Editing Pato Fu (section)

== History ==
Their first album, ''[[Rotomusic de Liquidificapum]]'', was released in 1993, followed, since then, by other eight releases: ''[[Gol de Quem?]]'' (1995), ''[[Tem Mais Acabou|Tem Mas Acabou]]'' (1996), ''[[Televisão de Cachorro]]'' (1998), ''[[Isopor (album)|Isopor]]'' (1999), ''[[Ruído Rosa]]'' (2000), ''[[MTV]] ao Vivo: No Museu de Arte da Pampulha'' (2002), ''[[Toda Cura para Todo Mal]]'' (2005), and ''[[Daqui Pro Futuro]]'' (2007), and with launch scheduled for 2010, ''[[Música de Brinquedo]]''. The band's popularity began to increase simultaneously with two other groups from Belo Horizonte, [[Jota Quest]] and [[Skank (band)|Skank]]. The band plays in [[alternative rock]] style, but resorting frequently to [[experimental music]] elements. Pato Fu is frequently said to be influenced by [[Os Mutantes]], a famous Brazilian [[Tropicalismo|tropicalist]] group from the 1960s, probably because of the experimentalism found in both bands' songs. Their music is influenced by [[Devo]], [[The Cure]], [[Radiohead]], [[Pizzicato Five]], [[Super Furry Animals]] and also [[Brazilian Popular Music]], among various others. Takai once said her singing is influenced by [[Suzanne Vega]], of whom she is a fan.

Takai and Ulhoa are [[Marriage|married]] and had a daughter, Nina, in 2003.

The band name is from a ''[[Garfield]]'' [[comic strip]]. Garfield attacked the [[mail carrier|mailman]] with his "[[Kung Fu|Cat Fu]]" techniques. The band liked the wordplay, but decided to change ''Gato'' (cat) to ''Pato'' (duck). Coincidentally or not, the expression had also previously appeared in the Brazilian translation of the ''[[Howard the Duck (film)|Howard the Duck]]'' movie, as the translation to the term "quack-fu".

The band celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2003 with the release of ''MTV ao Vivo: No Museu de Arte da Pampulha'', a [[Live music|live performance]] with some of their most famous songs.

In 2010, Pato Fu recorded an album of Brazilian and international rock classics played only with toy instruments called ''Música de Brinquedo'', which generated a positive response from the public. Songs such as "Live And Let Die" and "[[Rock And Roll Lullaby]]" were present. A live DVD, called ''Música de Brinquedo Ao Vivo'', was recorded in 2011.

In 2015, their album ''Não Pare Pra Pensar'' was nominated for the [[Latin Grammy Awards of 2015|16th Latin Grammy Awards]] in the [[Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Rock Album|Best Brazilian Rock Album]] category.<ref>{{cite web|title=La lista completa de nominados a los Latin Grammy 2015|url=http://www.infobae.com/2015/09/23/1757537-la-lista-completa-nominados-los-latin-grammy-2015|website=[[Infobae]]|accessdate=1 October 2015|language=Spanish|date=23 September 2015|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428082408/https://www.infobae.com/2015/09/23/1757537-la-lista-completa-nominados-los-latin-grammy-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref> Their album ''30'' was chosen by the [[Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte]] as one of the 50 best Brazilian albums of 2023.<ref name="APCA23">{{cite web |last1=Barros |first1=Adriana de |title=APCA divulga os 50 melhores álbuns nacionais de 2023 |url=https://cultura.uol.com.br/noticias/colunas/adrianadebarros/69_apca-divulga-os-50-melhores-albuns-de-2023.html |website=[[TV Cultura]] |publisher=[[Fundação Padre Anchieta]] |access-date=15 December 2024 |location=São Paulo |language=Portuguese |date=19 January 2024}}</ref>