Rogério Skylab

Rogério Skylab was born Rogério Tolomei Teixeira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 2, 1956, to a lawyer father and a housewife mother,{{cite web|url=https://www.bpp.pr.gov.br/Noticia/Um-filho-da-adversidade-perfil-de-Skylab-no-Candido-14|title=Um filho da adversidade: perfil de Skylab no Cândido 14|author=Omar Godoy|date=September 21, 2012|access-date=April 6, 2017|language=Portuguese}} and is of Italian and Portuguese descent. He has degrees in literature and philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,[http://tc.batepapo.uol.com.br/convidados/arquivo/musica/ult1753u1594.jhtm Bate-papo com Rogério Skylab | Bate-papo UOL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118085014/http://tc.batepapo.uol.com.br/convidados/arquivo/musica/ult1753u1594.jhtm |date=January 18, 2017}} {{in lang|pt}}{{cite web|url=https://www.folhape.com.br/cultura/rogerio-skylab-para-ler-e-ouvir-artista-carioca-lanca-livro-e-faz/292580/|title=Rogério Skylab para ler e ouvir: artista carioca lança livro e faz show no Recife após 19 anos|work=Diário de Pernambuco|author=Juliano Muta|date=September 20, 2023|access-date=September 22, 2023|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://deusateucombr.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/entrevista-rogerio-skylab-o-elogiador-do-espaco/|title=O elogiador do espaço – Uma entrevista com Rogério Skylab|work=Deus Ateu|author=Márcio Tito|date=March 22, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2024|language=Portuguese}} and also began attending a law course, but never finished it.

Prior to his musical career, Skylab worked for 28 years as a public servant at a Banco do Brasil agency in Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, sharing his time between Maracaju and his native Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI6345009-EI1958,00-Exbancario+Matador+de+Passarinho+condena+Felipao+Falou+besteira.html|title=Ex-bancário, Matador de Passarinho condena Felipão: 'Falou besteira'|date=November 30, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2017|language=Portuguese}} After a brief stint as the vocalist of punk rock band Setembro Negro in the mid- to late 1980s,[http://alternativenoise0.tripod.com/entrev_skylab.htm Entrevista / Skylab] {{in lang|pt}} in 1991 he participated as a solo artist in a music festival in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais; he won the first-place cash prize with the song "Samba do Skylab", from which he took his stage name, explaining that he considered himself "akin to a space station, picking up different transmissions here and there and fashioning them into a single whole". Rogério used the prize money to finance the recording of his debut album, {{lang|pt|Fora da Grei}}, which was released the following year; it was very well received by the critics, and awarded him many appearances on Jô Soares' late-night talk shows Jô Soares Onze e Meia and Programa do Jô throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

In 1999 he released his second album, the first one in a series of ten self-titled albums, Skylab. It was produced by Robertinho do Recife and spawned which is arguably his most well known song, "Matador de Passarinho", but Skylab was slightly unsatisfied with the final result, saying that it had "too much keyboards" and that he was not too creatively involved with it. His third album, Skylab II, was his first live release; commenting about it, he has stated that "this is 100% Skylab. The other was 80% Robertinho".{{cite web|url=http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/materias/ver/the-strange-world-of-rogerio-skylab|title=The strange world of Rogério Skylab|author=Sílvio Essinger|date=April 19, 2001|access-date=April 6, 2017|language=English|archive-date=January 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115045049/http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/materias/ver/the-strange-world-of-rogerio-skylab|url-status=dead}} Skylab II counted with a guest appearance by Löis Lancaster, vocalist of avant-garde group Zumbi do Mato – Lancaster would return for Skylab's second live album, Skylab IX, which also had guest appearances by Maurício Pereira (of Os Mulheres Negras) and Marcelo Birck (of Graforreia Xilarmônica).[https://www.discogs.com/Rog%C3%A9rio-Skylab-Rog%C3%A9rio-Skylab-Em-Skylab-IX-Ao-Vivo/release/4746507 Rogério Skylab – Skylab IX] at Discogs Zé Felipe and Marlos Salustiano, respectively bassist and keyboardist for Zumbi do Mato, collaborated with Skylab on his 2007 album Skylab VII, which was nominated to the Prêmio Dynamite de Música Independente in the "Best Rock Album" category;[http://anoticia.clicrbs.com.br/sc/noticia/2008/09/premio-dynamite-da-musica-divulga-classificados-2171342.html Prêmio Dynamite da Música divulga classificados]. A Notícia, September 9, 2008 {{in lang|pt}} two years later, Felipe and Skylab made a collaborative album, Rogério Skylab & Orquestra Zé Felipe, which was removed from circulation for reasons unknown in later years. In 2005, Skylab won the Prêmio Claro de Música Independente, in the "Best MPB Album" category, for Skylab V,{{cite web|url=http://www.rockemgeral.com.br/2005/05/11/lobao-sai-como-grande-vencedor-do-premio-claro/|title=Lobão sai como grande vencedor do Prêmio Claro|work=Rock em Geral|author=Marcos Bragatto|date=May 11, 2005|access-date=January 3, 2018|language=Portuguese}} and in 2008 he was one of several guest musicians that took part in a tribute album celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' White Album, for which he contributed with a cover of "Revolution 9".{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL761323-7085,00-ARTISTAS+BRASILEIROS+CELEBRAM+ANOS+DO+ALBUM+BRANCO+EM+DISCOTRIBUTO.html|title=Artistas brasileiros celebram 40 anos do 'Álbum branco' em disco-tributo|work=G1|date=September 16, 2008|access-date=February 9, 2024|language=Portuguese}}

