Inocentes is one of the oldest active punk rock bands in Brazil. The group was formed in 1981 by former members of pioneer local punk bands Restos de Nada and Condutores de Cadáver.

Inocentes
Origin Brazil - São Paulo
GenresPunk rock, post-punk
Years active1981–present
LabelsPunk Rock Discos
Cameratti
Eldorado
Paradoxx Music
Abril Music
RDS
Ataque Frontal
Monstro Discos
Warner Music
MembersClemente Nascimento
Ronaldo Passos
Nonô
Anselmo Monstro
Past membersAndré Parlato
Antônio Carlos Calegari
Antônio "Tonhão" Parlato
Ariel Uliana Jr.
César Romaro
Marcelino Gonzales
Mingau
Websiteinocentes.com.br

During their first incarnation in the first half of the 1980s, Inocentes played basic energetic and politically charged hardcore punk, exemplified by the Grito Suburbano compilation tracks and their 7" EP "Miséria e Fome".

The original band split up in 1984, but frontman Clemente Nascimento put a new line up together a few months later with former members of São Paulo Oi! band Neuróticos. The new line up dropped the hardcore influences and adopted a cleaner, more melodic sound mixing punk, post-punk and other influences. In July 2016, their 1986 album Pânico em SP was elected by Rolling Stone Brasil as the 6th best Brazilian punk rock album.[1]

Apart from some line up changes over the years, Inocentes are still active, always led by Nascimento, who has also been playing guitar for Brasilia post-punk veterans Plebe Rude since the mid-2000s.

Discography

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Year Title Label
1982 Grito Suburbano Punk Rock Discos
1983 O Começo do Fim do Mundo SESC
1983 Miséria e Fome Inocentes Discos
1984 Life is a Joke Weird System
1984 Volks Grito Vinnyl Boogie
1986 Pânico em SP Warner
1987 Adeus Carne Warner
1988 Miséria e Fome Devil Discos
1989 Inocentes Warner
1992 Estilhaços Camerati
1994 Subterrâneos Eldorado
1996 Ruas Paradoxx
1999 Embalado a Vácuo Abril Music
1999 Garotos do Subúrbio RDS
2000 O Barulho dos Inocentes Abril Music
2002 Vinte Anos ao Vivo RDS
2004 Labirinto Ataque Frontal
2013 Sob Controle Substantial Music

References

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  1. ^ Cavalcanti, Paulo (20 July 2016). "Os dez maiores discos do punk rock nacional". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Grupo Spring de Comunicação. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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