Mamonas Assassinas

Mamonas Assassinas was a Brazilian comedy rock band from Guarulhos. Known originally as Utopia, their musical style employed a humorous mixture between rock and a wide range of styles, often borrowing elements from other music, among which were the main riff of the Portuguese Vira, Northeastern Brazilian rhythms like forró, Mexican music, heavy metal, sertanejo, and even pagode. Widely beloved in their native Brazil, the band are widely regarded as one of the most popular bands to come out of the 1990s Brazilian music scene. The band's name mamonas refers to the name of the Castor oil plant, which contains the highly toxic compound ricin, while also being a double entendre where it could be understood as "big mammary", with the band even having translated the name into English as "Killer Big Breasts". This is illustrated in the cover of the band's debut album with the drawing of a busty topless woman, inspired by Playboy model Mari Alexandre. On 2 March 1996, the plane in which the band was traveling crashed into the Cantareira mountain range, near São Paulo, killing all five band members.

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