Larsen - ¡No! (a.k.a. Frontera francesa) (1983) (Radikal 1977 Records reissue, 2006)

From the myriad of bands influenced by Dead Kennedys that crowded Spain during the early eighties, Larsen are, no doubt about it, one of my favorites. ¡No!, also known as Frontera francesa (1983) was their debut, a four-song 12" EP. "Frontera francesa" ("French Border") is about an old incident —which still happens, from time to time— between Spanish and French farmers. The Spanish fruit trucks were burnt and tore down by some French farmers at the border, because of cheaper Spanish fruit would ruin them, they though. The Spanish media treated that like a national scandal and an unforgettable offense, so everybody was really pissed off with our neighbors. You know, that sort of nationalist shit. So, you can see, this record was about giving the finger to the Frenchies. But, hey, French brothers, if you understood the Spanish lyrics, you'd really realize that this is just a stupid lyric among other three stupid lyrics ("Throwing up Blood", "Born from a Punk's Puke", and "Fight against Techno"), just punk junk made by punk teenager shitheads, so no hard feelings!