Os Cascavelletes
Os Cascavelletes | |
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The band's original members; clockwise from top left: Flávio Basso, Nei Van Soria, Alexandre Barea and Frank Jorge. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Genres | Rock, rockabilly, blues rock, rock and roll, psychedelic rock, folk rock |
| Years active |
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| Labels | Odeon Records |
| Spinoffs | Tenente Cascavel |
| Past members | Flávio Basso Nei Van Soria Frank Jorge Luciano Albo Alexandre Barea Humberto Petinelli |
Os Cascavelletes were a Brazilian rock group from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. One of the first rock bands from Rio Grande do Sul to acquire mainstream success nationwide alongside its "sister project" TNT, they were characterized by their irreverent style inspired by 1950s-era rockabilly culture and acts such as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, and by their comical, profanity- and sex-laden lyrics (in a musical style self-described as "porno rock"). Some of their most famous compositions are "Sob um Céu de Blues", "Menstruada", "Estou Amando uma Mulher", "Eu Quis Comer Você" and the 1989 hit "Nêga Bombom".
According to founding members Flávio Basso and Nei Van Soria, the band's name is a portmanteau of the words "cascavel" ("rattlesnake" in Portuguese) and "Marvelettes", in a reference to the eponymous American girl group popular in the mid-1960s.