GNR (band)

GNR
Also known as	Grupo Novo Rock
Origin	Portugal
Genres	Alternative rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk
Years active	1980–present
Labels	EMI
Members	Rui Reininho Jorge Romão Toli César Machado
Past members	Alexandre Soares Vítor Rua Mano Zé Manuel Ribeiro Herminio Tavares Zezé Garcia
Website	gnr-gruponovorock.com

GNR is a Portuguese band founded in 1981. The band shares its acronym (Grupo Novo Rock, Portuguese for Group of New Rock) with the Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard) and is inseparable from the concept of Portuguese rock. Many years after its creation, numerous recordings show the band's popularity. The band is always represented by the charismatic Rui Reininho, singer, author of lyrics and songs, he was one of the most loved by the media - and often controversial - symbol of the Portuguese rock scene.

Alongside Toli César (guitarist, former drummer) and Jorge Romão (bass), Rui Reininho and GNR create concerts where irony, parody and provocation dominate. They stage - in a language often enriched by the Porto slang - the caricatured and stereotyped sides of the city's inhabitants.

Discography

Main article: GNR discography

Studio albums

• Independança (1982)
• Defeitos Especiais (1984)
• Os Homens Não Se Querem Bonitos (1985)
• Psicopátria (1986)
• Valsa dos Detectives (1989)
• Rock in Rio Douro (1992)
• Sob Escuta (1994)
• Mosquito (1998)
• Popless (2000)
• Do Lado dos Cisnes (2002)
• Retropolitana (2010)
• Voos Domésticos (2011)
• Caixa Negra (2015)

References

• "Allmusic". Retrieved 2012-10-06.