Els Masturbadors Mongolics

Spanish seminal punk band from Barcelona. The band was founded by Lluís Miracle on vocals, Enric Masip on drums and Pedro on bass on mid 1977. Soon Paco Martínez (2) joined on guitar, and the tandem Miracle/Martínez become the main composers. The first gig from the band was the 21st January of 1978, and on March they recorded three songs on a demo session for the Spanish branch of EMI, recorded at Estudios EMI, Barcelona. The songs remain unreleased. After the session, Enric left the band, and was substituted by other drummer until Kike Albareda joined the band in June 1978. That month they played at a large punk festival organized by Cuc Sonat in a camping near Barcelona. More than 23.000 people attended, and some of the bands that played were [a2173279], Basura (2), [a1200083], Almen T.N.T., [a1021341], and many others. The organization was kind of a chaos, and after a fight with members of La Banda Trapera, they ended playing after the sunrise. After that, Pedro, the bass player, quit and the band almost broke up. Lluís and Paco reformed the band with Francisco Buil on drums, Manel Domenech on second guitar and Dudu—Paco's brother, on bass. With that formation they played in September the 2nd at the Canet Rock, another big festival with local bands and international artists such as Blondie and [a70735] as headliners. In September the 3rd, they recorded annother session for EMI, again at the company's own studios. The band recorded a total of eight songs, which were, again, shelved and never released. After that, the band broke up. In 2012, Munster Records finally released the last session for EMI as an LP: 4047149.