André Coelho Matos (born September 14, 1971) is a Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra and Shaaman. Since October 2006 André Matos has been dedicating his time to his solo band.
Biography
Viper, Angra and Shaaman
Matos grew up in his hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. Matos began his musical education at the age of ten, when he received his first piano from his parents. As a teen, he would gather with his friends to listen to their favorite bands. Soon they began learning to play music too, and Matos joined his first band, Viper. The band first performed on April 8, 1985, when he was just thirteen years old. That same year, they recorded their first demo tape, "The Killera Sword".
Matos continued on vocals, but he had no pretention of remaining a vocalist, a role he assumed only because his singing was the "least poor vocals of all of them", and because he physically resembled Iron Maiden's vocalist, Bruce Dickinson. His instruments of choice were always the piano and keyboard instruments. Matos left Viper when the band began to change its musical style. He had become interested in classical music, and felt that his musical vision had begun to diverge from that of the other band members, who wanted to focus on heavier, "crude" music.
On Your Own may refer to:
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"On Your Own" is a song by Blur. It was released as a single on 16 June 1997, and can also be found on the album Blur. It charted at number 5 on the UK singles chart. The song is used in The Beach (2000).
Although it wasn't released exclusively under the name, Damon Albarn, frontman of both musical projects, has since referred the song as 'one of the first ever Gorillaz tunes'.
Music video
The music video for "On your Own" was directed by Sophie Muller and recorded in Barcelona, in what at the moment was an industrial site, by the Besos Water Tower.
B-Sides
The B-sides were all recorded at John Peel's home studio; Peel Acres. They were previously broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 8 May 1997. An extensive interview was also broadcast, but is currently commercially unavailable. Stickered copies of CD1 and the white vinyl 7" featured the text 'includes POPSCENE'. This is because "Popscene" did not appear on the UK version of Modern Life is Rubbish and was, therefore, rare and sought after by fans until its inclusion on Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur. The version that appears here merges into "Song 2". All of Blur's Peel Sessions were later released on the second disc of the Japan only compilation Bustin' + Dronin', an album that features three versions of "On Your Own".
"On Your Own" is a song by British rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, A Northern Soul. It was released 12 June 1995 as the second single from the album charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).
Lyrics
The song appears to be based on the work of The Smiths, using some of their techniques, such as adding major sevenths - and even features a lyric close to the one in How Soon Is Now?:
"You come in on your own and you leave on your own"
This Verve lyric can find easy comparisons with:
"and you stand on your own and you leave on your own".
Lead singer Richard Ashcroft also recorded an acoustic version of On Your Own that contained only piano and acoustic guitar, in addition to Ashcroft's vocals. The vinyl version is green and features the B-Side I See The Door. A small number of the green vinyl release were misprinted and featured the track "Friends" by Daryll-Ann. Nearly all misprinted copies were destroyed, making it a highly collectable single.
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ALBUMS
- The Turn of the Lights released: 2012
- Mentalize released: 2010
- Time to Be Free released: 2008
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The Turn of the Lights
by: Andre MatosAs the universe expands
And high flames are burning
As the light breaks through the haze
And sunrays melt away the snow
The streams get out of control
For we don't own life
It's a fact: we're born to stray
On this deadly journey
We don' know where it begins
And nobody tells where it goes
The wheels just roll down the road
Is there still a chance?
We're alive - that's all we can say
We must stay alert through the night
Side by side, let's keep hand in hand
And wait for the turn of the lights...
The turn of the lights!