After the release of Skylab X,{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq0706201109.htm|title=Skylab 1999–2011|work=Folha de S.Paulo|author=Marcus Preto|date=June 7, 2011|access-date=December 27, 2017|language=Portuguese}} Skylab put aside his experimental sound to work on the "Trilogia dos Carnavais" ("Trilogy of the Carnivals"), which focuses more on traditional Brazilian genres such as samba, bossa nova and MPB.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/aos-25-anos-de-carreira-skylab-segue-bloco-do-eu-sozinho-na-folia-de-dvd.html|title=Aos 25 anos de carreira, Skylab segue 'bloco do eu sozinho' na folia de DVD|work=G1|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=February 20, 2019|language=Portuguese}} The trilogy comprises the albums Abismo e Carnaval, Melancolia e Carnaval and Desterro e Carnaval (released in 2012, 2014 and 2015 respectively),{{cite web|url=https://esquinamusical.com.br/entrevista-o-carnaval-melancolico-de-rogerio-skylab/|title=Entrevista: O Carnaval melancólico de Rogério Skylab|work=Esquina Musical|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=January 22, 2024|language=Portuguese}} and included the guest appearances of many musicians, such as Jorge Mautner, Jards Macalé, {{ill|Romulo Fróes|pt}}, Arrigo Barnabé, Fausto Fawcett and Michael Sullivan.{{cite web|url=http://www.uai.com.br/app/noticia/musica/2015/09/27/noticias-musica,172276/skylab-morreu-viva-skylab.shtml|title=Sem qualquer ressentimento, o irreverente Rogério Skylab segue criando e provocando polêmicas|author=Mariana Peixoto|date=September 27, 2015|access-date=April 6, 2017|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/musica,critica-skylab-mais-profundo-do-que-o-humor,10000077671|title=Crítica: Skylab, mais profundo do que o humor|author=Júlio Maria|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=April 6, 2017|language=Portuguese}} Between 2016 and 2018 he collaborated with Lívio Tragtenberg on a further trilogy of albums aptly titled Skylab & Tragtenberg.{{cite web|url=http://crushemhifi.com.br/rogerio-skylab-navega-por-novos-caminhos-em-seu-novo-projeto-skylab-tragtenberg-vol-1/|title=Rogério Skylab navega por novos caminhos em seu novo projeto, 'Skylab + Tragtenberg Vol. 1'|work=Crush em Hi-Fi|date=May 30, 2016|access-date=February 20, 2019|language=Portuguese}}

On November 15, 2017, he released the self-titled Skylab EP, which counted with guest appearances by São Paulo-based experimental/noise rock duo Farme&Hixizine and carioca electronica musician Cadu Tenório. Of its three tracks, only one ("Bocetinha de Cocô", a teaser for the then-unreleased final volume of the Skylab & Tragtenberg trilogy initially uploaded separately to YouTube as a single on November 5{{Cite web|title=Skylab & Tragtenberg – 'Bocetinha de Cocô'| website=YouTube | date=November 4, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICDWhHG2uFg|access-date=July 30, 2022}}) was written by Skylab; the other two ("Let's Play That" and "Pra Dizer Adeus") are poems by Torquato Neto set to music by other artists, namely Jards Macalé and Edu Lobo, respectively.[http://www.tratore.com.br/um_cd.php?id=11486 Tratore - SKYLAB (EP) - Rogério Skylab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228172602/http://www.tratore.com.br/um_cd.php?id=11486 |date=December 28, 2017 }} {{in lang|pt}} In 2020, Skylab and Tenório collaborated once more for the latter's album Monument for Nothing, with Skylab providing vocals and lyrics for the track "Entreportas".[https://cadutenorio.bandcamp.com/album/monument-for-nothing Monument for Nothing - Cadu Tenório]

