Negu Gorriak (basque for "Red Winters" or "Harsh Winters") is an underground European rock group. Their musical style combines rock, hip-hop, and reggae. It is impossible, however, to separate the band from its political ideology and its identification with the Basque Country and its language (euskara). The Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) straddles the western Pyrenees mountains that define the border between France and Spain, extending down to the coast of the Bay of Biscay. ... Basque is the language spoken by the Basque people, who live in northern Spain and the adjoining area of southwestern France. ...

Members

• Fermin Muguruza Lead Singer
• Iñigo Muguruza Guitarist
• Kaki Arkarazo Guitarist
• Mikel Anestesia Bassist since Gure Jarrera
• Mikel Bap Drummer since Gure Jarrera

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History

Negu Gorriak is born after the ska group Kortatu was disbanded in the most popular point of its career in order to avoid creative settlement. The influences from Os Resentidos, old school rappers, Public Enemy, NWA and Shinehead are very clear in their eponymic record where the drums are sequenced and the sampler becomes very present. This page is about the musical style. ... Kortatu were a ska and punk group from the Basque Country formed in Irun in the summer of 1984. ... The very first hip hop to come out of the block parties of New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s is called old school hip hop. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, are a seminal hip hop group known for their politically charged lyrics and their interest in the concerns of the African American community. ... This article is about the rap group. ... Shinehead (born Carl Aiken) is a Jamaican reggae singer/rapper. ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that can record and store audio signal samples, generally recordings of existing sounds, and play them back at a range of pitches. ...

In 1991 two new members will become part of the group: Mikel Anestesia and Mikel Bap, incrementing considerably the quality and depth of music of the band. In that year they also created Esan Ozenki (say it out loud, in Basque), their own record label. Published in 1991, Gure Jarrera would make Negu Gorriak both famous (as the most solid group of the Basque music rock scene) and infamous (for the song Ustelkeria, which will lead to them to court). The Basque are an ethnic group living in parts of France and Spain, with the majority in the latter country. ...

The band's next output (Gora Herria) would be an EP with covers and dub music remixes with the collaboration of their friend Manu Chao. This can be consider a "bridge work" that separates Negu Gorriak early efforts and their 1993 Borreruak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi (The hangman is the man of the thousand faces, a verse from to writer Bernardo Atxaga), perhaps the best record of their career. In it the guitars grow angry, and the lyrics become more poetic and somewhat less political; feelings take over and there are clears notes of frustration and pain. Musically, the record moves from hip hop to punk to ska and rock with extreme naturality. Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ... A remix is an alternate mix of a song different from the original version, made using the techniques of audio editing. ... Manu Chao Manu Chao (Xixón, Asturies) Manu Chao (born June 21, 1961 in Paris; real name Jose-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao; also occasionally credited as Oscar Tramor) is a French Latin folk singer of Spanish origin. ... Bernardo Atxaga, pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia (b. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This page is about the musical style. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

The tour following Borreruak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi created a big expectation and received a deserved press coverage. At the end of it Hipokrisiari Stop! (Stop Hipocrisy!) their only live album would be published.

The above mentioned song Ustelkeria is about a Guardia Civil (Spain) coronel, Enrique Rodríguez Galindo. The lyrics comment news accusing him of selling stolen cocaine in order to obtain money for the terrorist group GAL. In 1993 the Coronel sued the band, which was condemned to deliver Rodríguez Galindo 15 million pesetas. There would be appeals and other process in order to avoid paying the amount of money, which could lead into giving all the music rights and the record label to Rodríguez Galindo. The band then created a campaign Hitz Egin (Speak!) that consisted in the publishing a limited edition of an EP, Ustelkeria, and a tour. Several artists showed their solidarity with Negu Gorriak's cause, sharing the view that the veredict attacked the right to freedom of speech. Patrol boat, Nervion river, Bilbao. ... This article is about the drug Cocaine. ... Gal can mean: Woman Gallon Galileo (unit) A type of young Japanese woman Homosexuality This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ...

One year later Idea Zabaldu (Spread the Idea) was released. The influence of long visits to Latin America (and the zapatista revolution) and the birth of Fermin Muguruza's son is not small. The band has grown mature and children mortality in the third world and AIDS are very present both in the lyrics and also in the tone of the recording. Not so angry and aggressive, Idea Zabaldu would be their last recording with original songs. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that Revolutionary be merged into this article or section. ... Fermin Muguruza (Irún, Guipúzcoa, Spain) is a Basque nationalist rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer and disc label manager. ... Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (or acronym AIDS or Aids), is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

Salam Agur would be Negu Gorriak's last album. In it they decided to salute their friends and music influences by covering some of their favourite songs. Influential artists covered were BAP!!, Otis Redding, The Who, Macka B, Minor Threat, Bob Marley, Public Enemy, The Clash, Redskins, Poison Idea, Errobi, Dead Kennedys, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Anestesia and Niggaz With Attitude. Once again, as it happened with Kortatu they decided to disband the group in order to avoid creative settling. Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding, Jr. ... The Who are a British rock band that first came to prominence in the 1960s. ... Minor Threat was a short-lived but very influential hardcore punk band from Washington DC, often credited with starting the straight edge movement. ... Robert Nesta Marley, OM, (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) better known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, guitarist, songwriter and activist. ... The Clash was one of the most successful British punk rock groups that existed from 1976 to 1986. ... The Redskins were a British band of the 1980s notable primarily for their left-wing politics. ... Poison Idea (sometimes referred to simply as “PI”) were a hardcore punk band from Portland, Oregon. ... The Dead Kennedys are a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Linton Kwesi Johnson Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952) is a British-based Dub poet. ... Kortatu were a ska and punk group from the Basque Country formed in Irun in the summer of 1984. ...

The band would get together three more times for three farewell concerts. Those were also celebration shows, for the court had taken away the charges and there would not be, after all, any settlement for Rodríguez Galindo.

In 2005, the group decided to sell a DVD + CD with all the videos + video of the 3 last concerts, where they played in front of 30,000 people.

Discography

• Negu Gorriak (1990)
• Gure Jarrera (1991)
• Gora Herria (1991)
• Borreroak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi (1993)
• Hipokrisiari Stop! Bilbo 93-X-30 (1994)
• Ideia Zabaldu (1995)
• Ustelkeria (1996)
• Salam, agur (1996)
• 1990-2001 (DVD + Live CD) (2005)

Links

• Basque music

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External links

• Esan Ozenki Records
• Metak Records
• negugorriak.net