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.
Video Macumba
Ratos De Porão Lyrics
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You like dirty sex,sex,sex,going insane
I saw your porno video
Sex,trash,crash,all smashed
Yeah!!my neighbours are the same
It's slavery sex
Fist fuckers
Animal fuck
Video macumba
Hey myke, i think you are right
My neighbours eat shit
Like pigs whit hate
Saturday night
Bondage and blood
Party for them
They fuck this way
Shit lovers
Sick sodomy
Peep blowers
This i can't believe!!
Defecation,masturbation,
Suffocation,light my blow pipe
Penetration,immolation
Situation out of control...
The song Video Macumba by Ratos de Porão is a disturbing portrayal of the perversion and madness that the singer has apparently witnessed in his neighbors and friend, Mike. In the first verse, the singer expresses his disbelief and disgust at Mike's apparent sexual fetishes and his involvement in the porn industry. The second verse describes the singer's neighbors as equally depraved, engaging in activities like eating excrement and engaging in bloody, violent sex acts. The chorus, which repeats throughout the song, is a reference to macumba, an Afro-Brazilian religion that involves various rituals and practices related to spirits and the supernatural. The use of the word "video" in the chorus suggests that the singer is comparing the actions of his neighbors and friend to dark, otherworldly rituals that are being filmed and disseminated.
Overall, the song seems to be a bleak commentary on the state of society and human nature, and it paints a vivid and unnerving picture of the depravity and insanity the singer has observed. The lyrics are graphic and unsettling, and the music is a fast and aggressive hardcore punk style that matches the intensity of the subject matter.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey mike,what's up with your mind?
The singer questions Mike about his mental state.
You like dirty sex,sex,sex,going insane
The singer accuses Mike of enjoying depraved sexual acts and losing his sanity.
I saw your porno video
The singer admits to watching a pornographic video involving Mike.
Sex,trash,crash,all smashed
The video featured graphic depictions of sex acts and destruction.
Yeah!!my neighbours are the same
The artist believes their neighbors are also into deviant behavior.
It's slavery sex
The singer views certain sexual practices as akin to slavery.
Fist fuckers
The video depicted individuals engaging in fist-focused sexual acts.
Animal fuck
The video depicted individuals having sex with animals.
This i can't believe!!
The artist is shocked and disgusted by the contents of the video.
Video macumba
The video is likened to a macumba, a Brazilian religious practice involving black magic.
Hey myke, i think you are right
The singer agrees with Mike's earlier statement.
My neighbours eat shit
The artist believes their neighbors engage in degraded acts involving feces.
Like pigs whit hate
The singer perceives their neighbors to be hateful and animalistic.
Saturday night
The night referenced is associated with depraved behavior.
Bondage and blood
The singer describes the kinky and violent nature of their neighbors' sexual practices.
Party for them
The neighbors are depicted as enjoying their twisted party.
They fuck this way
The artist describes the specific details of the neighbors' sexual behavior.
Shit lovers
The neighbors are portrayed as being aroused by feces.
Sick sodomy
The singer views the neighbors' sexual practices as highly disturbed.
Peep blowers
The neighbors are depicted as being exhibitionists who enjoy being watched while performing sexual acts.
This i can't believe!!
The artist is once again shocked and disgusted.
Defecation,masturbation,
The artist lists more depraved sexual acts depicted in the video.
Suffocation,light my blow pipe
The singer references asphyxiation and drug use during sex.
Penetration,immolation
The artist describes further sexual practices featuring penetration and burning.
Situation out of control...
The singer concludes that the situation is beyond their ability to comprehend or handle.
Contributed by Kayla E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@KasparovBR
Caralho, Ratos continua a mesma prodreira. BOM PRA CARALHO ! Vocal do Gordo é do caralho, as viradas do Boka são fodidas e distorção do Jão é pura pancada !
@KasparovBR
porradeira demais !! Ratos de Porão sempre será foda \,,/
@ederpavanelli6092
PQP!!! Esse som é FODA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@maaires
essa musica é muito foda !!!!!
@SPtodeboa
Foda demais
@squiv0
Adoro esses atabaques.
@andiidromenoadhanto3334
Short song but fantastic...
@Malpractice2003
Bom pra caraleooo
@ivanpozzati2480
Grandiosi dal vivo!
@antoniodantuono5706
hanno una presenza scenica unica,vi invito ad andare ad un concerto per poter capire veramente