On March 7, 2018, Skylab officially announced that he began work on a new studio album, entitled O Rei do Cu, released later that year on May 17.{{cite web|url=http://portaldojl.com.br/dia-25-de-abril-2018-rogerio-skylab-lanca-seu-novo-album-o-rei-do-cu-na-sala-baden-powell/|title=DIA 25 DE ABRIL 2018: ROGÉRIO SKYLAB LANÇA SEU NOVO ÁLBUM 'O REI DO CÚ' NA SALA BADEN POWELL|work=Portal do JL|author=João Luiz Azevedo|date=March 7, 2018|access-date=March 8, 2018|language=Portuguese}} On a Facebook post he further elaborated that O Rei do Cu would be the first installment of a new trilogy, the "Trilogia do Cu" ("Trilogy of the Ass");[https://www.facebook.com/Skylab/posts/1901539906531552 Rogério Skylab – Facebook (March 7, 2018)] the second installment, Nas Portas do Cu, came out on January 1, 2019,{{cite web|url=https://diariodorio.com/rogerio-skylab-o-genio-do-politicamente-incorreto/|title=Rogério Skylab, o gênio do politicamente incorreto|work=Diário do Rio|date=June 15, 2019|access-date=December 20, 2019|language=Portuguese}} and the third, Crítica da Faculdade do Cu, on December 20, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2019/12/palavroes-surgem-de-forma-natural-em-obra-que-fecha-trilogia-de-rogerio-skylab.shtml|title=Palavrões surgem de forma natural em obra que fecha trilogia de Rogério Skylab|work=Folha de S.Paulo|author=Thales de Menezes|date=December 20, 2019|access-date=December 20, 2019|language=Portuguese}}

