SPANISH PUNK
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¾             SPANISH PUNK
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¼        Written by d-Orb/tPHa
¹
Spain  has  quite a lot of good bands.
Even   though  they're  good,  they're
unknown, basically because of the lack
of  strong  independant producers, and
the  reticence  of  radio  stations to
have  good alternative music programs.
A  kind  of  music  which  is  usually
tagged  as  "pure british" is punk.  I
have  heard  good punk from France and
the  Netherlands.  And spanish punk is
also extremely good.  I will only talk
about   one   band,  from  the  basque
country.    In  this  part  of  Spain,
you'll  be  able  to  find millions of
bands   like   that.   They're  really
interesting,    and,    unfortunately,
unknown outside Spain.  Of course, all
the parts of Spain which are exploited
have    this    bands    (Extramadura,
Andalucía, Galiza, Asturies...).  This
band  is  La Polla Records.  They sing
in  Spanish,  and they're quite famous
in  Spain.   At  the  moment they have
about  11  records  out, under Ohiuka,
their   label.   Their  lyrics  are  a
criticism  of  our society, the rotten
politicians  (Demócrata  y cristiano),
the  cops  (El  sitio donde vivo), the
environment  (Un  rayo de Sol) and the
catholic   religion   (Salve).    This
criticism  is  quite  acrid, specially
directed   towards   the  church,  the
fascists  and the government.  Here go
some lyrics...


¶²	NUESTRA ALEGRE JUVENTUD.

³No   disfrutamos   en   el  paro,  ni
disfrutamos trabajando.
NO
¿Que  podemos  hacer con tanto dinero?
¿Que  podemos  hacer  con las ventajas
sociales?

Vamos  dejando  pasar  nuestra  alegre
juventud.   ¿Qué  más  se puede pedir?
Nuestra alegre juventud!

Los  maderos cuidan de tu seguridad...
tururú Estando con ellos nada te puede
pasar

Vamos  dejando  pasar  nuestra  alegre
juventud  ¿Qué  más  se  puede  pedir?
Nuestra alegre Juventud.
Es  increíble  como resiste el Sistema
Os felicito, y os doy mi enhorabuena

Vamos  dejando  pasar  nuestra  alegre
juventud  ¿Qué  mas se puede pedir, si
más ya no nos van a dar por culo?

¢*Translated, this looks like:
 
¼We don't have fun in the dole We don't
have fun when we're working
	NO, NO
What  can  we  do  with so much dough?
What  can  we  do with all this social
advantages?

We're  letting  our  youth  go by What
else can we ask for, our happy youth!


¶¼The  cops  are  are  lookin' after ya,
noway!  Living with them nothing won't
happen to you.
We're  letting  our  youth  go by What
else can we ask for, our happy youth?

It's  quite  incredible how the system
resist  I congratulate you, and I give
you my best wishes
We're  letting  our  youth  go by What
else  can  we  ask for, if we won't be
more assfucked?

²*Unfortunately,  the translation isn't
a good one, but it shows a bit how the
songs are set up:  short but intense.

¹The  concerts  are brilliant, with the
singer,  Evaristo,  asking everyone to
revolt,   and   swaring   against  the
priests, and all that.  Unfortunately,
you  have to be really good on Spanish
to understand what he says.
Also, some other bands exist, but this
is  the  most  famous.   Some examples
could  be bands more based on Ska than
punk,  perhaps  a  mixture,  like Negu
Gorriak,  Kortatu,  Apártate  ke  piso
mierda,  Extremoduro  and  some  more.
Some  good  Death Metal bands can also
be    found   around:    Necrophyliac,
Sepulcro,  Living Pain, ChocoKrispies,
Frustradicción....  And we also have a
VERY  GOOD Heavy Metal band called Los
Suaves,  which is the best group to be
found  on  Spain.   And  that was all,
hope  you  enjoyed  it,  but  it isn't
through  text  that you'll learn about
music.   You know, you gotta listen to
it.