eMates eMates 4th Issue May 2017 | Page 96

Alternative rock- Silence 4 The late 1990s and early 2000s was a good time for Portugal's economy. The trend has widened to alternative rock. A band that wrote its name in history was born in Leiria, in the center of the country, in 1996: Silence 4. In 2001 the band finished, but after Sofia Lisboa recover from a leukemia she reunited the whole band to celebrate and did a tour in 2014.