On March 19, 2020, he uploaded to his official YouTube channel the single "À Sombra de um Horizonte"{{Cite web|title = Rogério Skylab – 'À Sombra de um Horizonte'| website=YouTube | date=March 19, 2020 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJQBh7KI1U|access-date = March 19, 2020}} as a teaser for his album Cosmos, the first installment of a new trilogy entitled the "Trilogia do Cosmos"; it was announced on his Facebook page on August 19[https://www.facebook.com/Skylab/posts/3570647052954154?__tn__=-R Rogério Skylab – Facebook (August 19, 2020)] and released on October 2.{{cite web|url=https://revistaacrobata.com.br/aristides-oliveira/outros/cosmos-o-novo-disco-de-rogerio-skylab-foi-lancado-ao-mundo-e-esta-incrivel/|title=Cosmos, o novo disco de Rogério Skylab, foi lançado ao mundo e está incrível|author=Aristides Oliveira|work=Revista Acrobata|date=October 3, 2020|access-date=October 5, 2020|language=Portuguese}} The second installment, Os Cosmonautas, which was co-written alongside Lívio Tragtenberg, came out on December 24, 2020. On July 25, 2021, he uploaded the single "Cantos de Maldoror",{{Cite web|title = Rogério Skylab – 'Cantos de Maldoror'| website=YouTube | date=July 25, 2021 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3O0_a6iT0o|access-date = July 27, 2021}} a teaser for the final installment of the trilogy entitled Caos e Cosmos (itself a "trilogy within a trilogy", meant to be counted as a single release);{{cite web|url=https://popfantasma.com.br/entrevista-rogerio-skylab-fala-de-show-novo-cosmos-pandemia-e-jornalismo/|title=Entrevista: Rogério Skylab fala de show novo, cosmos, pandemia e jornalismo|work=Pop Fantasma|author=Ricardo Schott|date=August 26, 2022|access-date=March 24, 2023|language=Portuguese}} a second single, "As Coisas que Ficaram por Dizer", was uploaded on August 16,{{Cite web|title = Rogério Skylab – 'As Coisas que Ficaram por Dizer'| website=YouTube | date=August 16, 2021 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv42MIegsbA|access-date = August 16, 2021}} and a third, "Será que Tem?", on September 1.{{Cite web|title = Rogério Skylab – 'Será que Tem?'| website=YouTube | date=September 2021 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ut63i4YUyQ|access-date = September 1, 2021}} The first volume of Caos e Cosmos was ultimately released on October 1, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/2021/07/25/em-cena-ha-30-anos-rogerio-skylab-conclui-trilogia-de-albuns-sobre-o-universo-com-a-edicao-de-caos-e-cosmos.ghtml|title=Em cena há 30 anos, Rogério Skylab conclui trilogia de álbuns sobre o universo com a edição de 'Caos e Cosmos'|author=Mauro Ferreira|work=G1|date=September 25, 2021|access-date=October 6, 2021|language=Portuguese}} Volume 2 came out on August 5, 2022, preceded by a demo version of "A Gente Vai Ficar Surdo" uploaded as a single on July 15,{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'A Gente Vai Ficar Surdo'|website=YouTube|date=July 14, 2022|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxR1AWuJiSE|access-date=July 15, 2022}} which appears on the album as a bonus track. The concluding third volume, which, unlike all previous albums by Skylab, is entirely instrumental, came out on September 8, 2023,{{cite web|url=https://revistaogrito.com/rogerio-skylab-traz-turne-nacional-para-o-recife/|title=Rogério Skylab traz turnê nacional para o Recife|work=OGrito!|date=August 11, 2023|access-date=August 30, 2023|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://popfantasma.com.br/rogerio-skylab-mesmo-instrumental-caos-e-cosmos-3-fala-sobre-ditadura-e-torturas/|title=Rogério Skylab: mesmo instrumental, 'Caos e Cosmos 3' fala sobre ditadura e torturas|author=Ricardo Schott|work=Pop Fantasma|date=September 8, 2023|access-date=September 8, 2023|language=Portuguese}} following the singles "Rua Barão de Mesquita", uploaded on February 3;{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Rua Barão de Mesquita'|website=YouTube|date=February 2, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMIGvoxxwx4|access-date=February 3, 2023}} "Alameda Casa Branca", uploaded on May 19;{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Alameda Casa Branca'|website=YouTube|date=May 18, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUfzOpw4U9Y|access-date=May 19, 2023}} and "Vala de Perus", uploaded on July 28.