Secos & Molhados

Founded in 1971 by João Ricardo (singer/composer/violão/harmonica), who was soon joined by Ney Matogrosso (vocalist) and Gerson Conrad (vocalist/composer/violão), Secos & Molhados are inscribed in a privileged category of few bands and musicians who led Brazil from bossa nova through tropicália and then to Brazilian rock, a style that only blossomed in the '80s. Much of the group's importance, apart from the huge success of its first album, which sold 700,000 copies in 1973, was the heavy use of stage makeup and dramatic elements. These served as reference for a generation of ...