ROCK -SPARSE, the adventure of the agricultural city, which opened the era of music festivals in Spain | Culture
The history of rock and party begins in 1989 with an adviser in culture and a city technician, tired of a verse and a melodic song. This story ends in 2003, already in the city, for political disputes and economic problems. Between them 15 issues of a successful punk rocker of the festival and He also argued in recent years, despite the premise of leavingThe field of what happened in those years can now be experienced in ROCK -SPARGE. Against woolThe exhibition in the Royal Hospital of the University of Granada, which recalls the birth, development and fall of this musical phenomenon with the vegetable name in honor of the people who saw it, and drew a way to follow the festivals that will come.
Antonio Rodriguez and Francis Cuberos, an adviser and a municipal technician, and Tajar farm, the city of Granada, in which 7900 inhabitants (today 10,600), the main crop, are the green asparage, are the main characters of this adventure. Kuberos, who died almost two years ago, invented the name and developed a rocker concert, a risky idea for the Andaluz domestic agriculture. He told his idea, who knew that he was going to listen to her, Rodriguez, the pharmacist, from United, “Fan of Rock and Culture Advisor”.
In 1988, the first green asparagus fair was held in the city, and they thought that this was an ideal basis for the development of parallel cultural activity that would help promote people and asparagus. The same was not the idea of consensus, but they survived. In the same year they did not arrive on time. Rodriguez, now he retired, recalls why the concerts of “Pan and Rockers”, and not usually. “I liked the rock, I was an adviser, I turned it to myself and gave me a lot of headaches. I did what I liked. ” And on March 11, 1989, the municipal pavilion, which can also be called a ship for high, and before 2000 people opened their doors with illegal immigrants and crazy, a group of a neighboring box.
Jorge Martinez from illegal immigrants recalls this concert. “Rock -scales began with a large vitality, despite its small size. There was a large climate of excitement, the desire to have fun, something new, something alive. ” Martinez recalls his discoveries: “A small group in this area, almost in childhood, who played with great victories.” This applies to the crazy, the Punkabilly group, as Kiki Vargas calls, his singer. The group was two boys only 18 years old, and three more out of 13 or 14, recalls Vargas. From there, asparagus became successful in her hometown in four publications. People arrived for thousands to four or five thousand in seven thousand city – destroying beer and snacks, went to the concert until next year. Rodriguez recalls this train, which “went into Granada seven o’clock in the morning and was filled with rockers back with eyes.”
Success has become problematic for people, and the city council ended history. The exhibition very well shows the evolution of this project, thanks to a common demonstration of documentation, which includes letters, correspondence, posters, photos and videos. The document reads: “The last rock of the asparagus in the Tajar farm, the first cases of the owners from the security service staff with people who tried to penetrate.” Maybe this determines the age of the festival. For Huétor Tájar, in addition to the illegal, Barricada, Total Sinister, Rosendo, Extremoduro, Fore Foverder and Lizard Nick, among others. Other areas also turned to the festival, as in the case of Carlos Azagra, a cartoonist who made the first poster and many more contributions to subsequent years, and who also contributed to the exhibition.
At that time, the phenomenon of music festivals did not begin in Spain. The rocker -antezedent was a festival Canet Rock (1975-1978) years ago. Asparag, if he wanted to survive, had to develop. In the summer of 1992, the former combination of Rodriguez made a demonstration trip to Reading FestivalIn England, which then had more than 30 years of experience. He repeated three editions and could see Public enemyIN NirvanaIN Red Hot Chili Peppers or Fury against the carThe field “Three days of the festival, simultaneous scenarios, electronic music, beach bars,” he recalls. This influenced the transfer of asparagus to the capital of Granada, where it was held from 1993 to 1998. He arrived as a concert and acted as a festival. In 1993, he introduced his first international group Toy Dolls, as well as national groups, such as Pick Records, a communist tenant or PlanetsThe field first advance was to complete a simple night concert and a program from noon until the next morning. This first metropolitan publication had another novelty: it was noted under the slogan “nobody left” a poem Nadi Eduardo Galeano.
The growth of asparagus was parallel to the development of mass festivals in Spain in the 1990s, such as FIB, Dr. Music, Sonar, Vinya Rock or Sonorama. But to become a festival, which served as an example for others, went through himself, in addition to maintaining their musical quality and well processing groups, Rodriguez recalls, providing a place for social groups and NGOs. In addition, paradoxically, to understand that flamenco and rock can live on the same day and aviary. He began in the sixth MARTYRD programming publication, during the year, when Pogues was also a rock melting group, a punk and traditional Irish music or Corcobado. Two years later, he created the script of Flmenko, which had already experienced each edition. Sonic Youth, Black Pata, Australian Blonde, Albert Pla, Compass Martyrs, DEF with two, Pastori girl, Barbie killer, Carmen Linares, Nena Cherry, Iggi pop Or Miguel Pedia contributed to the eclecticism and success of the following publicationsThe field in 1996 of 30 groups and artists in one day and four scenarios in 12 hours caused 20,000 people. The 1997 program is no longer suitable in one day and expands to two.
But success is always going on with bulwors and problems. Thousands of participants needed a wide security team, and with the help of which, as can be seen from some documents at the exhibition “Problems with the security staff, where more than one of them came out with a face (so), with a game on the lips …”. Purist also appeared. The Antimilitarist team wrote a letter in which he described the Asparagus Rolls-Royce festival, because it was something, “which requires strong investments and the expected large benefits … a millionaire remuneration at any price.”
Derez was the next stop when Granada no longer gaveThe field “Mayor Pedro Pacheko and its people lagged behind for years, and the time has come,” says Rodriguez. But the 2000 publication was supposed to cancel the rain, and everything was going to start and investment was done. A lot of money was lost. This is La Gillera, in which the city council of Jeres was recalls, the founder recalls, did this at the end of the contract with the city, in 2003 the asparagus closed its doors. I was also illegal in death. “Things are evolved and born, reproduce, reproduce and, unfortunately, die. Rock -Skard died. Live asparagus has long been, ”says Jorge Martinez from illegal immigrants.
However, we should not give it to everyone. First, because the exhibition ROCK -SPARGE. Against wool He broadcasts his effluuviums of rockers and punks in the Royal Hospital of the University of Granada until May 9. In addition, on March 29, the festival is resurrected in its hometown at a concert of respect with repeated criminals, Escorzo, Ampanoia and Tatamka, among others. And finally, because Rodriguez heard rumors that the current owner of the brand intends to “do something.” This remains only to wait.
