Los
Ilegales (The Illegals) is a Spanish rock group that had really great success
during the 80's The opposite to the "Good Guys" Hombres
G, that was the other great Spanish group of the decade, This Guys motto was
"Todo lo que digais que somos, los somos y aun peor" (Anything you may
say of us, we are it and even worse). The lead guitar and singer Jorge Martinez
was the worst shit you can imagine. His Hobbies where: Drinking, Bar Fights,
Drinking, Collecting traffic signs, Drinking, Getting and passing venereal
diseases, Drinking, Hunting people with a Hockey Stick, Drinking, and fighting
with the members of his band (he's the only one who has survived from the
start).
Here is the what was written on the back of one of their albums (1984):
 Maldita
sea la ley, esto es lo grave. Me llamo Jorge Martinez, toco la guitarra en
Ilegales, un grupo que funciona desde hace dos aņos. Antes estuve en
otros grupos, pero todos se disolvieron de forma violenta. Como llego el
momento en que no me querian en ningun otro grupo, forme Ilegales con
otros dos a los que habian expulsado de varios grupos por broncas y
borrachos.
A Iņigo, el bajista, lo conoci durante una pelea en un club. Inmediatamente simpatizamos y le di un puņetazo en las narices; el amablemente me pegoa una patada en el bajo vientre que aumque no me cogio de lleno me trajo preocupado algunos dias... A David(el bateria) lo encontre robando manzanas una noche que andaba borracho. Me dijo: "Mira macho, que cabestros", mire y eran dos gordas matronas orinando. Casi nos meamos nosotros de la risa. Luego nos encontramos algunas veces por ahi bebiendo y todavia estariamos arrancando seņales de trafico de no ser por la poli. El caso es que las cosas se liaron de tal manerta que pronto estabamos tocando los tres por escenarios de la region. Teniamos poco trabajo, fueron tiempos muy duros. No podiamos ganarnos la vida trabajando de acuerdo con la ley y nos convertimos en Ilegales. Lo nuestro es musica peligrosa.Musica hecha en el peligro. Desesperados nos presentamos a un concurso y lo ganamos y grabamos nuestro primer disco, un LP compartido con otros grupos en el que figuraban tres caciones nuestras:"Europa ha muerto","La fiesta", "Princesa equivocada". Pasaron cortos, largos, alcoholicos los dias. Actuamos en escenarios conflictos. Una vez quincemil espectadores intentaron matarmos porque nos metiamos con los hippies y deciamos Heil Hitler!, fue muy divertido y sobre todo muy arriesgado. A partir de ese momento las cosas fueron saliendo mednos peor. Teniamos mas publico. Discos Arrebato nos ofrecio grabar un single. Aceptamos, las canciones fueron:"Revuelta juvenil en Mongolia", y "La pasta en la mano". Seguimos tocando caciones desesperadas, musica terrorista, gritando chorradas: "Ilegales, el Rock te destrozara los intestinos". No vamos a rendirnos nunca, no engaņamos al publico haciendole la pelota. Hay que acabar con los pelotas de mierda. A hora queremos ser millonarios para olvidarnos de los amigos.. |
 Damned
be the law, that's the bad thing, . I'm called Jorge Martinez, I
play the guitar in Ilegales, a band that's been going for 2 years. I
was in other bands before but all of them dissolved in a violent way. It
came a time when no one wanted me in their band so I formed Ilegales with
another 2 guys that have been thrown away from several bands for fighting
and being drunk.
I met Iņigo the bass player in a fight in a bar. Immediately we liked each other, I hit him in the nose and he kindly kicked me in the groin, and that kept me worried for a couple of days... I found David (the drummer) stealing apples one night I was drunk. He told me: "Look those gorgeous women", I looked and it was 2 old witches peeing. We almost pee ourselves of laughter. We found a couple of times again drinking, and we would still be stealing out Traffic signs if it wasn't for the police. Things got up in a way that we finished playing together in stages. We had little work, hard times. We couldn't earn a living working by the law and we turned Ilegals. Our stuff is dangerous music, Music made in danger. Desperate We went to a contest, We won and recorded our first record, a LP with 3 of our songs: "Europe is dead", "The Party", "Mistaken Princess". The days passed short, long, alcoholic. We went in conflicting stages. One time 15,000 people almost killed us because we messed up with the hippie and sang Heil Hitler!, it was very amusing and most of all dangerous. From that moment on things went on less bad. We had more audience . We keep on playing desperate songs, terrorist music, shouting idiot stuff:: "Ilegales, Rock will blow tour guts". We're never gonna surrender. Now we want to become millionaires to forget all of our friends. |
Some
of their best songs are: Ella Salto por la ventana, Caramelos Podridos , Bestia
Bestia , Destruye , Agotados de esperar el fin , Todo lo que digais que somos,
La Fiesta, Stick de Hockey, Tiempos Nuevos Tiempos Salvajes, El Piloto,
Soy un Macarra, Hola mamoncete, Hago mucho ruido, princesa equivocada and more.
Some of the softer lyrics they have are posted below. Listen to the music and
sing along the lyrics, but don't do it without a bottle of Booze.
If you liked this music you can buy (or hear more
clips) it at CD
now 
Note: Beware, on CD Now there are other records
from another group "Ilegales" listed as "Los Ilegales", if
you want to buy, buy only the one I'm linking from here (Directo), or you may
get something else.
There is an unofficial web
site of Los Ilegales with some more information and an interview you can
also check.
Available Lyrics and Music (Requires Real Audio v.3.0)