{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Vala de Perus'| website=YouTube| date=July 27, 2023|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7BRf3T7OEM|access-date=July 28, 2023}}

In an April 2023 interview for the website Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos, Skylab has commented on a potential new trilogy of albums following the end of the then-ongoing "Trilogia do Cosmos", entitled "Trilogia do Fim" ("Trilogy of the End"), stating that "it'll probably be [his] final work before [he] can die";{{cite web|url=https://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2023/04/03/entrevista-rogerio-skylab/|title='Acho que depois eu posso morrer': Rogério Skylab reflete sobre carreira, TV, Internet e planos para o futuro|work=Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos|date=April 3, 2023|access-date=July 28, 2023|language=Portuguese}} volume 1, which was co-written and co-produced alongside Cadu Tenório, was officially announced on November 3, its first seven singles being released in monthly installments starting with "Minha Música"{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Minha Música'| website=YouTube | date=November 2, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8RE9t3Twg|access-date = November 3, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/diversao-e-arte/2023/11/6530792-rogerio-skylab-inaugura-trilogia-do-fim-com-o-single-minha-musica.html|title=Rogério Skylab inaugura Trilogia do Fim com o single 'Minha Música'|work=Correio Braziliense|date=November 3, 2023|access-date=November 6, 2023|language=Portuguese}} and finishing with "Rainha do Mar" on May 17, 2024.{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Rainha do Mar'| website=YouTube | date=May 16, 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5tHgfqpHug|access-date = May 17, 2024}} The complete album would be finally released on August 16, 2024. Volume 2, written in collaboration with {{ill|Leandro Braga|pt}} (who had already worked with Skylab on some releases of the "Trilogia do Cosmos"), came out on August 30, and volume 3, a partnership with Löis Lancaster, came out on September 13.{{Cite Instagram|user=rogerio.skylab|postid=C-kGOhEuUYj|date=August 12, 2024|title="Trilogia do Fim" é o nome que dou ao meu novo projeto: 3 álbuns saindo quase que simultaneamente.|access-date=August 16, 2024}} Notwithstanding his statement implying that he planned to end his discography with the "Trilogia do Fim", Skylab later backtracked on his decision, and announced a new studio album on February 15, 2025, with the release of the teaser single "Eu Vou te Dar".{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Eu Vou te Dar'| website=YouTube|date=February 15, 2025|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2OnNL4SsE|access-date=February 15, 2025}} On May 23, he confirmed a new series, the "Trilogia da Putrefação" ("Trilogy of Putrefaction"), with its first volume scheduled to be released at some point in 2025.{{Cite Instagram|user=rogerio.skylab|postid=DKAHmsPtK8e|date=May 23, 2025|title=Em breve|access-date=May 23, 2025}} The same year, alongside Korzus vocalist Marcello Pompeu, he took part in the single "Ratamahatta" (a Sepultura cover) by Santa Catarina-based alternative metal band Panaceia.{{cite web|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/news_683/369613-panaceia.html|title=Rogério Skylab e Marcello Pompeu em cover de 'Ratamahatta' em single da banda Panaceia|work=Whiplash.net|date=May 12, 2025|access-date=May 25, 2025|language=Portuguese}}

