# Zé Mario Drums | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ze-mario-drums
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ze-mario-drums/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 00:47 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ze-mario-drums
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ze-mario-drums/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ze-mario-drums/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Zé Mario Drums
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ze-mario-drums`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 00:47 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-a818b79b4f4546fe
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 2
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1249
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 3
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Coração Cigano, and Grão de Areia
- 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

José Mario Pereira da Silva, known as Zé Mario Drums, came from Itabuna, Bahia, where he grew up around samba, axé, and forró. He started drumming early, using whatever household items he could find to practice. In the 1980s he formed his band, and their 1988 debut album 'Coração Cigano' took off nationally, with the title track becoming a hit. That song, along with 'Grão de Areia,' helped define his...

## 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. Coração Cigano — https://lyroverse.com/ze-mario-drums/coracao-cigano
2. Grão de Areia — https://lyroverse.com/ze-mario-drums/grao-de-areia