4 years of career were enough for Los Bichos to prove that they were (and still are) one of the greatest Spanish bands (from Pamplona) of all times. Setting out from punk, glam, and Australian bands like Scientists or Birthday Party, they conceived a strange and unique world away from any label and movement. "Color hits" (1989), their first LP, received great reviews from the specialized media, surrendering to their amazing originality and the amount of hits accrued. Their second work, the "Bitter Pink" double LP (1991), featured 27 songs (including covers of Serge Gainsbourg, Alex Chilton and Phil Spector): asphyxiating, intense and noisy.
Something that this country was not ready for at that time. However, the album was also praised by the more restless-natured listeners. Their third and last work, "My Deaf Pink Love" (1991), a mini-LP signed as a Josetxo solo project, was recorded in France and released by Munster Records, indie label fan of Los Bichos. For the occasion, more straightforward and rawer tracks were recorded, including a cover of Lee Hazlewood's "Sand".
Now, Munster Records makes a dream come true, compiling one of their favourite bands in a double CD titled '1991 - 1989', all of it under the supervision of Josetxo Ezponda himself who selected 36 tracks -the most representative songs of the band in his opinion- and wrote the true history of Los Bichos in 10 chapters that come with a great deal of previously unreleased and exclusive photographs and graphic material.
A unique document aimed to pay tribute and recover a unique, unrepeatable and necessary band. |
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