Lobão, born João Luiz Woerdenbag Filho (Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, October 11, 1957) is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian rock

Rock and roll

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 and MPB

Música Popular Brasileira

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 singer and composer

Composer

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. He also plays the drums

Drum kit

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 and guitar

Guitar

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.

Lobão is better known in Brazil for his 1980s hits, specially "Me Chama". His most famous album is Ronaldo Foi Pra Guerra.

Lobão has a reputation for having little inhibition in expressing his opinions bluntly and publicly criticising fellow musicians, which led to a notable number of controversies and enmities.

His best-known recent controversy is a break-up with the record industry. Claiming that all major labels are conspiring to deceive their own artists (by underreporting sales and using piracy as a scapegoat), he set an independent distribution plan to sell music CDs on newsstands and the Internet.

Thus far, this endeavor has been very successful: his recent albums sold well and were critically acclaimed. He also created a magazine, Outracoisa http://www.revistaoutracoisa.com.br/ (literally: "Somethingelse" or "Anotherthing"), which comes bundled with a music CD of independent artists.

Discography

• Cena de Cinema (1982)
• Ronaldo foi pra Guerra (1984)
• O Rock Errou (1986)
• Vida Bandida
  Vida Bandida
  Vida Bandida is the fourth Studio album by Brazilian Rock singer Lobão released in 1987, contains his hit “Vida Louca Vida”.-Track listing:Side A#Vida Bandida – 3:05...
  
  (1987)
• Cuidado! (1988)
• Sob o Sol de Parador (1989)
• Vivo (1990)
• O Inferno é Fogo (1991)
• Nostalgia da Modernidade (1995)
• Noite (1998)
• A Vida é Doce (1999)
• 2001: Uma Odisséia no Universo Paralelo (2001)
• Canções Dentro da Noite Escura (2005)
• Acústico MTV (2007)

External links

• Official website in Portuguese
• Outracoisa magazine in Portuguese