Former members of Renato Russo's pioneering post-punk band Aborto Elétrico teamed up to form the Capital Inicial, continuing to perform the same type of music.

The first time that Capital Inicial played in Rio was on July 23, 1983, opening a Lobão show at the Circo Voador.

In the next year, the group recorded their first album, Capital Inicial, which had the hits "Psicopata", "Música Urbana" and "Fátima" selling 200,000 copies.

This crisis provoked the departure of Bozzo Barretti and Dinho Ouro Preto and the acquisition of a new vocalist, Murilo Lima, with whom their sixth album, the independent Rua 47, was recorded in 1994.

As of 2006, the band does regular concerts in major Brazilian cities, enjoying great success with older Aborto Elétrico songs as well as newly recorded material.