La Polla Records - Salve + ¿Y ahora que? (1984)

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. (wikipedia)


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 from amazon.com

- Best Spanish Band in all this f**** WORLD, December 10, 2005
By Jorge Valer (Lima, Peru)


La Polla Records was the best Punk band in spain, all their albums are really excellent, lyrics, music, rage, but Salve (1st LP) i think is the best, form beginning to end..i have all their albums, all are good, if you like their music, you need all their albums, la polla records, then la polla, then another projects from Evaristo (vocals), as The Meas, The Kagas, and actually GAtillazo..all are the same line as La POlla,,if you like this band, you can listne to another great bands from Spain, Eskorbuto, Reincidentes, Siniestro Total.

Punks not dead……

- Radical Rock, January 1, 2004
By P. Azkue (Melbourne, Australia)

This album drips with the raw energy in which it was made. La Polla Records were at the vanguard that introduced the phenomenon known as "Rock Radikal Vasco", or in english, Radical Basque Rock.
The album was and still is a protest against everything that they considered unjust, with the group attacking just about everyone and everything. An understanding of spanish helps if you want to comprehend what the group stands for. The lyrics are not only angry, but are filled with wit and are very funny.

Do yourself a favour and open your music collection to a group that revolutionised spanish rock from the outside. The Basque Country. Gora Euskadi!!!

- Salve…la pieza maestra de la polla, January 5, 2003
By Manuel Rivero (Denver, CO)

Si de verdad te gusta el punk espanol, este es el disco que define el genero. No solo por el hecho de la musica y las letras, sino tambien porque fue grabado en el lugar y en el momento perfecto.

- The best album made in the Basque Country, May 23, 2005
By J2 (Denver, CO)

No doubt this album is the seminal example of the punk-rock made in the Basque Country in the 1980s. It is a real treasure that the band from Agurain (Araba, Basque Country) gave us. It contains punk anthems like "Venganza" and "Txus", the anti commercial-punks "Muy punk", or the sacrilege song "Salve". All songs are sung in Spanish. The lyrics are absolutely clever!
J2 (Denver, CO)

Websites about this group:

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

Lyrics example (Salve):

A cuenta de prometer;
el reino de los cielos,
algunos vivillos
lo que están haciendo.
Es su propio cielo
particular en la Tierra.
Compre un pedazo de cielo,
pagando su cuota mensual.

¡Salve Regina! Mater Misericordia.

Hay que estar majareto
para hablar de amor de Dios
y al mismo tiempo en sus escuelas.
Preparar los cuadros de mando
de la represión fascista.
¡Cómo se puede ser tan fariseo!

¡Salve Regina! Mater Misericordia.

Control económico es
control del poder
control mental,
control sexual.
Realmente tíos,
nunca he visto religión
que pretenda tanto
salvarnos a hostiasl.

¡Salve!

Opus Dei ¡Oh no!


Tracklist:

From "Salve" (1984)

1. Venganza
2. Porno En Accion
3. Tope Bwana
4. Estrella Del Rock
5. Delincuencia
6. Siete Enanitos
7. Nuestra Alegre Juventud
8. Criticos
9. Muy Punk
10. Herpes Talco Y Tecno Pop
11. Salve
12. Asi Casca La Basca
13. Come Mierda
14. Guru
15. Tu Alucinas
16. 7 De Michigan
17. Cancion De Cuna
18. Revistas Del Corazon
19. Txus

From "¿Y ahora qué?" (1983) debut EP

20. Y Ahora Que
21. 10 Perritos
22. Alcalde
23. Hey Hey Hey

Total time: 45:20


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