Gang 90 & Absurdettes: Essa tal de Gang 90 & Absurdettes

Gang 90 & Absurdettes was one of the first 1980s Brazilian rock bands movement. With new wave sound and visuals, somewhere between the B-52’s and Kid Creole & The Coconuts, the band led by poet Júlio Barroso was composed of young people singing their lives, loves and parties. Based on interviews and research, the author presents, in the form of a novelized biography, the electrifying story of the Gang and its members, especially Júlio and the Absurdette Alice Pink Pank, a Dutch woman in her early twenties who landed on a Brazil in transformation and lived, alongside Júlio, a creative and chaotic rollercoaster during the creation of the group’s first album, Essa tal de Gang 90 & Absurdettes. Amidst concerts at the club Pauliceia Desvairada and national tours, the hit singles “Nosso Louco Amor” and “Perdidos na Selva”, all in all fueled by whiskey and drugs, this book shows how a nearly accidental vertiginous success was the result of combined encounters and affections, romances and fights, creation and anarchy.

About the band
Created by poet Júlio Barroso in the early 1980s, Gang 90 & Absurdettes was a new wave band with amazing stage presence who invaded Brazilian radio with hits like “Perdidos na Selva” and “Nosso Louco Amor” before their first LP was even out. With Júlio on vocals, Herman Torres on guitar, and the chorus of Absurdettes Alice Pink Pank, May East and Denise Barroso, the band’s extended family included poets, musicians and whoever else would show up for rehearsal and collective creative sessions. After the first album, Júlio Barroso composed the songs for a second release, but his life was tragically interrupted when he fell out of his window in São Paulo, in 1984.

About the author
Jorn Konijn is an architecture and design curator, as well as a writer, living in Amsterdam. He was the curator of international exhibitions such as the Brazilian Design Biennale (2015), the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Urbanism and Architecture Biennale (2013), the Dutch pavilion at the São Paulo International Architecture Biennale (2011). Konijn is also an avid music collector and a DJ with shows at Red Light Radio, in Amsterdam, and Operator Radio, in Rotterdam. He is a specialist in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Brazilian music, as well as a researcher at the Arnhem University arts and design department

About the collection
Editora Cobogó has been publishing books on music since 2014. In the collection The Book of the Album import records are dissected revealing stories behind the creation of the album, recordings, composing, concerts, production. Each book presents a different great album with a singular perspective written by writers, journalists and music lovers.

Specifications
Collection The Book of the Album
Band Gang 90 & Absurdettes
Author Jorn Konijn
Language Portuguese
Page count 224
ISBN 9788555910982
Cover Radiográfico
Format Softcover
Size 13 x 19 cm
Year 2019