ArtistInfo

Os Mutantes

Band, *1966 BR, São Paulo
Rock and Latin
A.k.a. O'Seis

Innovative pop trio from Brazil. Formed in the late 60's by Arnaldo Baptista, Sergio Dias and Rita Lee. They were heavily influenced by British rock bands like the Beatles, and were the first to introduce the psychedelic rock sound to Brazil. Os Mutantes ("The Mutants") are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. Although the original line-up (Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgio Dias; and later with Liminha and Dinho Leme) made the most notorious breakthrough for the group, it has gone through numerous personnel changes throughout its existence. They performed and recorded with many artists of this period, including Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, before Veloso and Gil were arrested and subsequently exiled by the military government of Brazil in early 1969. During this period, Os Mutantes was also threatened by the military government of Brazil of that time.

Members

	Liminha b, g *1951 BR
	Arnaldo Baptista voc, key *1948 BR
	Rita Lee voc *1947 BR
	Sergio Dias voc, g *1951 BR
	Zélia Duncan voc, acg *1964 BR
	Luciano Alves ep, org, key *1956 BR
	Arnolpho Lima Filho b
	Rui Motta dr, perc, voc
	Ronaldo P. Leme dr
	Túlio Mourão key, org *1952 BR
	Paulo De Castro voc, vn, b BR
	A. Pedro De Medeiros b, voc
	Fernando Gama b