After playing in the Brylho and Blitz and in the bands of Raul Seixas, Jorge Mautner, Luiz Melodia, Gal Costa, and Caetano Veloso's, the former A Bolha Arnaldo Brandão (bass) formed the Hanoi-Hanoi with the poet Tavinho Paes. The first LP, released in 1986 (Hanoi-Hanoi), sold only 30,000 copies, but had the popular "Blá-blá-blá... Eu Te Amo" and "Totalmente Demais," the latter being re-recorded later by Caetano Veloso -- with Veloso's album christened after this song -- and the former re-recorded by Lobão, among others. In 1987, the group performed in the festival organized by label Plug together with Nenhum de Nós and Hojerizah at the Canecão (Rio). 1988's Fanzine had "Plic Plic" and "O Tempo Não Pára" (Brandão/Cazuza). Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism is the core of the third album, O Ser E O Nada (EMI). Coração Geiger (1992) came after the performance in the Rock in Rio II Festival (1991). The 1993 tour was recorded live and released as the CD Credus in 1995. ~ Alvaro Neder