GNR (band)
GNR | |
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Also known as | Grupo Novo Rock |
Origin | Porto, Portugal |
Genres | Alternative rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk |
Years active | 1980–present |
Labels | EMI Valentim de Carvalho Capitol Records |
Members | Rui Reininho Jorge Romão Tóli César Machado |
Past members | Alexandre Soares Vítor Rua Mano Zé Manuel Ribeiro Herminio Tavares Zezé Garcia |
Website | www.osgnr.com |
GNR is a Portuguese
Guarda Nacional Republicana, coincided with the so-called Boom of Portuguese Rock that took place during the eighties, of which GNR are one of the few survivors to this day.[2][3]
The band was formed by Alexandre Soares, Vítor Rua and Tóli César Machado and underwent several line-up changes throughout its long career. Despite the successive changes to their line-up, a series of internal conflicts and significant variations in their style of music, the band was able to reinvent itself in order to keep their success throughout the decades, growing a dedicated fanbase and slowly becoming the symbol of the Portuguese rock scene.[1]
History
1980-81: Formation and early years
The band's first concert was in 1981, in the Church of Carvalhido, Porto,[4] and officially marked the beginning of GNR.
Discography
Studio albums
- Independança (1982)
- Defeitos Especiais (1984)
- Os Homens Não Se Querem Bonitos (1985)
- Psicopátria (1986)
- Valsa dos Detectives (1989)
- Rock in Rio Douro (1992)
- Sob Escuta (1994)
- Mosquito (1998)
- Popless (2000)
- Do Lado dos Cisnes (2002)
- Retropolitana (2010)
- Voos Domésticos (2011)
- Caixa Negra (2015)
References
- ^ a b Lopes, Mário (10 November 2016). "Uma sala, um biógrafo, 35 anos de GNR". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Furtado, Dulce (15 November 1999). "Os pioneiros do rock português". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Lameira, João (10 November 2016). "Uma história bem comportada". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Gomes, André (17 January 2016). "GNR 1979-82: como começou uma grande banda rock portuguesa". Blitz (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- "Allmusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-06.