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[[File:patos_7111.jpg|frame| From left to right: John, Fernanda and Ricardo.]] |
[[File:patos_7111.jpg|frame| From left to right: John, Fernanda and Ricardo.]] |
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{{quote|''"Pato Fu has a career that gives us an alibi for doing whatever we want. If we wanted to make a disc of country music it wouldn't be so scary. We have songs that go through that, then it wouldn't be so absurd. But we will not do that."''|'''John Ulhoa'''}} |
{{quote|''"Pato Fu has a career that gives us an alibi for doing whatever we want. If we wanted to make a disc of country music it wouldn't be so scary. We have songs that go through that, then it wouldn't be so absurd. But we will not do that."''|'''John Ulhoa'''}} |
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{{quote|''"It's better to be the largest independent band from Brazil instead of be the smallest mainstream band."''|'''Fernanda Takai'''}} |
{{quote|''"It's better to be the largest independent band from Brazil instead of be the smallest mainstream band."''|'''Fernanda Takai'''}} |
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When a student of Public Relations joins two friends who owned a guitar shop to play [[Alternative Rock]], the result is, according to ''Time'' magazine, one of [http:// |
When a student of Public Relations joins two friends who owned a guitar shop to play [[Alternative Rock]], the result is, according to [[Time (magazine|''Time'' magazine]], one of [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000784,00.html the ten best bands on the planet]. |
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Founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1992 and named after a [[Garfield]] comic strip, in which he practices a martial art called "<s> [[Duck]]</s> Cat Fu", [[Foo Fu|Pato Fu]] has a sound that goes from the heavier rock to ballads, sung in the gentle voice of lead singer Fernanda Takai. Usually with witty lyrics, full of pop references, written by the guitarist John Ulhoa or the bass player Ricardo Koctus, the only sure thing about the band's style is that... well ... it's awesome. |
Founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1992 and named after a [[Garfield]] comic strip, in which he practices a martial art called "<s> [[Duck]]</s> Cat Fu", [[Foo Fu|Pato Fu]] has a sound that goes from the heavier rock to ballads, sung in the gentle voice of lead singer Fernanda Takai. Usually with witty lyrics, full of pop references, written by the guitarist John Ulhoa or the bass player Ricardo Koctus, the only sure thing about the band's style is that... well ... it's awesome. |
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Other artists joined the group over the years, as the percussionist Xande Tamietti and the keyboardist Lulu Camargo, who remain in the band today, and Dudu Tsuda, who left in 2009. |
Other artists joined the group over the years, as the percussionist Xande Tamietti and the keyboardist Lulu Camargo, who remain in the band today, and Dudu Tsuda, who left in 2009. |
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{{discography}} |
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The albums released by Pato Fu so far are: |
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* ''Rotomusic de Liquidificapum'' (1993) |
* ''Rotomusic de Liquidificapum'' (1993) |
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* ''Gol de Quem?'' (1994) - "Who Scored the Goal?" (a Brazilian slang which roughly means "What's going on here?") |
* ''Gol de Quem?'' (1994) - "Who Scored the Goal?" (a Brazilian slang which roughly means "What's going on here?") |
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* ''Música de Brinquedo'' (2010) - "Toy Music" |
* ''Música de Brinquedo'' (2010) - "Toy Music" |
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Works on video: |
''Works on video:'' |
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* ''MTV ao Vivo Pato Fu: no Museu de Arte da Pampulha'' (2002) - "MTV Live: on the Pampulha's Art Museum" |
* ''MTV ao Vivo Pato Fu: no Museu de Arte da Pampulha'' (2002) - "MTV Live: on the Pampulha's Art Museum" |
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* ''Pato Fu Video Clipes'' (2004) - "Pato Fu Music Videos" |
* ''Pato Fu Video Clipes'' (2004) - "Pato Fu Music Videos" |
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* ''Extra! Extra!'' (2009) - "Extra! Extra!" |
* ''Extra! Extra!'' (2009) - "Extra! Extra!" |
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* [[Album Title Drop]]: ''Tem Mas Acabou'', has its title dropped in the track "Água"; ''Toda Cura Para Todo Mal'' in "Uh Uh Uh, La La La, Ié Ié!"; and ''Daqui Pro Futuro'' in "A Verdade Sobre O Tempo". |
* [[Album Title Drop]]: ''Tem Mas Acabou'', has its title dropped in the track "Água"; ''Toda Cura Para Todo Mal'' in "Uh Uh Uh, La La La, Ié Ié!"; and ''Daqui Pro Futuro'' in "A Verdade Sobre O Tempo". |
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