Career
She performed a fusion of rock and MPB. She was rated as the 18th greatest vocalist and 40th greatest Brazilian musician by Rolling Stone Brasil. After spending most of her adolescence in Brasília, Eller dropped out of high school and returned to her birthplace of Rio de Janeiro, where she began a career as a recording artist. Her follow-up release, 1992"s East.C.T., has been called "a battle cry for sexual freedom." Eller gave birth to a son, Francisco "Chicão" Eller, in 1993.
That same year, she went public with her long-term relationship with Maria Eugênia Vieira Martins.
As one of Brazil"s most prominent lesbian artists, Eller was sometimes called the "South American Melissa Etheridge." In addition to her deep and husky singing voice, Eller became known for her brash public image, as she occasionally wore a mohawk and bared her breasts on television shows. She posed nude for the artwork of her breakout release, 1999"s Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo.
The song was included on her 2001 album Acustico Music Television, a live recording for Music Television Brasil similar to Music Television Unplugged, which was also certified gold. Eller died at the age of 39 on December 29, 2001.
She was admitted to a Rio de Janeiro hospital in a disoriented and agitated state, during which she suffered a series of heart attacks.
A police investigation concluded that these were due to a heart condition rather than drug use.