On February 6, 2022, he released Live, his first live album since 2016's Trilogia dos Carnavais: 25 Anos de Carreira ou de Lápide. It was recorded during a July 31, 2021 livestream he uploaded to his YouTube channel, celebrating the 30th anniversary of his musical career, and each track of it was taken from one of his respective albums, ranging from his debut Fora da Grei to his most recent release at the time, Os Cosmonautas.{{Cite web|title = Rogério Skylab – Live|url = http://www.rogerioskylab.com.br/albuns/live/|access-date = February 6, 2022}} The recording of "Vampiro" was released as a teaser single on December 27, 2021.{{Cite web|title = Rogério Skylab – 'Vampiro'| website=YouTube | date=December 27, 2021 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VnWnQ-ZuWQ|access-date = February 15, 2022}}

On December 10, 2022, Skylab uploaded to YouTube the single "Juízo Final", a Nelson Cavaquinho cover, featuring {{ill|Alexandre Kassin|pt}}, who played the guitar and contributed with the arrangements.{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Juízo Final'|website=YouTube|date=December 9, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZQ4z1P0kI|access-date=December 10, 2022}}

Parallel to his career in music, Skylab authored the sonnet collection Debaixo das Rodas de um Automóvel, published by {{ill|Editora Rocco|pt}} in 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.musarara.com.br/um-autentico-lirico|title=Um autêntico lírico|work=Musa Rara|author=Ricardo Silvestrin|date=November 26, 2011|access-date=December 27, 2017|language=Portuguese}} and was the host of his own talk show, Matador de Passarinho, on Canal Brasil from 2012 to 2014.{{cite web |url=http://canalbrasil.globo.com/programas/matador-de-passarinho/materias/rogerio-skylab-entrevista-celebridades-esquecidas-pela-grande-midia.html |title=Rogério Skylab entrevista celebridades esquecidas pela grande mídia - Matérias - Matador de Passarinho - Canal Brasil |accessdate=November 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607082409/http://canalbrasil.globo.com/programas/matador-de-passarinho/materias/rogerio-skylab-entrevista-celebridades-esquecidas-pela-grande-midia.html |archivedate=June 7, 2013 }} In 2017 he debuted as an actor, portraying a history teacher on the Fabrício Bittar comedy film Como se Tornar o Pior Aluno da Escola, based on Danilo Gentili's eponymous book,{{cite web|url=https://www.blahcultural.com/danilo-gentili-assina-o-cartaz-oficial-de-como-se-tornar-o-pior-aluno-da-escola/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174621/https://www.blahcultural.com/danilo-gentili-assina-o-cartaz-oficial-de-como-se-tornar-o-pior-aluno-da-escola/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 31, 2018|title=Danilo Gentili assina o cartaz oficial de 'Como se Tornar o Pior Aluno da Escola'|work=Blah Cultural|author=Juliana Góes|date=July 26, 2017|access-date=December 29, 2017|language=Portuguese}} and in 2025 he played the titular psychiatrist of the psychological thriller short Ágatha Não Matou Seu Psiquiatra by {{ill|João Augusto de Nardo|pt}}.{{cite web|url=https://bocadoinferno.com.br/cinema/2025/03/rogerio-skylab-estrela-curta-de-horror-agatha-nao-matou-seu-psiquiatra/|title=Rogério Skylab estrela curta de horror 'Ágatha Não Matou Seu Psiquiatra'|author=Luana Levasier|work=Boca do Inferno|date=March 15, 2025|access-date=May 15, 2025|language=Portuguese}} He also runs and owns the blog "Godard City", where he posts original poems and essays about music and literature.[http://godardcity.blogspot.com/ Godard City] {{in lang|pt}} In 2020 he published the collection of political essays Lulismo Selvagem through Kotter Editorial,{{cite web|url=https://www.redebrasilatual.com.br/cultura/rogerio-skylab-autor-lulismo-selvagem-musica-politica-e-historia/|title=Autor de 'Lulismo Selvagem', Rogério Skylab fala de música, política e história. Assista|work=Rede Brasil Atual|date=January 14, 2022|access-date=September 11, 2023|language=Portuguese}} who also re-issued Debaixo das Rodas de um Automóvel after many years out of print. His third book, a literary study on Henry James' œuvre (focusing on The Turn of the Screw) entitled A Outra Volta da Outra Volta, was released in 2022. A second collection of poems, Futebol de Cego, was published on July 15, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.cultura930.com.br/skylab-em-curitiba-shows-e-lancamento-de-livro/|title=Skylab em Curitiba: shows e lançamento de livro|work=Cultura930|date=June 2, 2023|access-date=June 2, 2023|language=Portuguese |last1=Redação |first1=Da }} A Melodia Trágica, an anthology of essays on Brazilian musicology originally published in Godard City between 2009 and 2017, came out through Acorde Editorial on November 2, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://esquinamusical.com.br/rogerio-skylab-quanto-mais-um-compositor-tem-interpretes-mau-sinal/|title=Rogério Skylab: 'Quanto mais um compositor tem intérpretes, mau sinal'|work=Esquina Musical|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=October 20, 2023|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.folhape.com.br/cultura/em-entrevista-a-folha-de-pernambuco-rogerio-skylab-comenta-sobre-mpb/300436/|title=Em entrevista à Folha de Pernambuco, Rogério Skylab comenta sobre MPB e novo livro|work=Folha de Pernambuco|date=November 11, 2023|access-date=November 28, 2023|language=Portuguese}} A volume of short stories, Homem-Urubu, was announced in December 2024{{cite web|url=https://madamepsicose.substack.com/p/rogerio-skylab-na-madame-psicose|title=Rogério Skylab na Madame Psicose: corre aqui|work=Madame Psicose|date=December 11, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024|language=Portuguese}} and published on March 21, 2025.{{Cite Instagram|user=madamepsicose|postid=DHeL6M5xfcn|date=March 21, 2025|title=O primeiro livro de ficção de @rogerio.skylab está impresso.|access-date=March 21, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/diversao-e-arte/2025/05/7147736-homem-urubu-primeiro-livro-de-ficcao-de-skylab-e-ode-ao-impossivel.html|title='Homem-Urubu', primeiro livro de ficção de Skylab, é ode ao impossível|work=Correio Braziliense|date=May 15, 2025|access-date=May 15, 2025|language=Portuguese}}

Skylab has been married to photographer, record producer and plastic artist Solange Venturi since 1983; Venturi has designed the cover arts for most of the musician's albums since then. He is a self-described agnostic[https://paradigmaglobalizado.wordpress.com/2015/07/04/lista-fiavel-de-ateus-agnosticos-e-afins/ Lista fiável de ateus, agnósticos e afins] {{in lang|pt}} and has stated that, in regards to his work, "religion is a non-issue: it doesn't exist" in a 2002 web interview.{{cite web|url=http://tc.batepapo.uol.com.br/convidados/arquivo/musica/rogerio-skylab-cantor-e-compositor.jhtm|title=BATE-PAPO COM ROGÉRIO SKYLAB|author=UOL|date=2002|access-date=October 24, 2003|language=Portuguese|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143706/http://tc.batepapo.uol.com.br/convidados/arquivo/musica/rogerio-skylab-cantor-e-compositor.jhtm|url-status=dead}}

