Black Drawing Chalks is a brazilian rock band from Goiânia

Goiânia

-Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

, Goiás

Goiás

Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...

, Brazil

Brazil

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, formed in 2005, by a group of graphic design

Graphic design

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 students.

History

Black Drawing Chalks began with Victor Rocha and Douglas Castro, which were working and studying together, added to Castro’s brother, Denis, in 2005. By that time, Rocha used to share the vocal tracks with Marco Bauer, who decided to leave the band in 2007, before recording their first album. Bauer was replaced by Renato Cunha on the guitar. The name of the band refers to a German brand of writing tools.

In 2007 they released their first album, Big Deal. After the release, the band started to play gigs around Brazil and played along with bands like Nashville Pussy

Nashville Pussy

Nashville Pussy is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their musical style mixes boogie rock, Southern metal and psychobilly. Much of the band's lyrical themes mostly revolve around sex, drugs, drinking, fighting, and rock 'n' roll...

, The Datsuns

The Datsuns

The Datsuns are a hard rock band from Cambridge, New Zealand, formed in 2000. To date they have released four albums and several singles, most of which have charted in New Zealand and/or the United Kingdom...

, Motörhead and Eagles of Death Metal

Eagles of Death Metal

Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...

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After touring in Canada

Canada

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, in 2009, the band released their second album, Life is a Big Holiday For Us. Counting on a big attention from the media, the band was nominated to three awards in MTV VMB, the Brazilian version of MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

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Members

• Victor Rocha – lead vocals and guitar
• Renato Cunha – guitar and backing vocals
• Denis de Castro – bass
• Douglas de Castro - drums

Discography

• Big Deal
  Big Deal (Black Drawing Chalks album)
  Big Deal is the debut album by Brazilian rock band Black Drawing Chalks. Released in 2008, the record was produced by Iuri Freiberger, who already produced bands such Walverdes, AMP and Violins.-Track listing:#"Big Deal" - 4:12...
  
   (2007)
• Life is a Big Holiday for Us
  Life is a Big Holiday for Us
  Life is a Big Holiday For Us is the second album by Brazilian rock band Black Drawing Chalks. The record was produced by Fabrício Nobre, Gustavo Vasquez and Eduardo Ramos . The track My Favorite Way become the band's first big hit, and its video was featured on MTV Brazil, being nominated to MTV...
  
  (2009)

External links

• Official page
• Monstro discos