Twister (band) Twister is a Brazilian pop rock band formed in 2000. The band was originally composed of Sander Mecca, Leo Richter, Luciano Lucca, Gilson Campos and Alex Bandera.History The group Twister arose after the businessman Hélio Batista discover the vocalist Sander Mecca in a bar in São Paulo . At that time, Mecca used to play guitar making covers of songs by Pearl Jam . After receiving a proposal from Batista, Mecca started looking for other members for the band . He went to Campinas to make music classes, where he met Lucca and Campos, and together, they created Twister. In the same year, Batista hired Thiago Calabrez as a new member. Back in São Paulo, the group started rehearsing every day and searched for a record company . In 1999 , they met Richter, who replaced Calabrez. In 2000, they released the album Twister , their first album recorded by Abril Music. The hit "40 graus" reached first place on the Brazilian charts and the album sold 250,000 copies, reaching also the 67th position of the 100 most played songs in Brazil of 2000.In 2001 , Lucca decided to abandon the group after having some discussions with the Batista. Bandera replaced him. Two months later, the group dumped Batista and called back Lucca. In March 2001 , they traveled to Los Angeles with a proposal of the record company to the release of their first CD in Spanish . In June, the CD twister was released in United States , Mexico and Puerto Rico and the group made a tour during one month, with shows in Miami , Los Angeles and San Juan, Puerto Rico . This CD was not released in Brazil. Later in 2001 , the band was invited to open a 'N Sync show in Mexico, in a stadium with a capacity of 100,000 people. In 2002, the band released their third album , Mochila e Guitarra no Avião , which had a version in Portuguese of the song "I Drive Myself Crazy", by 'N Sync. But 2002 was marked by unforeseen events. One of them was the closing Abril Music, and the project to release a new CD did not happen. Another was the imprisonment of Mecca for drug use . At the end in 2003, Mecca created another band named Meccamorfose, Richter released a CD and followed a solo career making shows beside the singer Thaeme , winner of the second edition of the show Ídolos , Lucca is a hair stylist and Campos became a gospel singer . In 2011, Thiago Calabrez followed his career in electronic music , acting as disc jockey with a national and international career. In 2013, the band announced their return and released a new single named Pé Na Estrada .Members Sander Mecca Leo Richter Gilson Campos Luciano Lucca Alex Bandera ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:21 PlotArea = left:80 bottom:60 top:10 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1998 till:31/12/2016 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2 start:1998 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:2 start:1998 Colors = id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals_And_Guitar id:guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:bass value:blue legend:Bass id:drums value:yellow legend:Drums id:keyb value:purple legend:Keyboard id:Lines value:black legend:Studio_Albums BarData = bar:Sander text:Sander Mecca bar:Lucca text:Luciano Lucca bar:Thiago text:Thiago Calabrez bar:Gilson text:Gilson Campos bar:Leo text:Leo Richter bar:Alex text:Alex Bandera PlotData= width:10 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift: bar:Sander from:01/01/1998 till:31/12/2003 color:vocals bar:Sander from:01/01/2013 till:end color:vocals bar:Lucca from:01/01/1998 till:31/12/2003 color:keyb bar:Lucca from:01/01/2013 till:end color:keyb bar:Gilson from:01/01/1998 till:31/12/2003 color:drums bar:Gilson from:01/01/2013 till:end color:drums bar:Thiago from:01/01/1998 till:01/01/1999 color:bass bar:Leo from:01/01/1999 till:31/12/2003 color:bass bar:Leo from:01/01/2013 till:end color:bass bar:Alex from:01/01/2001 till:31/12/2003 color:guitar bar:Alex from:01/01/2013 till:end color:guitar LineData = at:01/01/2000 color:black layer:back at:01/01/2001 color:black layer:back at:01/01/2002 color:black layer:backAlbums 2000 - Twister 2001 - En Español 2002 - Mochila e Guitarra no Avião
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