Biography

Capital Inicial is a post-punknew wave band who had considerable success having recorded seven albums from 1982 to 1996 Former members of Renato Russos pioneering post-punk band Aborto Eltrico teamed up to form the Capital Inicial continuing to perform the same type of music Brothers Felipe Lemos drums and Flvio Lemos bass joined guitarist Loro Jones former Blitz 64 and vocalist Dinho Ouro Preto all of them based in Braslia a city that with its particular situation as Brazils capital revolves around politicians who abandon it in the weekends The citys coldness was a choice culture for the fermentation of the aggressiveness of dispossessed youngsters creating an ideal situation for the arousal of punk bands With similar songs as Aborto Eltricos repertory the Capital Inicial followed in their path The first time that Capital and their sister band Legio Urbana also erected upon the ashes of Aborto Eltrico played in Rio was on July 23 1983 opening a Lobo show at the Circo Voador In 1984 they released their first single Descendo o Rio Nilo and Leve Desespero Epic with good repercussions The latter song was included in the film Areias Escaldantes In April 1985 the Capital Inicial succeeded in having their Descendo o Rio Nilo included on the compilation Os Intocveis CBS In the next year the group recorded their first LP Capital Inicial Polygram which had the hits Psicopata Msica Urbana and Ftima selling 200000 copies This was followed by a period of many live shows In 1987 keyboardist Bozo Barretti who had participated in the album joined the band who recorded a second LP Independncia With a pop-based sonority the album sold half as much as the first In November the band opened for Sting at a packed Maracan In December 1988 the group released their third LP Voc No Precisa Entender which was assaulted by commercialism The album sold only 50000 copies Understanding that they were losing their punk rock fans and werent gaining pop fans in the fourth album Todos os Lados 1990 they replaced standardized keyboards with aggressive guitars But the change of direction came too late The album sold a little more than 30000 copies and their fifth LP Eletricidade 1991 barely sold 20000 copies This crisis provoked the departure of Barretti and Preto who formed the band Vertigo and the acquisition of a new vocalist Murilo Lima with whom their sixth LP the independent Rua 47 was recorded in 1994 In 1996 they recorded the live album Ao Vivo Rede Brasil and in 1998 Lima left the band Alvaro Neder All Music Guide