A Brazilian group whose direct lyrics about social themes connected with younger listeners for two decades.
If you want to hear what they were about, 'Humanos' and 'Repressão Policial' give you the picture. Straight talk, straightforward rock.
Rejects made music that actually said something. Songs like 'Humanos' and 'Amanhã tudo igual' had that straightforward rock sound with some punk and hardcore mixed in, and their lyrics often dealt with social themes. That directness sometimes drew criticism from conservative listeners, but it found an audience with younger people in Brazil who wanted music that didn't dance around things.
They formed in São Paulo in 2002 with Renan Benghi on vocals and guitar, Lipe Ribeiro on guitar, Julio Franco on bass, and Byafra on drums. They put out records like 'Ode à Liberdade' in 2003, 'Siga seu Destino' in 2005, and 'Alegria, Alegria' in 2013, and kept playing for about twenty years.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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