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In March 2015, Mercenárias announced on their official
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in 1982, by bassist Sandra
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In early 2015, Branco and Ferraz left the band and were replaced by Sílvia Tape and
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for a while, where she formed the short-lived German-Brazilian group Akt, before returning to Brazil in 2005. "Lourdes" underwent a
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initially served as the band's drummer; however, he would leave the band in order to focus on the incipient
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In 2006, Sandra reformed the band and hired new members Geórgia Branco and Pitchu Ferraz.
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in São Paulo, for free. The show counted with the participation of Edgard
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The tape caught the attention of famous
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