Spring On The Rocks
Gruta 77
(30 April 2009)
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #1Welcome to the first edition of the Spring On The Rocks festival. Opening act: Me Dais Poca. This image depicts the quiet before the storm.
Photo: Amaya Mollá.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #2Tonight punk music has a name: Santos Neri. Right now he has a few words regarding avaricious landladies. Check out his left hand. Mic stand or make-pretend firearm?
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #3As a rule, Pilar Iglesias balances the act with groovy bass lines and an infectious sweetness and joie de vivre…
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #4… but she lacks no venom when the cause is just. Whether you are a miserly banker, a lazy moron, a flower-pot girl or a dustball, you'd better beware!
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #5Santos keeps on with his verbal caresses; his subconscious mind misses no opportunity to emphasize a point with a strangling hand.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #6Santos pours his heart…
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #7Santos pours his soul…
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #8Santos busts his balls…
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #9… and suddenly forgets what was he doing here.
Photo: Amaya Mollá.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #10Next band: Mi Animal storms the stage with a take-no-prisoners attitude.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #11Denver García is one of those guys whose neighbours later report that "he seemed like such a nice young man". It just takes a microphone for the beast to reveal itself.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #12Meanwhile, the ROCK business is left to "Obsession" Martínez, who shows no mercy stepping on whatever distortion and delay pedals seem necessary for the job.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #13Fergarriher was a nice young man, the well-mannered chap that every mother wants as her son-in-law. But there he is. Pay no heed to his mild, absent-minded semblance. Observe the instrument. It's the RIPPER! There's no turning back now, Fer.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #14Mothers may prefer Fergarriher but daughters elope with Jörgy. The daring clothes, the sensitive pluckings, the wicked-boy aura, the focused look of the involved artist. Irresistible.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #15Charlie takes a moment to plunge into the ocean of his own perplexities. An elegant, precise and powerful drummer, he's earned both a respite and our eternal gratitude for letting us (once again) put our dirty hands on his drum set. May the Gods of backline logistics bless him for all eternity.
Photo: Amaya Mollá.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #16All's well that ends well and Mi Animal finishes with such a blasting hit that fool he who dares to appear on stage next.
Photo: Amaya Mollá.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #17Fools? There we go, as innocent as crows digging for seeds in a minefield. Will Space Weirdo manage to keep up with their formidable predecessors?
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #18Germán gives it his best shot, lungs a-bursting, suspecting that the secret resides in showing the audience his brand new orthodontics.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #19Coque & Antonio feel quite comfortable on stage, as if they owned the place. As hosts, they set a vibrating pace. No lion sleeps tonight.
Photo: Amaya Mollá.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #20Featuring no afro this time but with his hair as soft and spongy as ever, Alberto —versatile collaborator in 17 bands— steps away from the spotlight in order to figure out which of the 1430 guitar lines he has memorized is coming right up.
Photo: Amaya Mollá.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #21Pablo has come to have a good time and now looks at his companions to see what they think of that crackin' cool riff he's just played…
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #22… companions who begin to wonder if that after-dinner pill was indeed an aspirine.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #23The plot thickens. Pablo indulges in one of his most stupefying arpeggios while Coque considers murder as a viable treatment for keyboard players who compose bass lines in the F key.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #24Meanwhile, said keyboard player wonders (and Alberto doesn't) if he should have pressed that button.
Photo: Amaya Mollá.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #25Germán insists on showing his dental fillings as the basic technique for fine tuning. See Coque moving discreetly away to avoid the poor marksmanship of the —by now probably pretty mellow— tomato throwers.
Photo: Marcos Prack.
30 Apr '09 - Spring On The Rocks #26But no! This picture provides irrefutable proof of at least ONE enthusiastic member of the audience clapping in frenzied exhilaration —for reasons passing understanding.
Photo: Marcos Prack.