Telegrama
Telegrama start on 1980
in Badalona (city close to Barcelona). All 18 years old members was
Berto Rodríguez (bass & lead voice), José Belmonte
(guitar), Jordi Miró (drums) & Juan Antonio a la (rythm
guitar).
Influences from The Jam, The Who, Vapors, etc turn the sound into
power pop (Telegrama was the firsr band to introduce this label) and
approaches to the mod movement in Barcelona. Performing in the few
venues of Barcelona and province during the year 1981. They emphasize
the concerts in the old Zeleste and Magic, Playing with groups of
the moment like the Rebeldes, Loquillo, Sprays or C-Pillos, that turn
into party.
That year they do some demo tapes and they walk them by the majority
of radio stations of the zone. The performances follow one another
and have their apogee when they play with Ian Dury in the Festa de
Treball in Montjuic Mountain (Barcelona) in September.
They keep on playing in Barcelona although without disc, being considered
one of the best band of the catalan new wave. While, the mod movement
increases, with the appearance of new bands like Brighton64 with which
they play more than an occasion. They talk with some records companies
without success, in the 82 ` decides to record a single with his hit
"Chica del Metro", on Flor y Nata Records, pioneer in the
Catalan independent scene. The design of the cover makes Manolo Garci'a,
who then was in Los Rápidos. The disc appears in March and
quickly it exhausts his initial issue, being placed in 2ª position
of the ranking ` los 33 of Radio3 ' of the program "Esto no es
Hawaí" presented by Jesus Ordovás, leader of the
national independent hearing in a national network radio.
In May the band travels to Madrid to record one of first ` video-clips'
of the time for special del program "Pista Libre" on TVE.
Of this program was issued the album /vynil) ` Locos por la Música`.
They take advantage of this trip to make visits to the programs of
radio of Ordovás, Juan de Pablos,...
In July of that same year and without time for more, the group takes
leave to the great festival Badarock of Badalona because the obligatory
military service. Still they are able to meet in December in a short
permission and record what will be its last sonorous document: a demo
tape of 4 songs produced in just a short time and with little means
and in which they show a more aggressive sound. In those days they
make a last performance in the Metro venue of Barcelona.
When they back from army, thnks are changed, new music influences
make that the band spend his time closed A la vuelta de la ‘mili’
las cosas han cambiado, las nuevas influencias musicales de sus miembros
los hace encerrar en el local de ensayo. Of this way they begin to
experience new ways and they decide to close the Telegrama stage.
Ref: FyN-15
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between 1981 and 1982
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