La Polla Records - No somos Nada (1987)

La Polla Records is an Spanish punk rock band. La Polla Records was formed in 1979 in Agurain, a small town in the Basque Country. Its founders were Evaristo Páramos, Maleguin, Txarly and Sume. The name was somewhat controversial because in Spanish, polla is slang for penis.

History.

Background

In 1981, they recorded an EP under the indie label Oihuka called Y ahora qué? ("So now what?"). It had four
songs. In 1984, La Polla Records released their first album called Salve. The lyrics harshly criticized fascism, capitalism, and catholicism.

The following years they recorded Revolución. In this album Abel replaced Maleguin on the bass. They later
released more albums: No somos nada and En directo (recorded live) as well as Ellos dicen mierda, nosotros
amén("They say shit, we say Amen"), Los jubilados, Barman, Negro and Hoy es el futuro.

In 1991, due to some issues with a former band member, a tribunal forbade their use of the name La Polla
Records. The band ignored the sentence and released Bajo presión under the forbidden name. In 1996, however,
they changed their name and simply became La Polla. Under this new name they released Carne para la
picadora.La Polla en tu recto, another live album, was released in 1998. In 1999 they celebrated their 20th
anniversary recording Toda la puta vida igual. Another album, Bocas, was later released. Shortly after, Txarly
left the band. He was replaced by Jokin, former member of another Spanish punk band, Los Muertos de Cristo.

Separation

In 2002 La Polla were still actively playing when, quite suddenly, Fernandito died of a heart attack on
September 3. The band cancelled the remaining concerts of the tour. After the loss of their drummer they
released their last album: El último (el) de la Polla (literally, "La Polla's last").

La Polla Records was a band that was known as a symbol of rebellion against everything, to the point of them
being called "anti-everything". As a result of this they faced several major obstacles throughout their
career, primarily threats and repression. The band members even faced jail time during a fiasco with Eskorbuto, another Spanish band.

After La Polla Records were disbanded, Evaristo Paramos (vocals) released a book named "Por los Hijos lo que
sea" where he told stories and anecdotes that told many of the same messages as his songs. Evaristo continued
his musical career with bands such as The Kagas, The Meas and Gatillazo.

Legacy

La Polla Records were one of the first punk bands to sing in Spanish. They, along with dozens of other bands
were part of an underground movement that existed throughout the 1980s in Spain, particularly in the Basque
Country, that came as a reaction to the fall of fascism in Spain in 1975 with the death of Franco.
Consequently, strong feelings of nationalism arose in the early years after Franco's death. The genre of the
music became known as "Rock Radikal Vasco" (radical Basque rock). La Polla Records would share this stage with
many other influential bands from the Basque country like Eskorbuto, Kortatu, and many others. The ska-punk
band Ska-P (now deceased) cites La Polla Records as one of their primary influences.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Polla_Records)


Some reviews

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=2127756

- Good, but…
It's a good CD if you're a hardcore fan of La Polla… it has 6 EXCELLENT tracks, 6 that are GOOD, and the
rest of them are AVERAGE,… some of them are too short though. Very good political and social content. This
CD reminds me of Dead Kennedys sometimes (in some tracks). I also would suggest you buy some music from
Kortatu, Eskorbuto, Non-Servium and Curasbun Oi! (I doubt you find these ones on CDUniverse). oi! oi! spanish oi!
Submitted by a reviewer (San Salvador, El Salvador)

Other more enthusiastic opinions from http://www.music-city.org/La-Polla-Records/No-Somos-Nada-42174/


- Uno de los primeros discos de La Polla, grupo puntero y veterano del punk en Espana, integrantes, por epoca
y situacion del llamado rock radikal vasco. Musica no demasiado cuidada, pero letras con una mala leche y una
rabia pocas veces igualada. Imprescindible, sobre todo si sabes espanol.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2000-09-24


- MUCHO MAS QUE PUNK
Fantástico e imprescindible en tu colección. Explosión de punk rock con letras muy curradas y a degüello. De
lo mejorcito de esta banda en cuanto a letras, obviamente no son virtuosos con los instrumentos, pero si lo
fueran ya sería le leche.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2003-06-23


- Y viva la madre que los pario!!!
Sencillamente y con mucho orgullo, les presento a la MEJOR banda de punk en español, y cuando digo MEJOR, me
refiero tanto musicalmente, liricamente, Ideologia y actitud. Mis amiguitos Vascos refleccionan en las
bondades de la vida, el gobierno español, situaciones actuales e historicas tanto europeas como latino
americanas con una calidosa y bélica artillería nihilista que sin duda, te hace obedecer al llamado anarquico
de esta legendaria banda. La música es evolutiva y longituvinaria, las letras son sencillamente un deleite de
agresión y sarcasmo político que sin duda alguna captura la mente de todos aquellos que las escuchan (los
cuales somos un grupo selecto afortunadamente). Musicalmente son tanto rápidos y agresivos como pasivos y
románticos según el mensaje llame a acolación. Esta es una banda old school española, influenciada por
aquellos pioneros del punk rock britanico e influencia de un millar más. Jamás superada, jamás igualada, sin
más preambulo….La Polla records!
Posted by Anonymous, on 2003-11-12



Websites about this group:

http://www.lapollarecordsweb.com.ar/
http://www.lapollarecords.org/




Tracklist:

1. No Somos Nada
2. Socios A La Fuerza
3. Otro Militar
4. Todo Por La Patria
5. Si Hay Futuro
6. Jamaica
7. Tu Mas Energetica Repulsa
8. Señores Del Jurado
9. Progreso Y Ciencia
10. Real Como La Vida Misma
11. La Justicia
12. Cancer
13. Quiero Ver
14. Que Paz
15. Pitufare
16. Odio A Los Partidos
17. Hipocritas
18. Las Marras
19. Mentiras Post
20. Los Perros, La Carne
21. Subete Los Pantalones



Total time: 37:50


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