O Têrço

O Terço was one of the first progressive rock bands from Brazil. The band, whose name means "rosary beads" in Portuguese, first formed in 1968. Personnel changes would become part of the band's dynamic, with Sergio Hinds assuming the role of band anchor. The group owed a lot of its early sound to such Italian favorites as Locanda Delle Fate, Quella Vecchia Locanda, and Premiata Forneria Marconi. They also managed to mix in other styles, like folk, and the most important: MPB, which made the band sound a little bit like Milton Nascimento, Tom Jobim and other great Brazilian artists. On their first album, O Terço was not yet full on prog, but it is a seminal work in the history Brazilian progressive music. There are obvious influences of the Moody Blues, and Pink Floyd. Terço II would see them moving from Psychedelic to heavier sounds, along the lines of King Crimson and Led Zeppelin. It was 1975's Criaturas da Noite that became a monumental success. It was a big hit, gave Brazil its first classic prog album, and solidified O Terço's place in music history. In the 1980s, the band began to tour the United States and Europe. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Terço) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)