Nando Reis (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɐ̃du ˈʁejs], born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis; January 12, 1963) is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais.
He has also produced a few albums, including some related to Cássia Eller, who has made several significant partnerships with him, and Marisa Monte.
Maria Cecília taught him to play the acoustic guitar and took him to a show of Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil.
At the age of eleven, he had classes of classic guitar and harmony with Alexandre ("Maranhão"), a friend of José Carlos.
There, he formed a band called "Os Camarões" (The Shrimps) with some friends, and managed to win a local music festival.
When he met Paulo Miklos and Arnaldo Antunes, who took part of the festival, he made the first compositions with what would later become Titãs.
After this release, he briefly left the band for two weeks in order to focus on Sossega Leão, which was making more money, but he changed his mind and was accepted back.
In 2000, Titãs changed to Abril Music, and after recording As Dez Mais in Seattle, Nando released his second solo album, Para Quando o Arco-Íris Encontrar o Pote de Ouro, with some special participations like Cássia Eller, Rogério Fausino (from Jota Quest) and Peter Buck (from REM).
[10] His cover version of "Eu Nasci Há Dez Mil Anos Atrás", a song by Raul Seixas, was featured in the Rede Globo's telenovela India – A Love Story soundtrack.
[9] Reis spent most of 2012 in Seattle[11] recording his seventh solo album, Sei,[12] released in October.
[11] On October 6, 2012, Nando performed live with his ex-band Titãs for the first time since his departure, in a venue in São Paulo.
[15] Nando performed at Sunset Stage of Rock in Rio 5 on September 15, 2013, along with Samuel Rosa, guitarist and vocalist of Skank,[15] whose then upcoming album Velocia would feature some songs co-written by Reis.
[17] In February 2016, it was revealed that the album would feature guest performances of Reis' ex-colleagues from Titãs Paulo Miklos, Branco Mello, Sérgio Britto and Arnaldo Antunes (the latter also an ex-member of the band), besides singers Pitty, Luiza Possi and Tulipa Ruiz.
and Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, Mad Season), as well as four children of Reis (Zoé, Sophia, Theo and Sebastião; the two latter form the duo 2Reis), would be featured in the album as well.
Clocking at almost nine minutes, the song features Jack Endino on the guitar and discusses politics, society and the environment.
[24][25] On 18 September 2020, he released "Espera a Primavera" (Wait for Spring), featuring Endino, Lulu Santos, Walter Vilaça, Céu and his son Theo.
The song alludes to a "multi-color love", which according to him is opposed to the "negationist, reductionist and obscurantist" speech that he believes is being put in practice by the Brazilian government.
On 26 November, he released "Não Vou Me Adaptar", originally recorded by Titãs on the album Televisão (1985) and written by Arnaldo Antunes, who guest performs on the new version.
Both songs were released in preparation for his Nando Hits tour, which started on 23 December in São Paulo.
Reis owns a property in Jaú, São Paulo state, where he recovers the riparian forest and keeps bees and an agriforest.