Known for his extensive and varied musical and literary influences, some of his favorite writers are Machado de Assis (whom he considers "his Bible and his God"), João Cabral de Melo Neto ("the greatest Brazilian poet of all time", in his words), Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Clarice Lispector, Jorge Luis Borges, James Joyce, Rubens Figueiredo, Milton Hatoum, Cristóvão Tezza and Paulo Leminski; he claims that Leminski's 1975 novel Catatau is "one of the most beautiful books" he has ever read, and wrote a song in tribute to it (aptly titled "Catatau") for his 2019 album Nas Portas do Cu. Musically, he cites Arrigo Barnabé, Itamar Assumpção, Os Mulheres Negras, Graforreia Xilarmônica, Zumbi do Mato, Frank Zappa, Jupiter Apple and Damião Experiença as influences; his 2002 album Skylab III was dedicated to Damião.{{cite web | url=http://www.dm.com.br/cultura/2016/12/so-os-mendigos-salvam-o-planeta.html|title=Só os mendigos salvam o planeta|author=Leon Carelli|date=December 13, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2017|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/discos/ver/rogerio-skylab/rogerio-skylab-em---skylab-iii--|title=Rogério Skylab em 'Skylab III'|author=Marco Antônio Barbosa|date=2002|access-date=April 11, 2017|language=Portuguese|archive-date=March 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316183903/http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/discos/ver/rogerio-skylab/rogerio-skylab-em---skylab-iii--|url-status=dead}}

A life-long fan of Fluminense,{{cite web|url=http://odia.ig.com.br/esporte/fluminense/2013-09-30/o-meu-coracao-tricolor-skylab-e-diferente-ate-no-seu-amor-pelo-fluminense.html|title='O meu coração tricolor': Skylab é diferente até no seu amor pelo Fluminense|work=O Dia|author=Pedro Logato|date=September 30, 2013|access-date=December 27, 2017|language=Portuguese}} he has even recorded the club's anthem on the 2016 collaboration album Skylab & Tragtenberg, Vol. 1.[http://www.panoramatricolor.com.br/skylab-tragtenberg-vol-1-da-redacao/ Panorama Tricolor – Skylab & Tragtenberg, Vol. 1] {{in lang|pt}}

Skylab has expressed admiration towards former Governor of Rio de Janeiro Leonel Brizola (dedicating to him the song "O Preto do Brizola" off his 2018 album O Rei do Cu) and three-time petista President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva;{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/essencial/cantor-rogerio-skylab-meu-candidato-e-lula-nao-importa-se-ele-esta-preso/|title=Cantor Rogério Skylab: 'Meu candidato é Lula. Não importa se ele está preso'|work=Diário do Centro do Mundo|date=June 1, 2018|access-date=April 29, 2019|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.helena.pr.gov.br/2018/11/64/Fora-da-lei.html|title=Fora da lei|work=Helena|date=November 20, 2018|access-date=April 29, 2019|language=Portuguese|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428171513/http://www.helena.pr.gov.br/2018/11/64/Fora-da-lei.html|url-status=dead}} in a 2019 interview for radio program Pânico, broadcast by Jovem Pan, he described himself as "linked to the left, [but] against political correctness".{{cite web|url=https://jovempan.com.br/programas/panico/rogerio-skylab-sou-ligado-a-esquerda-e-politicamente-incorreto.html|title=Rogério Skylab: 'Sou ligado à esquerda e politicamente incorreto'|work=Jovem Pan|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=February 28, 2022|language=Portuguese}} In 2016 he took part in the compilation A Música Contra o Golpe, organized by several other left-wing bands and artists in opposition to the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, contributing with a cover of Gal Costa's "Três da Madrugada".{{cite web|url=https://catracalivre.com.br/criatividade/artistas-brasileiros-criam-coletanea-de-musica-contra-o-golpe/|title=Artistas brasileiros criam coletânea de 'Música Contra o Golpe'|work=Catraca Livre|date=August 15, 2016|access-date=February 9, 2024|language=Portuguese}} He was also a frequent collaborator of the left-leaning news website Brasil 247 beginning in February 2019.[https://www.brasil247.com/search?q=rogério+skylab Rogério Skylab – Brasil 247] {{in lang|pt}}

In mid-2018 Skylab was notoriously engaged in a feud with also Rio de Janeiro-based indie rock band Autoramas, towards which he displays a particular distaste; after posting on his Twitter page that he considered Autoramas "the worst band of all time", they replied disdainfully by saying "at least [they were] professional musicians, with shows all around the year and touring all around the world", finishing by calling Skylab an "amateur artist" and calling him out for supposedly having previously contacted their frontman Gabriel Thomaz to write songs for him.{{cite web|url=https://entretenimento.uol.com.br/colunas/chico-barney/2018/06/06/virou-barraco-skylab-chama-autoramas-de-a-pior-banda-de-todos-os-tempos.htm|title=Virou barraco: Skylab chama Autoramas de 'a pior banda de todos os tempos'|work=UOL|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=March 2, 2023|language=Portuguese}} To this, Skylab then merely replied by calling Thomaz a "sick fuck" and telling him to "fuck off".{{cite web|url=https://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2018/06/07/autoramas-skylab/|title=Rogério Skylab chama Autoramas de 'pior banda de todos os tempos' e grupo responde|work=Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos|date=June 7, 2018|access-date=March 2, 2023|language=Portuguese}}

