Max and Igor were born in Belo Horizonte into a relitively affluent family, with a father who worked at the Italian embassy. They spent most of their early childhood in

Sao Paulo. They were living in a typical middle class setting, when in 1979, the Cavelera's comfortable lifestyle collapsed. Max and Igor's father died of a terribly sudden heart attack. He was not prepared to die, and did'nt have a will, so the only thing the family got was a small contribution from the embassy. Since the ammbasodor provided everything, the Cavelera's lost the good life. The Family needed any money they could get, so Max and Igor went to work right away. The boys made ice-cream in the house, put it in boxes and sold it around the neighbourhood. The Cavelera's mother dodn't know what to do with her boys, and finaly decided to send them to a millitary school. From her point of view, it was the worst thing she ever did, but for any Sepultura fan it was the best thing that ever happened, as millitary school got the brothers into Metal Music, and taught them how to be rebelious. Soon the name Trops De

after this inccident, Max was not happy, so it was with a heavy heart that Max walked away from the only band he had ever played in, the band he co-founded.Now Igor, Andreas and Paulo continue to play under the name Sepultura, with their new lead singer Derrick Green. Without Max, Sepultura is never going to be the same again.

In March 1988 luck was on Max's side, he had a friend who worked for Pan Am Airways who gave him a free ticket, and in exchange, Max gave him a heap of Sepultura videos to sell.But he had to pretend to be a Pan Am employee.

During the two days in America, Max stayed at a 'dump' in Manhattan, but he didn't care, he was just glad to be in America. He went to all the major record labels, but nobody really responded enthusisticaly, so he came home a little bummed out, doubting that anyone would sign Sepultura. These doubts continued for about a month, until the voice that was set to change their lives got on the phone, that voice was Monte Conner from Roadrunner Records, He wanted more details on the band because he wanted to sign them!

Sepultura spent much of 1995 writing and recording Roots. The title being a referance to our roots, and not forgeting them, remembering where you come from, as, once you've lost those roots, that's it, you're not yourself anymore. This album was Sepultura's heaviest album ever. This time they enlisted Brazil's Xavante tribeto chant on the acoustic, percusive song 'Itsari'. Max personaly called the tribal culture center, and explained the concept to the lady who worked there. She had all the necesarry equiptment, which was good, but, when you think about it, where do you get power in the jungle? They ended up using car batteries, but they could only record stuff, not play it back. This mission silenced critics, who said that Sepultura had turned their backs on their homeland. But, unfortunately, just before Roots was published, the rock world was shocked to learn that Igor, Andreas and Paulo had accused Max's wife and band manager Gloria Cavelera of stealing money (which

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