History and Discography compiled by Werner
Vírus 27 was formed in 1982. They started off as a mid-tempo hardcore punk band just like many of their contemporaries in the early Brazilian scene; very similar to Cólera. The name of the band came from the USA label Alternative Tentacles because the founder of the band was a Dead Kennedys fan. He died sometime in early 80's.
Their first recorded apperance was in 1985 on the Ataque Sonoro compilation LP. A year later they released the Parasitas Obrigatórios LP. This album showed the band moving away from hardcore punk to more of an Oi sound, like Garotos Podres. However, Vírus 27 still sang lyrics critical of society, and played with an unique sound - slow but very good.
In late 80's, the band took a turn towards right wing politics, and released the Brasil Oi! LP. They became too nationalist and the punk scene abandoned their gigs, it became a band just for skinheads - at that time punks and skinheads in Brazil started to go in different ways and hate each other. Well, at least Vírus 27 didn't became nazi and racist, only patriotic.
Releases
PARASITAS OBRIGATÓRIOS LP (Devil Discos, 1986)
BRASIL OI! LP (Devil Discos, 1988)
CASO SÉRIO!!! LP/CD (Devil Discos, 1996)
Reissues
PARASITAS OBRIGATÓRIOS CD (Devil Discos, 2002 - includes 4 bonus tracks)
Compilations
ATAQUE SONORO LP (Ataque Frontal, 1985) "Reprecaos", "Capitalismo"
OI! UM GRITO DE UNIÃO (Rotten Records, 1995)
INFO
Interview from Chiclete Com Banana
This is a 1990 interview with the band, it's on a skinhead site and it's in Portuguese. Here's an English Translation with explainations done by Pedro Carvalho (thanks!).
Vírus 27 Official Website
This is the official site, under eternal construction.