths
Esperança desaba
Hope collapses
Não quero nem saber
I don't even want to know
Eu sei que estou morto
I know I am dead
Odeio o mundo
I hate the world
E a merda dessa vida
And this shitty life
Sigo meu caminho
I follow my path
É morrer mais uma vez
It's to die once again
MORRER
TO DIE
Sentimentos confusos
Confused feelings
Cérebros obtusos
Dull brains
E a sensibilidade?
And sensitivity?
Múmias podres
Rotten mummies
Ideias velhas
Old ideas
Destroem a cidade
Destroy the city
Dou um fim na miha vida
I put an end to my life
Não aguento mais
I can't take it anymore
Eu quero virar pó
I want to turn into dust
Sigo meu caminho
I follow my path
É morrer mais uma vez.
It's to die once again.
Contributed by Thomas I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.