Renato Peres Barrio (born March 5, 1965), better known by his stage name Renato Pelado, is a Brazilian drummer and DJ best known for being a founding member of the famous

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band

Charlie Brown Jr. Charlie Brown Jr. was a Brazilian alternative rock band from Santos, São Paulo. The group was popular with disadvantaged youth because of their relatable commentary about social issues and the frequent use of skate punk and hip hop slang in ...

and for his brief passage in the influential

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/ death metal group

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Biography

Renato Peres Barrio was born in Santos, São Paulo on March 5, 1965. He learned how to play the drums inspired by one of his greatest idols,

Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...

, and began his musical career in 1980, subsequently playing in

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band Last Joker, where he met his future

bandmate Marcão. For a brief time in 1984 he was a member of

, taking part in the recording of their demo tape ''Devil on My Roof''. In 1992 he was invited by Chorão to be a member of his band What's Up, which later evolved to become Charlie Brown Jr.. Pelado stayed with the band until 2005, recording six critically acclaimed studio albums, when creative divergences and clashes with Chorão prompted his departure alongside other members

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and Marcão. Pelado and Chorão were never able to make amends, and never spoke to each other again. Nevertheless, following Chorão's death on March 6, 2013, owing to a

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overdose, Pelado attended his funeral; he claimed that he initially didn't believe the news of his death, thinking it was a prank. Following his departure from Charlie Brown Jr., Pelado began working as a

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on nightclubs, and in 2008 was a guest musician on the only album by his former bandmate Marcão's band TH6, '' Contra Insetos Parasitas''. At some point in 2013 following Chorão's death he converted to Evangelicalism, and commenting on the suicide of Champignon on September 9, claimed that "his life lacked God". In late 2019 he made a series of travels around Brazil, lecturing in schools, churches and rehabilitation clinics about how he overcame his depression and substance abuse through God.

Discography

Charlie Brown Jr. Charlie Brown Jr. was a Brazilian alternative rock band from Santos, São Paulo. The group was popular with disadvantaged youth because of their relatable commentary about social issues and the frequent use of skate punk and hip hop slang in ...

* (1997) ''

Transpiração Contínua Prolongada ''Transpiração Contínua Prolongada'' ( Portuguese for "''Prolonged Continuous Sweating''") is the debut album by Brazilian alternative rock band Charlie Brown Jr., released on June 16, 1997 through Virgin Records. It was one of the band's many ...

'' * (1999) '' Preço Curto... Prazo Longo'' * (2000) ''

Nadando com os Tubarões ''Nadando com os Tubarões'' ( Portuguese for "''Swimming Alongside the Sharks''") is the third album by Brazilian alternative rock band Charlie Brown Jr., released in November 2000 through Virgin Records. It was the band's final album with origin ...

'' * (2001) '' Abalando a Sua Fábrica'' * (2002) ''

Bocas Ordinárias ''Bocas Ordinárias'' ( Portuguese for "''Ordinary Mouths''") is the fifth album by Brazilian alternative rock band Charlie Brown Jr., released in December 2002 through EMI. Vocalist Chorão described it as a "sequel of sorts" to '' Abalando a Su ...

'' * (2003) '' Acústico MTV: Charlie Brown Jr.'' * (2004) '' Tamo Aí na Atividade''

References

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