In January 2020, being interviewed for the podcast Flow, the musician criticized its hosts {{ill|Bruno "Monark" Aiub|pt|Monark (podcaster)}} and Igor Coelho for their approach, which he deemed "too informal", claiming that even though the podcast is supposed to "keep a casual tone", it is nevertheless a "journalistic [program], so one must be responsible for what they're saying". Skylab's comments would be considered "prophetic" by the media following Monark's dismissal due to his defense of the existence of a Nazi party on Flow two years later.{{cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2022/02/12/quem-e-rogerio-skylab-o-cantor-que-previu-problemas-no-flow-podcast.htm|title=Quem é Rogério Skylab, que 'previu' problemas no Flow antes do caso Monark|work=UOL|date=February 10, 2022|access-date=June 27, 2023|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2022/03/01/rogerio-skylab-previa-flow-monark/|title=Há 2 anos, Rogério Skylab 'previa' o fim do Flow Podcast em bronca a Monark|work=Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos|date=March 1, 2022|access-date=June 27, 2023|language=Portuguese}}

His controversial, unorthodox lyrical matter has resulted in three of his songs being censored in the early 2000s; claiming matters of "self-censorship", he himself removed "Câncer no Cu" and "Chico Xavier & Roberto Carlos" from his 2003 album Skylab IV, but both songs were eventually included as bonus tracks for free download on Skylab's official website.[http://revistaogrito.com/page/entrevista-rogerio-skylab-e-sebastiao-estiva/ Entrevista Rogério Skylab e Sebastião Estiva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228030616/http://revistaogrito.com/page/entrevista-rogerio-skylab-e-sebastiao-estiva/ |date=December 28, 2017 }} {{in lang|pt}} One year later, "Fátima Bernardes Experiência" was removed from Skylab V; however, it was restored to the album's track listing in a subsequent 2005 re-release and re-issued as a single in 2023.{{Cite web|title=Rogério Skylab – 'Fátima Bernardes Experiência'| website=YouTube | date=March 9, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rovVuyDucw|access-date = March 10, 2023}}

{{main|Rogério Skylab discography}}

• Fora da Grei (1992)
• Skylab (1999)
• Skylab III (2002)
• Skylab IV (2003)
• Skylab V (2004)
• Skylab VI (2006)
• Skylab VII (2007)
• Skylab VIII (2008)
• Skylab X (2011)
• Abismo e Carnaval (2012)
• Melancolia e Carnaval (2014)
• Desterro e Carnaval (2015)
• O Rei do Cu (2018)
• Nas Portas do Cu (2019)
• Crítica da Faculdade do Cu (2019)
• Cosmos (2020)
• Os Cosmonautas (with Lívio Tragtenberg) (2020)
• Caos e Cosmos, Vol. 1 (2021)
• Caos e Cosmos, Vol. 2 (2022)
• Caos e Cosmos, Vol. 3 (2023)
• Trilogia do Fim, Vol. 1 (with Cadu Tenório) (2024)
• Trilogia do Fim, Vol. 2 (with Leandro Braga) (2024)
• Trilogia do Fim, Vol. 3 (with Löis Lancaster) (2024)
• Trilogia da Putrefação, Vol. 1 (2025)

;Poetry

• Debaixo das Rodas de um Automóvel ("Under the Wheels of an Automobile") (Editora Rocco, 2006; re-issued by Kotter Editorial in 2020)
• Futebol de Cego ("Blind Man's Soccer") (Kotter Editorial, 2023)

;Essays

• Lulismo Selvagem ("Wild Lulism") (Kotter Editorial, 2020)
• A Melodia Trágica ("The Tragic Melody") (Acorde Editorial, 2023)

;Literary criticism

• A Outra Volta da Outra Volta: Um Estudo Sobre Henry James ("The Turn of the Turn: A Study on Henry James") (Kotter Editorial, 2022)

;Short stories

• Homem-Urubu ("Vulture-Man") (Madame Psicose, 2025)

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• {{Official website|http://www.rogerioskylab.com.br}}
• [http://godardcity.blogspot.com Godard City – Official blog]
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