First performance by Rita Lee’s group at Pequeno Mundo by Ronnie Von, on October 15, 1966, marked the beginning of the psychedelic phase in Brazil
On October 15, 1966, the history of the Mutantsgroup formed by Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista It is Sergio Dias who, if not invented, was responsible for the popularization of psychedelia in Brazil, during the 1960s.
The trio, formerly known as O’Sixperformed for the first time with the nickname that made them known in the Little World by Ronnie Vonextinct program TV Record led by the current presenter of Ronnie Von’s Morningfrom the TV network!.
The presentation gave the group the first signs of recognition, becoming the support band of ronnie von on disk Ronnie Von #3 and recording, in the following year, the seminal The mutants (1968), an album that has been cited as an influence for names like Kurt Cobain It is Jack Whitedeclared fans of the sound of the São Paulo group that emerged in the Pompeia neighborhood.
The mutants ended their activities in 1978, when the only original member of the band was Sergio Dias. The group even rehearsed a comeback without Rita Lee in the mid-2000s, with the singer Zelia Duncan in your place and Arnaldo Baptista back to the keyboards, but the line-up lasted for a few shows, such as a presentation at the anniversary of the city of São Paulo in 2007, which brought together more than 50 thousand people at the Ipiranga Park.
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