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01. Eskorbuto - Maldito Pais
02. Eskorbuto - Mucha Policia, Poca Diversión
03. Eskorbuto - Enterrado Vivo
04. Eskorbuto - Mi Degeneración
05. Eskorbuto - El Exterminio De La Raza Del Mono
06. Eskorbuto - Os Engañan
07. Eskorbuto - No Kiero Kambiar
08. Eskorbuto - Busco En La Basura
09. Eskorbuto - Cualkier Lugar
10. Eskorbuto - ¿Dónde Está El Porvenir?
11. Eskorbuto - Mierda Mierda Mierda
12. Eskorbuto - Ratas Rabiosas
13. Eskorbuto - Hipócritas
14. Eskorbuto - El Enterrador
15. Eskorbuto - Iros A La Mierda
16. Eskorbuto - Ratas En Bizkaia
17. Eskorbuto - Criaturas Al Poder
18. Eskorbuto - Dios Patria Rey
19. Eskorbuto - Escupe A La Bandera
20. Eskorbuto - A La Mierda El Pais Vasco
21. Eskorbuto - Rogad A Dios Por Los Muertos
22. Eskorbuto - Soldados
ARTIST
TITLE
Maldito Pais (Red Vinyl)
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
MRK 297LP MRK 297LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/15/2026

It was a time when the walls were teeming with socio-political proclamations, where the hammer and sickle -- alongside the illegal Ikurriña (the flag of the Basque Country) -- were the most widely used symbols. A time of general strikes and protests on the streets that often ended in an ugly manner. A time also of smoky joints, where huge speakers played loud rock and there were dreams of strawberry fields. In Santurtzi, on the left bank of the Nervión estuary, a unique band was born: Eskorbuto. Iosu Expósito and Jualma Suarez lived in working class neighborhoods that had grown fast. Both Kabiezes and Mamariga were, in the '50s, mainly rural areas of Santurtzi. In the '60s, industrialization and rampant development transformed them into urban areas without any investment in urbanism. Some elements for the alchemy led to the explosion: intelligent young guys who were nevertheless incapable of adhering to school discipline, a country in full swing towards freedom after 40 years of dictatorship. It was a context very familiar with the turbulence of the "Basque conflict," with neighbors seduced by the "armed fight" and the "liberation of Euskal Herria," with the question of "identity" constantly present, traumatic episodes of killings, tortures and imprisonments. One day at the end of the '70s they decided to start a band. The first period of Eskorbuto's life, before the damage done by the needle became noticeable, was incredibly fruitful. They soon found a rehearsal space, thanks to their first drummer, and there the first songs were born. It was a period of line-up changes. Iñaki Laiseka played bass for them, and that role was also taken by "Seni" and "Garlopa", two precursors of "left bank" punk. Later on they found Paco Galán, who also came from a similar neighborhood to theirs. Paco always was the necessary engine, the piece around which the rest revolved, which guaranteed continuity. His drumming also added an apparently chaotic element to the already unbridled guitar melodies and visionary texts, halfway between dirty realism and Edgar Allan Poe's nightmares. These recordings are taken from those early times of excitement and vertigo, of journeys to Madrid under a train's seat and endless trips up and down the left bank looking for "someone that I've heard is selling an amp."