Banda was active until 2023, selling millions of discs, as well as having a large number of hits in different decades
THE Skank It is among the main names of Brazilian music. During their career, they had more than 6 million albums sold – apart from the pirated. Unlike other bands, the group has maintained constant relevance throughout their career, with hits in different decades.
In addition to the road years, the Skank also impresses with having kept the same formation since its inception, with Samuel Rosa (vocal and guitar), Henrique Portugal (keyboard), LELO ZANETI (low) and Harold Ferretti (battery). But what would explain the band never had a low period?
For the singer, the factor “luck” would have been one of the first. But it doesn’t stop there.
In an interview with G1, Rose He talked about the high variety in the sounds explored by the compositions. For him, this “constant renewal” of the band allowed them to stay relevant over the years:
“Within our possibilities, I think the Skank He explored the paths well as a result of a hybrid formation that each of us had. And we started a little disguised as a dancehall band, but in Samba Poconé (1996) you could see that we already had a flirt with Latin rock, already abdicated some of the reggae to go a little for ska. ”
In reflecting on this walk, the singer and guitarist stressed that they were never afraid to change. Despite understanding that there are some groups that preserve themselves equal throughout his career, the musician explained that this was never his and his colleagues.
“THE Skank There was no ceremony to put their hands on work and change and provide changes. And that generated this freshness, we were always feeling a new band. ”
These changes were fundamental to your group. The artist even commented on a “Nepoffish pact” between artist and audience, in which the musician does not change his sound and fans do not stop listening to him, but reiterated that this was never the idea. The new and the changes also contributed to the constant renewal of the set.
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Source: Rollingstone
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