La Polla Records
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La Polla Records (LPR) are a punk band from Spain formed in 1979.
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Background
La Polla Records (LPR) were a radical Spanish punk rock band. La Polla Records were formed in 1979 in Agurain, a small town in in Euskadi. Its original founders were Evaristo Paramos (vocals), Maleguin, Txarly and Sume. The name was somewhat controversial because in Spanish, "polla" is slang for penis.
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 in Lakuntza as well as "Ellos dicen Mierda, nosotros Amén", "Los Jubilados", "Barman", "Negro" and "Hoy es el Futuro".
In 1991, due to some issues with a former band member, a tribunal forbade the name La Polla Records. The band ignored the sentence and launched "Bajo Presión" under the forbidden name. In 1996, however, they changed their name and 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". Then "Bocas" was released and Txarly left the band. He was replaced by Jokin, from another Spanish punk band, Los Muertos de Cristo.
Separation
In 2002 La Polla Records were still playing when suddenly on September 3rd, Fernandito died of a heart attack. LPR cancelled the remaining concerts of the tour. After the loss of the drummer they released their last album: "El ultimo (el) de la Polla". With this final album, 23 years of protest against militarism, racism, communism, fascism, monarchies, and Christianity had ended.
LPR were always 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 obstacles such as threats, repression and they 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.
Members
Past members
- Maleguin - bass (from "Y ahora que?/1983 to "Revolución"/1985)
Discography
Albums
- Y ahora que? - 1983
- Salve - 1984
- Revolucion - 1985
- No somos nada - 1987
- Donde se habla - 1988
- En directo - 1988
- Ellos dicen mierda nosotros amen - 1990
- Los jubilados - 1990
- Barman - 1991
- Negro - 1992
- Hoy es el futuro - 1993
- Bajo presión - 1994
- Carne para la picadora - 1996
- En tu recto - 1998
- Toda la puta vida igual - 1999
- Bocas - 2001
- El ultimo (el) de La Polla - 2003
Compilations
- Volumen 1
- Volumen 2
- Volumen 3
- Volumen 4
- 14 Años de La Polla
External links
- www.lapollarecordsweb.com.ar - Unofficial site
- www.lapollarecords.org - Unofficial site
- Official site of Gatillazo, Evaristo's new band (http://www.gatillazo.com/)