Mão Morta

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Portuguese rock band

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nameMão Morta
imageForum lisboa, 15012005.jpg
image_size250px
captionMão Morta in Lisbon.
backgroundgroup_or_band
originBraga, Portugal
genreAlternative rock, post-punk, death rock, noise rock, avant-garde rock
years_active–present
labelCobra Discos, Fungui, NorteSul, Áres Total, Sony BMG, Universal Music, Ama Romanta
associated_actsMécanosphère
website
current_membersAdolfo Luxúria Canibal
Miguel Pedro
António Rafael
Sapo
Vasco Vaz
Joana Longobardi
past_membersMarta Abreu
José Pedro Moura
Carlos Fortes
Zé dos Eclipses
Joaquim Pinto
Paulo Trindade
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| name = Mão Morta | image = Forum lisboa, 15012005.jpg | image_size = 250px | landscape = | alt = | caption = Mão Morta in Lisbon. | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Braga, Portugal | genre = Alternative rock, post-punk, death rock, noise rock, avant-garde rock | years_active = –present | label = Cobra Discos, Fungui, NorteSul, Áres Total, Sony BMG, Universal Music, Ama Romanta | associated_acts = Mécanosphère | website = | current_members = Adolfo Luxúria Canibal Miguel Pedro António Rafael Sapo Vasco Vaz Joana Longobardi | past_members = Marta Abreu José Pedro Moura Carlos Fortes Zé dos Eclipses Joaquim Pinto Paulo Trindade

Mão Morta is a Portuguese avant-garde rock band that started its activities in 1985 in Braga. The group's name means "dead hand", based on a traditional Portuguese nursery rhyme. They are generally considered to be one of the most important bands in the Portuguese rock scene and have since reached a cult status. Since the start of their career, their live concerts became famous for their intensity and dark mood, due to their signature alternative rock sound and the performance of vocalist Adolfo Luxúria Canibal (a pseudonym, meaning Adolph Cannibal Lust), known for occasional onstage theatrics and his gravelly voice, half-sung, half-spoken singing style. Mão Morta's music is difficult to categorize as they incorporate a variety of genres; from punk rock, metal, to industrial and experimental. Their sound, combined with Adolfo's lyrics, reflects urban violence, a human search for pleasure, freedom and a critique of contemporary consumerist society, often with sarcastic humour.

Members

Current members

Past members

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles and promos

Compilations

Original soundtracks

Other

DVD

References

Books

  • Adolfo Luxúria CANIBAL, Estilhaços. Quasi Edições, 2003.
  • Vítor JUNQUEIRA, Narradores da Decadência. Quasi Edições, 2004.

Biographies

Interviews

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