Twelve years on, still playing like the first time.

In March 2014, three students at the Pró-Arte music school in Curitiba shared the same rehearsal room in consecutive slots. Rafael Marini's guitar lesson ended ten minutes before Henrique Vidal's drum lesson started; Diego Sá came in next for bass. On a rainy Friday, they waited together at the front desk and played for the first time — a take on Cream's 'Crossroads.'

The rehearsal turned into routine, then into a band. The first paid show happened in October of the same year, at Master Pub, opening for a local blues trio. They charged fifty reais each. They played for ninety minutes.

The name 'The Replay' came from a hand-me-down VHS — a 1968 Cream show that Rafael played on loop when he was eleven. The choice was a manifesto: replay, well, what deserved to be heard again.

Between 2017 and 2019 the setlist expanded. Cream and Hendrix shared room with Foo Fighters, The Strokes, Oasis, Nirvana. The trio started getting calls for weddings and corporate events — a format that doubled the fee and demanded a wider repertoire.

In June 2019 they recorded, live at Quintal da Cultura, the EP 'Side One' — four covers tracked in a single night, with one hundred and twenty people in the room. The recording is still on Spotify and Bandcamp, and remains the trio's main calling card.

The pandemic stopped live shows in March 2020. The next several months were spent recording at-home videos — each member in their own room, synced in post. Seven of those recordings went up on YouTube. The work led to first contact with venues in São Paulo and Porto Alegre, who became regular partners as soon as shows came back in October 2021.

In 2026 The Replay turns twelve — uninterrupted except for the lockdown months. More than two hundred shows played, split between four Curitiba venues (Master Pub, Wood's, Hard Rock Café, Quintal da Cultura) and short tours through the South and Southeast.

The current setlist covers five decades of international rock, from the late 1960s to the 2000s. The rule is simple: nothing the trio can't play in full — no playback, no extra instruments, no support keyboards. What's left is what three people can hold in their hands.

For 2027 there are plans for an EP of original material. That's another chapter.