In 1992, while Coitado do Próximo was still taking shape, a chance encounter widened Nicchio's musical horizon. One day, after skipping class and spending time reading newspapers at the newsstand run by his friend Márcio, Márcio called his attention to a man passing by: Roberto Sassano, known in the scene as Roberto Limonada — or simply Limonada.
Nicchio was between 15 and 16 years old and going through a period of personal disorientation after his parents' separation. He was already playing music and beginning to write songs, but he had not yet found a musical identity of his own. Becoming close to Roberto came to mean more than simply meeting a more experienced musician: it opened up a concrete possibility of belonging, repertoire and a life connected to punk rock.
Roberto owned an Esso gas station on Avenida Brás Leme, the same avenue where Nicchio lived, and played with Destemidos Limonadas & Punkecas. The band was about to perform at Café Piu Piu in Bexiga and had appeared with a photograph in the now-defunct Diário de São Paulo. Márcio opened the paper and pointed at the picture: Look who this guy is — look, they're right here.
The gas station itself also became material for the band's humor in “O Posto”, a double-entendre rock song preserved in a performance recorded by TV Cultura in São Paulo.
A friendship grew out of that conversation, held together above all by Ramones and punk rock. Nicchio still came from listening habits strongly shaped by thrash metal — with Ratos de Porão among his closest references — while Roberto had a deep knowledge of punk history and the local scene. Ramones, already a passion for Nicchio, were almost a religion to Limonada. Nicchio began spending time in the gas station office listening to the radio and talking about bands, records, shows and the São Paulo scene.
In June 1992, Roberto called to say that the Destemidos would be interviewed that night on Jô Soares Onze e Meia on SBT. For a teenager still trying to find his place, seeing on national television a punk band connected to someone who had just entered his life had a decisive effect: a world that had seemed distant suddenly felt close and possible.
During the same appearance, the Destemidos performed “Ela Só Gosta de Pizza”, the song that was already beginning to connect the band's trajectory with Kid Vinil's.
Live record of “Ela Só Gosta de Pizza” during the Destemidos appearance on the program.
The Destemidos already had a connection with Kid Vinil. The band's bassist was a longtime friend of Kid, who saw in “Ela Só Gosta de Pizza” a song strong enough to become part of his artistic comeback. The song entered the repertoire of Kid Vinil e Verminose and would become the most visible link between the two bands. That story would gain a chapter of its own in 1993, when Roberto took Nicchio to a Kid Vinil show at Café Piu Piu.
Nicchio's contact with the Destemidos continued through rehearsals and shows, including the Aeroanta circuit. Their influence also crossed directly into the repertoire of Coitado do Próximo: starting in 1993, the band began playing “Ela Só Gosta de Pizza” in rehearsals and live performances. On March 9, 1995, Limonada was among the biggest surprises at Nicchio's 18th-birthday party; in 1998, Coitado added a version of “Ali Babão”, by the Destemidos, which Nicchio remembers as one of the most applauded songs of that night and as drawing praise from Paulão de Carvalho; and around 2000/2001, Roberto was invited to join Coitado onstage at the Rock n Roll Bar, associated with Paulão and Velhas Virgens. The specific song from that guest appearance has not yet been identified in the archive.
