# Velho Monge | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/velho-monge
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/velho-monge/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 21:04 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/velho-monge
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/velho-monge/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/velho-monge/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Velho Monge
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `velho-monge`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 21:04 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-baae000d96aa26e8
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 714
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 69
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 50
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Não Faça Guerra
- 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

Velho Monge formed in Salvador, Bahia in 1987, with Emerson Villani on vocals and guitar, Fernando Bastos on bass, and Edmundo Cardoso on percussion. Their name translates to 'Old Monk' and references Mestre Pastinha, a capoeira master. Their early material included songs like 'Não Faça Guerra,' which spoke to anti-war sentiment in Brazil during the late 1980s. Their first album came out in 1994, self-titled as 'Velho Monge.' They followed...

## 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. Não Faça Guerra — https://lyroverse.com/velho-monge/nao-faca-guerra