Rogério Tolomei Teixeira (born September 2, 1956), better known by
his stage name Rogério Skylab, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter,
lyricist, classical guitarist, poet, essayist, record producer, actor
and former television presenter. His unique musical style is
characterized by minimalism and eclecticism, and his lyrics are
permeated by acerbic allusions to popular culture, pessimism,
scatology, nihilism and black comedy (he has, however, always denied
that his songs have humorous purposes). Some of his most recognizable
compositions are "Motosserra", "Fátima Bernardes Experiência",
"Dedo, LÃngua, Cu e Boceta", "Eu Chupo o Meu Pau" and "Matador de
Passarinho".Rogério Skylab was born Rogério Tolomei Teixeira in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 2, 1956, and is of Italian and
Portuguese descent. He has degrees in literature and philosophy from
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and also began attending a
law course, but never finished it.Prior to his musical career, Skylab
worked for 28 years as a public servant at a Banco do Brasil agency in
Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul. After a brief stint as the vocalist of
punk rock band Setembro Negro in the mid- to late 1980s, in 1991 he
participated as a solo artist in a music festival in Juiz de Fora,
Minas Gerais; he won the first-place cash prize with the song "Samba
do Skylab", from which he took his stage name. Rogério used the prize
money to finance the recording of his debut album, Fora da Grei, which
was released the following year; it was very well-received by the
critics, and awarded him many appearances on Jô Soares' late-night
talk shows Jô Soares Onze e Meia and Programa do Jô in the 1990s.
his stage name Rogério Skylab, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter,
lyricist, classical guitarist, poet, essayist, record producer, actor
and former television presenter. His unique musical style is
characterized by minimalism and eclecticism, and his lyrics are
permeated by acerbic allusions to popular culture, pessimism,
scatology, nihilism and black comedy (he has, however, always denied
that his songs have humorous purposes). Some of his most recognizable
compositions are "Motosserra", "Fátima Bernardes Experiência",
"Dedo, LÃngua, Cu e Boceta", "Eu Chupo o Meu Pau" and "Matador de
Passarinho".Rogério Skylab was born Rogério Tolomei Teixeira in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 2, 1956, and is of Italian and
Portuguese descent. He has degrees in literature and philosophy from
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and also began attending a
law course, but never finished it.Prior to his musical career, Skylab
worked for 28 years as a public servant at a Banco do Brasil agency in
Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul. After a brief stint as the vocalist of
punk rock band Setembro Negro in the mid- to late 1980s, in 1991 he
participated as a solo artist in a music festival in Juiz de Fora,
Minas Gerais; he won the first-place cash prize with the song "Samba
do Skylab", from which he took his stage name. Rogério used the prize
money to finance the recording of his debut album, Fora da Grei, which
was released the following year; it was very well-received by the
critics, and awarded him many appearances on Jô Soares' late-night
talk shows Jô Soares Onze e Meia and Programa do Jô in the 1990s.
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