Extreme Attitude

Extreme Attitude Bio:

The band dates back to March 2002, formed initially by José António and Isack. After many and eventful jam sessions, Márcio, a childhood friend of the two, joined the band. Together they decided to get a real band together.



After much discussion, they also decided they wanted a singer. Márcio suggested Ruby, a close friend with strong musical ties in her family; Ruby’s cousin, Aires Pereira, is one of the best-known Portuguese bass-players, and a great inspiration to her. He is currently playing with Moonspell, internationally known Portuguese metal band.


Ruby and Márcio had performed together before, and her Soul-Rock voice would fit the band’s sound perfectly. « Lets just call it a big fusion. We’re perfectionists and constantly push ourselves further. We always believe we can do better, and the band’s name is true to our work; we have extreme attitudes concerning our music, and they give us strength to battle on with our dreams of succeeding in the music industry» (Ruby)


From that moment on, they focused and worked hard towards their first goal: the Antena 3 Super Rock, a prestigious local music contest. They qualified for the 3-band final and finished 2nd overall. With this result the band realized they could dream higher, but also that something was missing to help them reach the levels of performance and composing they desired.



That’s when Vítor, a band friend, joined the quartet; things fell into place, he brought greater expression and versatility to the band’s sound. From them onward Extreme Attitude became and remain a 5-piece outfit.



The band’s musical influences stretch from Soul to Jazz to Thrash Metal, with keep Extreme Attitude’s composing fresh and exciting. But their main inspiration are prog-metal kings Dream Theater. They inspire them into following three band guidelines almost religiously: take song-writing very seriously, let your imagination run wild, and finally, use as many musical genres and sounds as possible.

On May 22nd 2003, Extreme Attitude performed at the Antena 3 Radio Auditorium, as “Band of the Month”. The feedback from the audience was great. The band closed the show with their latest track at the time – Ghost. The crowd requested an encore of the song.

The band also reached the 5th round of Rockastrus, a wide-spread national music contest.



It was at that time that Isack, one of the two founding members, left the band for personal reasons. In stepped Georgino, also a close friend of a couple of members of the band.

On August 27th 2003, Extreme Attitude’s new line-up stormed the Festa da Juventude Band Contest in Madeira and deservedly earned 1st place.



Two days later, the band opened the show for Portuguese headliners Da Weasel and David Fonseca. With a brilliant performance, they were highly praised by the local press with impressive headlines: « Extreme Attitude and Da Weasel out-shine the evening’s star David Fonseca » (Diario de Notícias, 31-08-2003).



The band were showered with invitations for live shows, and were the focus of “Splash”, a music-orientated RTP-Madeira television show. Another tv show, “Passeio Público”, also gave people a chance to get to know Ruby and the band better.



On January 21st and 22nd 2005 the band travelled to Porto for shows at the city’s FNAC store.



2004 has been a busy year, Extreme Attitude have played in many and memorable local events.

Recently The band was nominated for best new act by the Portuguese tv station Rtp - M and by the news paper´´ Diario de noticias da madeira ´´.

They rehearse 9 hours a week, and put a lot of serious effort towards their goals.

The make all they do, a step towards their dreams…