- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRaul dos Santos Seixas
- Nickname
- Raulzito
- Raul Santos Seixas 28 June 1945 - 21 August 1989) was a Brazilian rock composer, singer, songwriter and producer. He is sometimes called the "Father of Brazilian Rock" and "Maluco Beleza", the last one roughly translated as "Groovy Nutcase". He was born in Salvador (Bahia), Brazil. Every year on Seixas' birthday, legions of fans, including thousands of impersonators (many even changing their last name to Seixas as a sign of passionate admiration), throw a parade in his honor in downtown São Paulo.[1]
His body of work consists of 21 albums released throughout his 26-year career. His musical style is varied, though Rock'n'Roll, folk, and ballads form much of his oeuvre. Raul Seixas also wrote songs that blended non-Anglo styles, including variations of rhythms typical of his native Northeast Brazil like Forró, Baião, Maxixe, Candomblé drumming, and in fact, often used more than one style in the same song, such as in "Let Me Sing, Let Me Sing". 'Canto para minha morte' (Song for my death) is a rock-tango of deep spiritual resonance. His debut album, Raulzito e os Panteras, was produced when he was part of a band of the same name. However, he only gained prominence and critical audience with songs from the album Krig-Há, Bandolo! (1973), such as "Ouro de Tolo" ("Fool's Gold"), 'Mosca na Sopa' ("Fly in the Soup"), and 'Metamorfose Ambulante' ("Walking Metamorphosis"). Raul Seixas developed a musical style that emphasized the free-spirit and the mystic. His album Gita (1974), influenced by figures such as Aleister Crowley, expresses his views directly. Although Raul Seixas never described himself as an adept of Tropicália (Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Gal Costa, Jorge Ben Jor, etc), his openness to exploring and mingling sounds and rhythms of different times and cultures with an iconoclastic shows that Tropicália did seem to have a degree of influence in Raul Seixas' artistic output.
Many songs in Gita were co-written with his frequent collaborator, then-fellow mystic and future worldwide bestselling author Paulo Coelho. Raul was interested in philosophy (especially metaphysics and ontology), psychology, history, literature and Latin. In October 2008, nineteen years after his death, Raul Seixas was placed in 19th position in a list of one hundred greatest artists of Brazilian music sponsored by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine,[2] topping the likes of Milton Nascimento, Maria Bethânia, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others, demonstrating the influence that Seixas' music continues to hold today.- IMDb Mini Biography By: CULTZONE Filmes
- SpousesÂngela Affonso Costa ("Kika Seixas")(1980 - 1985) (divorced, 1 child)Glória Vaquer(1975 - 1978) (divorced, 1 child)Edith Wisner(1967 - 1974) (divorced, 1 child)
- Bahia accent
- Use of philosophical metaphors in his writing
- Rock n'roll compositions.
- Has three daughters by three different mothers: Simone Andréa Wisner Seixas (b.November 1970) with Edith Wisner, Scarlet Vaquer Seixas (b.June 1976) with Glória Vaquer, and Vivian Costa Seixas (b. 1981) with Kika Seixas.
- Was close friends with Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho, and collaborated with him on several albums. In the mid-70s Seixas and Coelho heavily studied (and practiced) the teachings of English occultist Aleister Crowley. The two planned to found an anarchist community called "Sociedade Alternativa" in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Before this could take place both men were exiled by the country's military for subversive behavior. Seixas spent part of this time travelling in the United States, where he met Jerry Lee Lewis and John Lennon. Lennon and Yoko Ono became international members of "Sociedade Alternativa".
- Son of Raul Varella Seixas, a engineer, and Maria Eugênia dos Santos, a housewife.
- Has a 3 years younger brother named Plínio dos Santos Seixas.
- Songwriter and musician, considered one of the many great Brazilian poets and artists.
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