Other Albuns
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At 17, I started to discover that my poetry could become lyrics, but I only fully assumed it at 23, when I became a member of Barão Vermelho. Before that I looked to find out everything I could about theater, because I knew it was a good way for me to become a singer. I went and spoke to Perfeito Fortuna, of the Circo Voador(Flying Circus), to enter his drama course. I then started rehearsing the play they were putting on, "Pára-quedas do coração" (Parachutes of the heart).
I got excited on opening night when Léo Jaime, who was also in the play, told me he knew of a rock group that was beginning that needed a singer. It was a band called Barão Vermelho (Red Baron). I went to meet them the next day and there my story started.
What I saw was four boys making a lot of noisy music: Roberto Frejat (guitar), Maurício Barros (keyboards), Dé (bass) and Guto Goffi (drums). Dé was 16 years old and the eldest were Frejat and Guto, who were 18. They didn't know I was the son of the president of the Som Livre recording company. They were just a group of guys who didn't care who was son of this or that important father. They just wanted to make music, be successful and get the public's attention. We started doing small shows around town, in the underground night-life.
Almost a year after having done many shows, Ezequiel Neves deigned to listen to a tape we had done. He made a big scandal and as he was the producer for Som Livre he went to convince Guto Graça Mello, artistic director of the company to give us a chance. He also agreed, saying he was impressed with the group's aggressiveness. It was take it or leave it because he felt that we could go to another recording company. My father had difficulty in accepting the idea, even faced with Zeca and Guto's arguments. He was against it all the time. He believed the critics would crucify me and it would look like a case of flattery, of protection of the boss's son. But we recorded our first LP in 48 hours in the studio, a totally garage thing. And , to top it all, the studio recording accentuated a defect I have, my lisp. I lisped a great deal. Of course no radio would play it, because it was totally different from the normal radio broadcasting's.
But it just so happened that Caetano Veloso opened his show "Uns"(Some), at the Canecão, and included in his repertoire "Todo amor que houver nessa vida"(All the love in this life), music by Frejat with my lyrics. Soon after, we had a hit, "Pro dia nascer feliz"(For the day to be born happy), from our second record, and next came "Bete Balanço", theme of the film by Lael Rodrigues. Our third LP, "Maior abandonado"(Of Age and Abandoned), gave us a golden record. After that the battle was won.
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