Falcão

Marcondes Falcão Maia (born September 16, 1957),

Early life Falcão was born in Pereiro, a town of Ceará, where he lived until 12 years. Influenced by his father, a pharmacist and the only owner of a radio in the town, he listened to a variety of music: from Waldick Soriano to Italian music, and from Nelson Gonçalves to the Beatles. In 1970, his family moved to Fortaleza, where he attended Júlia Jorge school and learned to play guitar.

In 1978, Falcão obtained a degree as technician for edifications at the Ceará Federal Technical School. After four years working as draftsman of architecture, he enters the Federal University of Ceará to course Architecture. At the same time, he, along with some friends, establish the publication Um Jornal Sem Regras, where they published some compositions of they band o Bufo-Bufo. and along with two friends he opened an office in 1989, which worked until 1991. Fagner and Robertinho de Recife then produced his second album, O Dinheiro não É Tudo, mas É 100%. His following work, A Besteira É a Base da Sabedoria (1995), which sold over 240,000 copies, became the best-selling album of his career.

Under the Abril Music label, Falcão released 500 Anos de Chifre, with songs about cuckolds.

In 2011, Falcão appeared on the film Um Assalto De Fé, which satirizes protestant Churches, as a pop-star pastor. Falcão went into starring his own talk show, Leruaite, on TV Ceará in 2012. Cine Holliúdy, a 2012 Brazilian film, also had a character portrayed by Falcão, the blind Isaías. In 2014, he released independently his ninth album, Sucessão de Sucessos que se Sucedem Sucessivamente sem Cessar.

Discography Bonito, Lindo e Joiado (1990) O Dinheiro não É Tudo, mas É 100% (1994) A Besteira É a Base da Sabedoria (1995) A Um Passo da MPB (1996) Quanto Pior, Melhor (1998) 500 Anos de Chifre (1999) Do Penico à Bomba Atômica (2000) Maxximum: Falcão (compilation, 2005) What Porra Is This? (2006) Sucessão de Sucessos que se Sucedem Sucessivamente sem Cessar (2014)