# O Bando D'Água | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/o-bando-dgua
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/o-bando-dgua/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 22:16 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/o-bando-dgua
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/o-bando-dgua/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/o-bando-dgua/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: O Bando D'Água
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `o-bando-dgua`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 22:16 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-ed626638dc3c2579
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1419
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 13
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 4
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Folha Seca, and Touro Estranho
- Current-month titles with activity: Folha Seca, and Touro Estranho
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

O Bando D'Água formed in Portugal in 1984, playing reggae at a time when the genre and its Rastafari associations faced prejudice there. Their lyrics, mostly written by vocalist Tó Cruz, often addressed social and political issues. The song 'Folha Seca' became particularly well-known. This censorship seemed to boost their profile rather than diminish it. Their music found listeners in other Portuguese-speaking countries like Angola, Mozambique, and Brazil. They released...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Folha Seca — https://lyroverse.com/o-bando-dgua/folha-seca
2. Touro Estranho — https://lyroverse.com/o-bando-dgua/touro-estranho