when chorão came to santos at seventeen (after a difficult and somewhat traumatic childhood) he already had a strong interest in skateboarding and rock music. from time to time he would stand in for a singer of a local rock band when the guy had to go to the bathroom during a show. a musician in another saw chorão performing during these bathroom breaks and invited him to join his band. when the band's bass player quit, chorão found champignon, who was then twelve. later on, chorão decided to start his own band, and invited champignon and pelado (chorão's friend from another local band), and then marcão and thiago (a 5th member). the band would continue to have shows in the city without an official name until chorão crashed his car into a coconut shack that was named "charlie brown". and the "jr", because they are children of new rock generations with red hot chili peppers and raimundos.