When I stumbled upon Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark, it was love at first sight again, and the entire collection was bought immediately.
By João Paulo Andrade, Director of Whiplash
I've always been a music fanatic. But until 1989 (I was born in 1973, do the math) I only listened to MPB. Real MPB… Chico Buarque, Cartola, Elis Regina, Zé Ramalho, Tom Jobim and the like… rock was inferior to me.
As a music fanatic, I always received records as gifts. At Christmas in '89, an aunt mistakenly gave me a Legião Urbana album, *Quatro Estações*. I couldn't return it to the store because it had been bought in another state. I decided to give it a chance. I listened to the album once. And again… and again… and listened to it all week. I discovered the band had released three other albums before. I bought all three in the same week. And for practically a month I only listened to Legião Urbana. Immediately I started buying records from various rock bands. Until I stumbled upon my first heavy metal album, *Fear of the Dark* by Iron Maiden, again love at first sight and again the whole collection bought right away.
Back in 1991 I was selling all my MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) vinyl records (a decision I greatly regretted later) to buy rock and heavy metal on CD… I went through a phase of only listening to thrash… of only listening to punk… I was radical, who wasn't?
Today I listen to everything… including old-school Brazilian Popular Music (MPB).
True fans will have yet another reason to complain about Whiplash.
John Paul Andrade
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