Artist description Portuguese rock band.

Music Style Mainstream Rock, Rock-FM, AOR Rock, Melodic Rock, you choose it; we're not really shure :))

Artist History The band started out in 1995 with a different name (Putos da Noite) and line up. In 1999 the band changed it's name to S.O.S. and the current line up was established. S.O.S. have played several important gigs has support acts for important Portuguese bands such has Xutos e Pontapés, Pólo Norte and others. Other past events include the 2nd place on the 1st Modern Music Contest Awards ("Abrantes - Tejo on the Rock's"). S.O.S. are currently playing a little all over Portugal, on their own or as a support band.

Group Members Artur Marques - lead voice and guitar; Mygas - bass and vocals; Shorty - lead guitar; PC - drums; Pedro Pais - keyboard and vocals.

Albums "Ilusão" (recorded at Digo Dai Studio by Armando Glória, 2001); "Demo" (recorded at Cais 14 by Paulo Vilares, 1999).

Press Reviews From the numerous press reviews we've had, we decided on this one from the Strutter Magazine, since it was our first English writen review. "I am proud to present you the first band from Portugal. S.O.S. hail from Lissabon and they sent me a 6-track debut CD. Musically the band has an 80s orientated rocksound and some songs can be classified as pure AOR/Melodic Rocksongs. The band sings in their own language, the Portuguese language, which makes it hard to understand, but the melodies are there and that's what counts. The CD starts with the funky rocker "Prisioneiro", one of the weaker songs on the album. Next track "Crédito a Pronto" starts a bit slow and poppy, but when the chorus comes around, we're listening to a great uptempo melodic rocker. The lovely AOR orientated tune "Ecos na Noite" follows and features some very nice harmonyvocals that make this song sound very melodic. Following track "Só Tu" is later on the CD also featured in it's orginal version as a bonus track for this CD, but first we get to hear a raio version. This song is a nice ballad, towards the end it gets very melodic and very good actually. The second version is much longer and also better, because then it can be described as a wonderful pure melodic rockballad. Anyway, the song "Estrada" is a good 80s typed semi AOR/Melodic Rocker and features really good lead vocals by singer Artur Marques. This guy really has a great voice and lifts the melodic rock of S.O.S. much higher. Last track is "Espero um Dia", a nice semi rocker, but nothing special. There are some good tunes on the S.O.S. CD and their vocalist is a nice welcome to the AOR/Melodic Rockscene, his vocals are very good. The songs are not always convincing, but a couple sound pretty good. Anyone into Latin-Rock needs to check out this S.O.S. as soon as possible. More info at: www.esec.pt/sos and e-mail them at: sos_info@yahoogroups.com.(Points: 7.5 out of 10)" Gabor Kleinbloesem Editor of Strutter'zine. Webpage: www.angelfire.com/ma/strutteraor/

Additional Info All the thanks to (in no particular order): Cais 14 and Paulo Vilares; Armando Glória and Digo Dai Studio; Jet Bee Disco and Mr. José Maria Rufino; ESEC Online Radio; Antena Livre Radio (Abrantes); Mega FM Radio (Lisbon) and particularly Patrícia Guerreiro; Access All Areas and Pedro Alves (Backline Rental); Roadies D. C.; Ricardo Rolinha; Nuno Marques; Paulo Nascimento (Armazém do Rock - Musical Instruments - Alverca - Portugal; Sérgio and Vitório (our hardworking roadies); Filipe Fraga (our "move out of the way or I'll load you into to the truck too!!" spare times roadie; Carlos Ferreira Marques; Coxinho; Patinho; our parents, girlfriends or wifes, brothers, sisters and the rest of our supportive families; all the radios, magazines and other supportive news media; all the sound and light technicians we encountered on the road for making our shows happen; all the towns, villages, bars, discos, etc that have so wonderfully recieved us; and of course to all our friends and fans who keep up with us and our shows!! YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!

Location Abrantes, Abrantes - Portugal

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