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.
Quem Te Viu...
Ratos De Porão Lyrics
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Nem se lembra mais das promessas que fez
Velhos ideais ficaram para trás
Luiz olhe só pra você
Quem te viu, quem te vê
Luís, agora está embriagado pelo poder
Amigo de empresários e banqueiros
Que fazem qualquer coisa por dinheiro
Cercado de um monte de ladrão
Você é só mais um pelego cuzão
Hei, lembra da barriga roncando
Lembra do torno mecânico
Lembra do buso lotado
Agora é fácil esquecer
Você pode não ver
Mas tudo está até pior do que antes
Você cheio de bravata social democrata
Não dá o braço a torcer
Hei, lembra do dinheiro suado
E do salário minguado
Lembra do pau-de-arara
Agora tá bom pra você
Você pode não ver
Mas tudo está até pior do que antes
Você de barba aparada, de terno e gravata
Agora não quer nem saber
Luís, olha só pra você
Quem te viu !!!
Quem te vê !!!
The lyrics of Ratos De Porão's song "Quem Te Viu..." condemn a person named Luís, who has become drunk on power and has forgotten the promises he made and the ideals he believed in earlier in life. The song suggests that Luís used to be a friend of the working class - he used to remember hunger pangs, the overcrowded bus rides, the bare minimum salary, and the ostracization he faced as a social democrat. However, now he has become a friend of businessmen and bankers who would do anything for money, and a "pelego cuzão," or a cowardly, pathetic scab. The song urges Luís to remember where he came from, to think about the people he once fought for, and to see how much worse things have gotten since he joined the establishment.
The lyrics of "Quem Te Viu..." are a powerful political commentary on the betrayal felt by the working class when their leaders and champions become absorbed into the ruling elite. The lyrics make a case for staying true to one's roots and the fight for justice, rather than succumbing to greed and the allure of power. The song reminds listeners that society is becoming increasingly unequal and that it is vital to resist the forces that enable that inequality. Ultimately, the song speaks to the importance of maintaining one's principles and rejecting corruption in all its forms.
Line by Line Meaning
Luís, agora está embriagado pelo poder !!!
Luís is now drunk with power!!!
Nem se lembra mais das promessas que fez
He doesn't even remember the promises he made
Velhos ideais ficaram para trás
Old ideals have been left behind
Luiz olhe só pra você
Look at yourself Luiz
Quem te viu, quem te vê
Oh, how you've changed
Amigo de empresários e banqueiros
Friend of businessmen and bankers
Que fazem qualquer coisa por dinheiro
Who will do anything for money
Cercado de um monte de ladrão
Surrounded by a bunch of thieves
Você é só mais um pelego cuzão
You're just another asshole stooge
Hei, lembra da barriga roncando
Hey, remember when your stomach was growling
Lembra do torno mecânico
Remember the lathe machine
Lembra do buso lotado
Remember the overcrowded bus
Agora é fácil esquecer
Now it's easy to forget
Você pode não ver
You may not see it
Mas tudo está até pior do que antes
But everything is actually worse than before
Você cheio de bravata social democrata
You full of social democratic bravado
Não dá o braço a torcer
You won't admit your mistakes
Hei, lembra do dinheiro suado
Hey, remember the hard-earned money
E do salário minguado
And the meager salary
Lembra do pau-de-arara
Remember the torture device
Agora tá bom pra você
Now it's all good for you
Você de barba aparada, de terno e gravata
You with your trimmed beard, suit, and tie
Agora não quer nem saber
Now you don't even care
Luís, olha só pra você
Luís, just look at yourself
Quem te viu !!!
Oh, how you've changed!!!
Quem te vê !!!
Oh, how you've changed!!!
Contributed by Kennedy F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Paulochagas0949
Agora é fácil esquecer. Quem diria que esse verso seria tão atual em 2023?
@MutilatorOfficial
Que doidera esse som. 🤟🤟🤟
@gabrielpadilla3060
Escutando e pensando na chapa Lula e Alckmin... nada mudou
@nicolasmannrich7417
O mais triste é ver os compositores desse som votando no mesmo, "agora é fácil esquecer"
@erikgames9683
pois é. HIPOCRISIA DO CARALHO
@adelsonwallace2060
JOÃO... AGORA É FÁCIL ESQUECER!!!! KKKKKK
@Thiego50
A critica foi válida na epoca, o apoioa candidatura também foi decisão acertada, eles foram certo em apoiar Lula e a esquerda em 2022, tu queria o que? que ele apoia-se o bolsonaro? kkkkkk
@gabrielguedes591
@@Uncontrollerporra de movimento punk kkkkkkkkk 2023 filhão. Quando a água bate no pescoço a práxis é outra, hipocrisia nenhuma, FODA SE BOLSONARO
@TheodoroNunes-fd6pj
Ou apoiava lula ou bolsonaro kkkkkkk
@jonask4644
"Eu gostaria de mandar um abraço para meu companheiro Alckmin"