Paulo Ricardo (musician)

Paulo Ricardo Oliveira Nery de Medeiros (born September 23, 1962) is a Brazilian rock singer, musician and songwriter. He was a longtime member of the band RPM as a bass guitarist and vocalist. He has also released several solo albums. Early life In his childhood, Ricardo listened to Nat King Cole and the collections of the famous Big Bands from Toquinho, Vinícius de Morais and Maria Creuza. He joined the band Prisma in the late 1970s and also founded the band Aura in the early 1980s. He rode with a keyboard player Luiz Schiavon, formed Aura, without expressive results. Career In early 1983, Ricardo co-formed the rock band RPM. Their debut album Revoluções por Minuto was released in 1985. It sold more than 600 thousand copies. The album came with a sound tuned with the best of pop rock of the time (Duran Duran, A-HA, Alphaville) and lyrics with direct influence of progressive rock. In 1986, they released the live album Rádio Pirata ao Vivo, which was directed by Ney Matogrosso, and which sold more than 3.7 million copies across the country. In 1988, they released the album RPM (known as Os quatro Coiotes ), which was a sales failure selling only 200,000 copies. The atmosphere betwe