The origin of punk rock and hardcore punk in Brazil was around the end of the 1970s, by the influence of bands like Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Ramones.
One of the first bands to appear were Restos de Nada (stands for rest of nothing) around 1978/1979. But it was only in the beginning of the 1980s that the scene grew, even with gangs of punks, specially in São Paulo city (and where "Restos de Nada" came from).[citation needed]
In the first half of the 1980s, a lot of bands appeared from these gangs in São Paulo, and became important, like Cólera, Olho Seco, Garotos Podres, Lobotomia, Mercenárias (an all woman band), Inocentes, Ratos de Porão. While in São Paulo, bands were closer to raw punk and hardcore, in the nation's capital, Brasília, punk rock bands were closer to new wave: those were bands like Aborto Elétrico, Legião Urbana, Capital Inicial and Plebe Rude.
In São Paulo, in the mid 1980s, violence among the punk gangs caused some bands to change their sound. Bands like Inocentes and Mercenárias took a more post punk direction, while Ratos de Porão and Lobotomia got influences from the thrash metal scene.
In the 1990s, along with the straight edge and riot grrl cultures, punk and hardcore were reborn, specially in the São Paulo state, with big and influential underground names like No Violence, Safari Hamburguers, Abuso Sonoro, Point of No Return, Dominatrix, Calibre 12, Nitrominds and others. In other parts of Brazil, names like DFC and Raimundos from Brasília, Devotos do Ódio from Recife, Pastel De Miolos, Bosta Rala from Bahia, Mukeka di Rato, Deltree and Dead Fish from Espirito Santo were also big. Different from the 1980s bands, most of these new 1990's bands had their lyrics sung in English.
List of bands
Brazilian hardcore, grindcore and punk rock bands include:
1970s and 1980s
- Aborto Elétrico - 80s new wave post-punk from Brasília
- Armagedom - Punk/hardcore/thrash pioneers.
- Banda do Lixo - Literally, "Garbage Band". Proto-punk band that actually threw garbage from the stage. From Minas Gerais.
- Cólera - Classic punk rock band, one of the pioneers of the genre in Brazil.
- Devotos - Hardcore DIY.
- Dose Brutal - Oi! punk rock band
- Garotos Podres - old punk/oi band from São Paulo.
- Grinders - First skatepunk/hardcore/thrash band from Brazil.
- Inocentes - one of the punk rock pioneers in Brazil.
- Joelho de Porco - Protopunk
- Kaos 64 - punk
- Lixomania - punk
- Lobotomia - 80s Punk Rock/Hardcore/Thrash Metal.
- Olho Seco - classic fast/punk/grind/noise band
- Plebe Rude - 80s post-punk from Brasília
- Ratos de Porão - The most well-known hardcore/crossover band from Brazil.
- Replicantes - classic punk rock/post-punk. From Rio Grande do Sul.
- Restos de Nada - The first punk rock band, from the late 70s.
- The V - a punk/hardcore band formed by girls
- Virus 27 - Oi! from São Paulo
1990s and 2000s
- Antigone - Metalcore/Hatecore band from Cabo Frio
- Atrack - Melodic Hardcore/Punk Rock from Porto Alegre
- Blind Pigs - Hardcore/Punk Rock from Barueri
- Carbona - Punk Rock/Bubblegum Pop from Rio de Janeiro
- DFC - Hardcore/Crossover from Brasília
- Discarga - Thrashcore from Sao Paulo - They share a bass player with Ratos de Porão
- Bandana Revenge - Thrashcore from Rio de Janeiro
- Dead Fish - Hardcore Punk from Vitória
- Deltree - Melodic Hardcore/Screamo from Serra
- Garage Fuzz - Melodic Hardcore from Santos (São Paulo)
- I Shot Cyrus - Thrash/Fastcore band from São Paulo- Members of *Ratos de Porão
- Los Vatos - Punk Rock from Porto Alegre
- Nossa Vitória - Oldschool Hardcore from Volta Redonda
- Ordeal - Hardcore/Youth Crew from Rio de Janeiro
- Your Last Choice - Hardcore 80's from Rio de Janeiro
- Point of No Return - Hardcore/Metal from São Paulo
- Raimundos - Hardcore/Forró from Brasília
- Reajuste - Hardcore from Rio de Janeiro
- R.D.K (revolução do kaos) - Hardcore-punk from Sao Paulo
- Reffer - Hardcore/Pop Punk from Belo Horizonte
- Ressurreição - Punk Rock from Capão Redondo
- Rethink - Melodic Hardcore from São Paulo
- Rodox - Hardcore from Brasília
- Rot - Grindcore from Osasco
- Elasticdeath - Power Violence from Rio de Janeiro
- Ruptura - Punk Rock from Campinas
- Scum Noise - Crustcore from Santa Bárbara d'Oeste
- Self Conviction - Hardcore from São Paulo, formerly knows as Positive Minds
- Sem Fim - Hardcore/Rock from Brasília
- Sick Terror - Thrashcore from São Paulo
- Small Talk - Hardcore/Rock from São Paulo
- Social Chaos - Crustcore from São Bernardo do Campo
- Street Bulldogs - Melodic Hardcore from São Paulo
- Subviventes - Punk Rock from São André
- Sugar Kane - Melodic Hardcore from Curitiba
- Taub - Hardcore/Samba from Rio de Janeiro
- Terror Revolucionario - Crustcore from Brasilia
- ZäHC - Grindcore/Thrash from Rio de Janeiro
- T.P.M. (Trabalhar Para Morrer) - Punk Rock/Riot Grrrl from São Paulo
- The Rookies - Punk Rock/Pop Punk from Curitiba
- Valve - Melodic Hardcore from Brasília
- Pastel De Miolos - 80's Punk Hardcore from Bahia.
- Vendetta - Straight Edge Hardcore from ABC Paulista
- Pelados na Rua - Hardcore punk and Punk Rock from São Paulo
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