João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados
| João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Zoo (1977–1982) |
| Origin | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | New wave, rockabilly, doo-wop, comedy rock, surf music, rock and roll |
| Years active | 1977–1994; 2007–2010 |
| Labels | Barclay Records, RCA, Esfinge, Eldorado |
| Associated acts | Eduardo Dussek, Ney Matogrosso, Lulu Santos, Paula Toller |
| Past members | Selvagem Big Abreu Avellar Love Bob Gallo Léo Jaime Cláudio Killer |
João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados (Portuguese for "João Penca [Banana-Bunch Joe] and His Tamed Apes"), commonly referred to as simply João Penca or J.P.M.A., were a Brazilian new wave band from Rio de Janeiro. Founded under the name Zoo, they were famous for their humorous, tongue-in-cheek lyrics filled with double entendres and innuendos which frequently parodied the tropes of 1950s rockabilly and 1960s surf music culture, and for their clothing heavily inspired by singers such as Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.
Alongside the more famous Ultraje a Rigor and Mamonas Assassinas, they are considered to be pioneers of the comedy rock genre in Brazil.
The band was formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1977 as "Zoo" by five friends who lived in the same building in the bairro of Leblon: Sérgio Ricardo Abreu ("Selvagem Big Abreu"), Marcelo Ferreira Knudsen ("Bob Gallo") and his younger brother Cláudio "Killer" Knudsen, Luís Carlos de Avellar Júnior ("Avellar Love") and Léo Jaime. They began their career by opening shows for and collaborating with Eduardo Dussek, and in 1982 they changed their name to João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados.
Their debut album, Os Maiores Sucessos de João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados, came out in 1983 by Barclay Records; it was the only album of the band to feature Cláudio Killer, who died while taking a shower on December 1 of the same year due to an accidental poisonous gas leakage in his apartment, and Léo Jaime, who left them in 1984 to pursue a solo career, since he felt his bandmates "were not taking the musical career as seriously as him".Os Maiores Sucessos... spawned the hit single "Edmundo", a Portuguese-language parody of Glenn Miller's "In the Mood", and counted with guest appearances by Ney Matogrosso, Lulu Santos and TV host Chacrinha. Also in 1983 they collaborated with Eduardo Dussek for his most famous song, "Rock da Cachorra", off his album Cantando no Banheiro. Their second album, Okay My Gay, came out in 1986 and contained some of the band's most famous songs, such as "Lágrimas de Crocodilo", "Popstar" (which would obtain higher fame after being covered by Lulu Santos in 2005), "Os Amantes Nunca Dizem Adeus" and "Sou Fã", with the latter two being Portuguese-language covers/adaptations of The Flamingos' "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" and The Crests' "16 Candles", respectively. It was also the band's most commercially successful album, selling over 250,000 copies.
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