Fabio Golfetti founded Violeta de Outono in 1985 alongside Cláudio Souza; both had just parted ways with pioneering New Romantic band Zero.

[2] In 1988 they released a four-track EP called The Early Years, containing cover versions of The Rolling Stones' "Citadel", Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive", The Beatles' "Within You Without You" and Gong's "Blues for Findlay".

From 1993 to 1995, Violeta de Outono entered a short hiatus period; they returned to active with a live album, Eclipse, and their third full-length, Mulher na Montanha, that began to be recorded in 1995 but would be released only in 1999.

Violeta de Outono & Orquestra, their first video release, came out in 2006, recorded during a performance in São Paulo two years prior, with the special participation of the USP Symphonic Orchestra.

In 2009, Cláudio Souza left Violeta de Outono for the third time, but beforehand they recorded another video release, Seventh Brings Return, in which they covered songs by Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett live, and also played their first studio album in its entirety in a show which took place in the Theatro Municipal in São Paulo.