La Polla Records - Revolucion (1985)

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).


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.amazon.com/Revolucion-Polla-Records/dp/B0000072ZB

La Polla knows what they doing!, August 10, 2006
By Manuel A. Rivera "Tony Rivera" (Fort Gordon,GA)


I just start listen to this people recently,and think that they are a pretty descent band.Believe this is a
pretty good album that will rock you up,better if you know the language.Probably if your not from Spain,don't
know castillian language,and the spaniard's recent history,specially during and after World War II,will not
understand a lot of the critics that the band are doing to the goverment,the police,the church,just like me
that I'm from Puerto Rico,and I have to look in the internet to understand better what they talking about.Good
music,good lirics,muy chevere band!


What punk is all about

If you want distorted guitars, three-cord songs, political satire. This is a record for you. If the Spanish
government has a list of its enemies, then La Polla Records tops it. Musically, they are not virtuosos.
Lirically, they are venomous. Wait a minute…sound like true punk to me. And it is. These people have been
banging their drums since 1981 and still to these days. I saw them perform a year ago and that show is at the
top of my list. If you can get ahold of any of La Polla Records' record, do it.
Submitted by a reviewer (Detroit, MI)

(http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1388069/a/Revolucion.htm)

Websites about this group:

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




Tracklist:

1. No Hay Jabalix en Urbasa
2. Es Politica
3. Lucky Man for You
4. Democrata y Cristiano
5. Morireis Como Imbeciles
6. Ataque de Los Hambrientos
7. Chica Yeye
8. Era un Hombre
9. Ven y Ve
10. No Mas Presos
11. Vuestra Maldicion
12. Revolucion
13. Sitio Donde Yo Vivo
14. En Londres
15. Rayo de Sol
16. Tortura
17. Cara al Culo
18. Sin Pais
19. Congreso de Ratones


Total time: 33:35