- Mamonas Assassinas is known for The Mutants: Ways of the Heart (2008), Ways of the Heart (2007) and Por Toda Minha Vida (2006).
- Tragically short-lived Brazilian rock band who combined lowbrow satire with a variety of musical styles, from metal and hip hop to South and Latin American folk influences
- Wore prison stripes or silly costumes and poked fun at themselves onstage
- Members were lead singer Dinho, keyboardist Júlio Rasec, guitarist Bento Hinoto, bassist Samuel Reoli, and drummer Sérgio Reoli.
- Bento and the Reoli brothers formed the metal trio Utopia in the suburbs of São Paulo in 1989. They reinvented themselves as the comedy band Mamonas Assassinas after Dinho (principal singer and lyricist) and Julio (keyboardist, composer) joined in 1992.
- Their self-titled 1995 debut album sold 2 million copies in eight months, and was still going strong when the band met its untimely end in a private plane crash.
- Although their songs touched on adult themes, Mamonas Assassinas were most popular with young people for their juvenile humor and cartoonish stage antics.
- Made only one official music video, Mamonas Assassinas: Pelados em Santos (1995). The yellow hatchback they are crammed into is a Volkswagen Brasília, which was manufactured from 1974 to 1982. The band and the vehicle are now inextricably linked in Brazilian pop culture.
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