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Espasmodicos
12+ albums
punk rockpunkSpanish punkpunk ibericopost-punk
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From the punk wave that reached the Iberian peninsula in the beginning of the 80's, Espasmódicos were, without a doubt, one of the crucial names to understand the phenomenon in Spain. It is true that the influences of the genre's icons, especially the Pistols, are hard to conceal, but it's also hard to hide the fact that unlike most of their peers, this Madrid-based group knew how to give to their tunes a distinctive touch, based on a powerful, anphetamine charged sound and on a bomb-proof attitude that gave credibility to messages overdosed with fucked-upness. Sadly, or maybe luckily, keeping in mind the (insignificant) evolution of the few punk bands that managed to survive beyond 1984, Espasmoódicos' career (Kike Cruel - vocals, Jose Siemens - guitar, Cesar - bajo, and Carlos Torero - drums) is limited to a couple of years and a meager discographic legacy. The band started in late 1980 and started playing live in 1982, the year they also recorded the Recomendado para molestar a su vecino ("Recommended to Bother Your Neighbor") EP for the Spanish independant label Dro, which includes "Ni eficiencia ni progreso", "Están deseando que te pongas a temblar" and "Enciendes tu motor", a true classic for the Hispanic punk, marked by the prescence of a saxophone, a real "frivolité" for the close minded scene of the time and which actually shows the openess of the band. In 1983 two tracks, "1943" and "Tía vete a cagar" (an explicit... love song?), were included in the almost legen
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