regime (until 1985) and there was the rebuke. Since the beginning, the Brazilian punk music style was more reminiscent of Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys than Sex Pistols, that is, it was more akin to Hardcore punk. An independent label named Punk Rock Discos was created in the beginning of the 1980s, which produced the first record of an individual Brazilian Punk band, Lixomania; a six-song record released in 1982. By the same label, the first long play of Brazilian Punk bands appeared in the same year, Grito Suburbano album, with three bands from São Paulo city: Cólera, Olho Sêco and Inocentes. Some of these first records are rarities and well paid by the collectors in Europe and Japan. Brazilian punk rock gained visibility in the international media in 1982 with O Começo do Fim do Mundo, a festival that gathered peacefully the rival gangs for the first time, and it is one of the biggest punk festivals of the world until today. In 1985, a band led by Brazilian musician Supla released its first LP through a major big label. In 1986, Inocentes and Replicantes too, when the Brazilian punk scene was already growing colder. In 1986, Cólera was the first Brazilian punk band to perform shows internationally, and then, Ratos de Porão. In the 1990s the punk returned to the scene. Some examples of bands: Renegados, Jailson Jan & Virtual Machine (electronic punk), Zumbis do Espaço, Ludovic, Mukeka di Rato, Blind Pigs (today Porcos Cegos), Carbona, Flicts, Ação Direta, Ack, Gritando HC, Nitrominds, Tequila Baby, Dominatrix, Motores, Pastel de Miolos, Sweet Suburbia, Hellsakura, Pupila Dilatada, Dance of Days. Wander Wildner, former frontman of Replicantes, released his solo debut in 1996 with a creative punk fusion that he named Punk-brega. The early Brazilian punk scene was immortalized on the documentary Botinada: A Origem do Punk no Brasil directed by former MTV VJ Gastão Moreira. 1980s Even though the 1960s witnessed the phenomenon of Jovem Guarda and the 1970s saw the appearance of many prolific artists, like Raul Seixas, and bands like Os Mutantes, Brazilian rock's explosion began in 1981 with the first expressions of the Brazilian new wave, later renamed the New Jovem Guarda by the media. The Punk rock already was incorporated but the ska was the news. The alterations of the English new wave movement, with its surprising variety of styles, arrived in Brazil through groups and