In just over a month, the thirty-ninth edition of Rock Albox arrives. A legendary festival in the punk rock scene within the national panorama and one of the longest-running festivals held in all of Spain.
Albox City Council has put advance tickets on sale without surcharge through its website www.ayuntamientodealbox.com .
The iconic Madrid band Porretas heads the bill with their energy and unforgettable classics. The Hortaleza band will bring to the Almanzora region classic songs such as “El abuelo fue picaor”, “Si nos dejáis” or “Marihuana”. A band with a powerful live performance and lyrics from local people with clear and simple messages.
The charismatic Galician artist Miguel Costas , founder and former member of Siniestro Total and Aerolíneas Federales, will return to the municipality of Albox thirty-nine years later to offer a repertoire full of great hits that have marked several generations.
La Excavadora , a band that includes Txiki (Gatillazo or La Polla Records) and Pela (Marky Ramone) among its members, will bring their strength to Albox as part of the “Quien manda aquí” tour. Punk rock guaranteed for an identity-filled festival across the country.
La Rabia closes the line-up with its combative and self-managed approach. La Rabia does not hide the profile of hundreds of musicians raised in the musical quarries of the region.
This year’s line-up is just a small sample of everything that is being prepared for the fortieth anniversary that will be celebrated next year. In the words of the mayor, María del Mar Alfonso, «we have tried to put together a good line-up for this year within our possibilities. We are committed to Rock Albox, it is an event that is part of our history and we have worked so that this festival will bring back groups from the national scene to a stage known throughout Spain. This is a declaration of intentions, it is the preview of what is to come. Next year it will be a festival where we will try to live up to the celebration. We are already working on it.»
Rock Albox is historically the start of the Albox Fair. The event will take place on October 26 at the Fairgrounds and tickets are already on sale online.
Legendary bands such as La Polla Records, Eskorbuto, Siniestro Total, Barricada, Farmacia de Guardia, Los Ilegales, Rosendo, Seguridad Social, Dover, Los Suaves and Inmaculate Fools have all performed at Rock Albox, to name just a few of those who put Albox at the top. Names that have marked the history of rock and that over the last few decades have attracted thousands of rock, punk, ska, reggae and hardcore lovers to this town in the Almanzora region.