Ira!

Ira!

Ira! in 2005
Background information
Origin São Paulo, Brazil
Genres Punk rock, post-punk, alternative rock, Brazilian rock
Years active 19812007
2014
Labels Sony-BMG
Associated acts Titãs
Ultraje a Rigor
Website www.iraoficial.com
Members Nasi
Edgard Scandurra
Daniel Scandurra
Johnny Boy
Evaristo Pádua
Past members Ricardo Gaspa
André Jung
Charles Gavin
Fábio Scatone
Victor Leite
Adilson Fajardo
Dino

Ira! (Portuguese for Anger or Rage) is a Brazilian rock band that was founded in São Paulo in the early 1980s. They were strongly influenced by the Mod sound of The Who, the hard rock of Led Zeppelin and the punk rock of The Clash.

History

Early Years

Led by singer Nasi and guitarist Edgard Scandurra, with Ricardo Gaspa on bass and André Jung on drums, Ira! was at the height of their success in the mid-to-late 1980s. Songs like "Núcleo Base", "Flores em Você" and "Envelheço na Cidade" were huge hits when first released and still enjoy considerable airplay in radio stations throughout Brazil. The band had a decline in productivity and popularity during the 1990s, but regained popularity after playing before an audience of over 250,000 at the third edition of the Rock in Rio festival in 2001 and doing an acoustic special for MTV Brasil in 2004.

2007: Internal Conflicts and Split

In September 2007, just before the band were due to have a break, Nasi departed from the band after a conflict with Airton Valadão Rodolfo, who was the band manager and also Nasi's brother.[1]

In November 2007, Edgard Scandurra announced that Ira! had split up and the remaining members would follow their careers separately.

2014: Reunion

On June 27, 2012, Nasi and Airton announced to the press that they have been reconciled after more than five years of court and public battles. The brothers stated that they would settle all the pending legal prosecutions that one had target to the other. It was agreed that the brand 'Ira!', which was a property of Airton, would return to Nasi.[2] The rumor of a possible Ira! reunion were denied, though. Nasi stated in his Facebook profile and on his personal blog[3] that he had no immediate plan to reunite the group, although he was open get in good terms with Edgard Scandurra.

Discography

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