Nação Zumbi

Nação Zumbi
Nação Zumbi live at Maquinária Festival.
Background information
Also known as	Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
Origin	Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Genres	Manguebeat
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Sony Music, Trama, YB Music
Associated acts	Chico Science, Soulfly
Website	http://www.nacaozumbi.com.br/
Members	Jorge Du Peixe Lucio Maia Alexandre Dengue Gilmar Bola Oito Toca Ogan Pupilo
Past members	Chico Science Canhoto Gira

Nação Zumbi (formerly Chico Science & Nação Zumbi) is a Brazilian band formed by Chico Science. They have been hailed as one of the most important groups to come out of the mangue beat movement in the 1990s. The musicians of the group continued as Nação Zumbi after Chico died in a car accident on February 2, 1997.

In their songs they experiment with mixing of rock, punk, funk, hip hop, soul, Pernambuco's regional rhythms and Brazilian traditional music, with heavy use of percussion instruments.

They released two albums by the time of Chico's death, Da lama ao caos (From Mud to Chaos) in 1994 and Afrociberdelia in 1996. Both received critical acclaim.

In 1996, Nação Zumbi contributed Maracatu Atômico to the AIDS-Benefit Album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization.