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THURSDAY 4

LAGARTIJA NICK

With a Bauhaus song naming the band, Lagartija Nick was formed in 1991. Lead by the ex-091 Antonio Arias in bass and voice, that same year they released their debut “Hipnosis”, an album with a strong rock style. The following year, they come back with “Inercia”, an album with powerful and rough guitars they will fully play in this year’s Azkena Rock Festival edition. Closing the initial trilogy of the band is “Su”, the 1994 album. One of the top moments of the band from Granada is the collaboration with the legendary “cantaor” of flamenco Enrique Morente in the album “Omega” in 1996. Few times in poetry history, flamenco and rock have had such an amazing expression and fusion as in this work. The following “Val Del Omar” is a tribute to this filmmaker from their homeland. More albums such as the homonym in 1999, “, “Ulterior”, “Lo Imprevisto” or  “El Shock de Leia” will complete their career. Lagartija Nick is a band that has investigated different styles but who has been able to filter them through their own hallmark.
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RADIO MOSCOW

This band from Iowa (United States) was created by Parker Griggs, composer and drummer of the punk band Duck And Cover. The project took the name of Garbage Composal in a first moment (with Griggs only in the group) where he experimented with garage rock influences from the 60’s. The name was then changed to Radio Moscow and Serana Andersen started in the band as bassist working together with Griggs and keeping that garage base while providing more blues sounds. With Griggs as guitarist and vocalist, at the beginning they did not have drummer and both moved to Colorado to look for one. Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys was interested in the group after having listened a demo and offered himself to help them in their career but Parker Griggs decided to come back to Iowa disappointed for not finding a drummer. After several changes, Luke McDuff becomes the new bassist and with him, Griggs records the debut album produced by Dan Auerback. Before the release of the album McDuff leaves the band and is substituted by Zach Anderson. The latter together with Keith Rich in the drums form Radio Moscow at the moment.

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YAWNING MAN

1986 was the year of the debut of Yawning Man with guitarist Gary Arce and drummer Alfredo Hernández (Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age). They record a great amount of songs in a couple of demos (one of those songs, “Catamaran” was revisited by Kyuss) but not until 2005 this material was officially reedited by the band. “Rock Formations” is the first work of the band released by the Andalusian label Alone Records and it contains ten songs that have been described as a mixed of space rock with surf influences. Several months later, they launch the EP “Pot Head” that includes darker and heavier features in their proposal. In 2006 the band reedits “Rock Formations” with the addition of a live DVD recorded in Holland. In 2008 they release “Vista Point” where they have joined in a sole edition “Rock Formations” and “Pot Head”. The desert rock does not have secrets for them.

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HAYSEED DIXIE

Formed as a hillbilly AC/DC tribute and playing with the denomination of the mythical band in their name, Hayseed Dixie has based its career on interpreting hard rock versions in a bluegrass style. Their debut was 2001 with “A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC”, after which they released albums as “Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute To Kiss”, an homage to the “world’s hottest band” as its very same names indicates. This year they have released an album entitled “No Covers” where they have come out their talent in composition with songs based on the 2007 tour experiences. These pieces, according to the band, have been inspired by the bands that have played with them in the festivals or that have been their supporting artists. Hayseed Dixie considers this album as an instrument of their musical growing without leaving their roots behind.

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THE BOSS HOSS

In 2004, Alec Völkel and Sascha Volker’s alter egos, Boss Burns (singer and washing table) and Hoss Power (voice and acoustic guitar) respectively form Boss Hoss in Berlin, a band which name is inspired in a The Sonics´ song. The group focuses in making pop and rock versions combining them with own songs, everything in a country and western style. In 2005 they release their first album, "Internashville Urban Hymns", and the year after they do the same with their second album “Rodeo Radio” where they mix versions with themes of their own. Always working, in 2007 they release their third album “Stallion Batalion” where they follow the same formula of own songs and versions such as the Tony Joe White’ s “Polk Salad Annie”, the Electric Six’s “Gay Bar” or Depeche Mode’s “Everything Counts”. This year they have launched a live album recorded in the German city of Colonia. This luxury format edition contains a double CD and a DVD where the strength of this German band’s live can be appreciated. 

www.thebosshoss.com

MARKY RAMONE

Born on July15th in 1956 in Brooklyn, Marky Ramone is already part of the rock n roll legend after his belonging to one of the greatest bands in the music history, Los Ramones. Marky replaced Tommy Ramone in 1978 debuting with the band in the recording of the classical “Road To Ruin”. At the end of 1982, he leaves the band where he returns in 1987 and stays there until 1996, when they split up. But Marky’s music life does not confine to The Ramones. The drummer has lead bands such as The Intruders, The Speedkings and has taken part in the polemical reincarnation of the Jerry Only´s Misfits. This year Marky Ramone has recorded an album with the Canadian punk band Teenage Head, edited last June and now touring around Europe, with one of its stops at the Azkena Rock Festival 2008 edition.

THE LEMONHEADS

In 1986 two Secundary students called Evan Dando and Ben Deily create in Boston the embryo of what later will become The Lemonheads. In 1987 they release their debut album “Hate Your Friends” followed by “Creator” (1988) and “Lick” (1989) after which Deily leaves the band. In 1990 the band edits “Lovey” which does not get the expected sails. But the luck of the US band changes in 1993 with the inclusion of the classical Simon & Grafunkel “Mrs Robinson” in their album “It´s A Shame About Ray”, a great success in the hits lists. Lemonheads band becomes The Lemonheads and in 1993 they release the also successful “Come On Feel The Lemonheads” with great themes such as “Into Your Arms” and “Style”. Three years after with collaborations such as that from Dinasour Jr.’ s Murph they record “Car Button Cloth” which constitutes the end of a period. After a nine years break, in 2005 Evan Dando rebuilds the band and the year after they release a new album entitled as the band’s name. The Lemonheads will be performing all of their hits in this new Azkena Rock Festival edition.

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