Legião Urbana

Legião Urbana — "Urban Legion" in Portuguese — is one of the most successful rock bands in Brazil's history. Originally created in 1983, the band continued to exist until 1996, with the death of its vocalis

Legião Urbana — "Urban Legion" in Portuguese — is one of the most successful rock bands in Brazil's history. Originally created in 1983, the band continued to exist until 1996, with the death of its vocalist, Renato Russo.

Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini Jr.) created Legião Urbana in 1983, in Brasília, after his short presence in an earlier band named Aborto Elétrico ("Electric Abortion"). Aborto Elétrico ceased to exist due to repeated disagreements between Russo and the brothers Fê and Flávio Lemos. After Aborto Elétrico split and Russo created Legião Urbana, the two brothers would also go on to form another very popular brazilian rock band, Capital Inicial, which remains a success in present days, but still behind what Legião Urbana accomplished. Curiously, some famous songs of Capital Inicial were early written by Renato Russo.