Secos & Molhados

Meet the best-known Brazilian band that few outside Brazil know about. These guys were painting their faces and dressing outrageously before KISS bought their first pot of face-paint, and they released a clutch of albums that were a fey amalgamation of tropicalia, psychedelia, soft rock ... whatever caught the fancy of founder Joao Ricardo and his ethereal-voiced muse Ney Matogrosso. (Yes, the lead singer is male, despite what you think you hear.) These songs are evidence drugs were mightily affecting Brazilian pop music, but fortunately Brazilians went along for the magical mystery tour.