Basque Radical Rock. Constituting the political subjects through the music

Abstract

The «Rock Radical Vasco» or Basque Radical Rock has had a deep and transcendental influence and impact over the Basque youth in the last three decades. It has directly or indirectly made possible the birth of some new movements of great social and political relevance. These aforementioned movements have been in general leaded by young peers ready to confront the existing hegemonic sociopolitical powers. The «Rock Radical Vasco» organized for long years a fierce resistance against the political, judicial and police structures that tried by all means to criminalize and illegalize what they considered to be a transgressor and highly dangerous movement against their own status quo.The present paper tries to decode some of the key elements behind the emergence and spreading of this musical but also political movement, that so deeply influenced the youth of the time, overstepping the ideological boundaries and limits of the Basque Country. Likewise, we will analyze the transcendental role performed by the Punk movement within the «Rock Radical Vasco.Different sources and experts had been consulted when writing the present theoretical paper to tackle in the most objective manner this yet polemic topic. We will also consider as reference sources some of the most prestigious voices in the field, some of them also being part of the very same process or movement.