Alaska Y Los Pegamoides

Alaska y los Pegamoides was formed in 1979, after the dissolution of Kaka de Luxe, of which four of its members (Alaska, Nacho Canut, Manolo Campoamor and Carlos Berlanga) were a part of. These four, having realized that the affinity between them was greater and their common interests were completely different from the rest of the band's, which led them to strike out on a different path. In the beginning, they were joined by Poch (who would later join Ejecutivos Agresivos and form Derribos Arias) on solo guitar, and ex-Kaka Javier Hamilton (Javier Furia) as backing vocalist, who would soon go on to Radio Futura. The departure of their first drummer, Álvaro de Torres, who also came from Kaka de Luxe, was caused an ideological disagreement between Álvaro and the rest of the group, who did not want to introduce a drum machine that Alaska had bought for his songs, among other disagreements.

 
They were later joined by two new members: Ana Curra, whom they met at the Pentagrama bar in Madrid, and Eduardo Benavente, who joined after the departure of previous drummer Juan Luis Vizcaya to Ejecutivos Agresivos, who had been unhappy with the inclusion of keyboards. Another departure from the group was that of Manolo Campoamor, who had been their first vocalist. His position was filled first by Carlos and then finally by Alaska, who stopped playing the guitar. Manolo created a new identity, Eddie Neoprene, and tried to form a group with that name to gradually detach himself from the world of music. Still without Eduardo, they participated in the Tribute Concert to Canito (the drummer of Tos, who died in a traffic accident) in February 1980, their first and only concert with a drum machine instead of drums (although two years later they would repeat this for a recording of "Popgrama" by TVE). With this formation, the group recorded their first single, "Horror En El Hipermercado", produced by Julián Ruiz, in 1980. This song became a relative success thanks to its radio broadcast, which facilitated the recording of their second single one year later. 

 

In 1981, their parallel group, Parálisis Permanente, was formed by Nacho Canut and Eduardo Benavente. Their sound reflected the British punk trends of the moment. Alaska and Ana Curra participated, along with Los Nikis, in the Negros, SA project. Ana Curra and Benavente also created another parallel group, Los Seres Vacíos. All these groups released albums in 1982, while Alaska y los Pegamoides were enjoying their most successful period. Before Parálisis Permanente, Eduardo had formed another parallel group, Escaparates. Nacho and Carlos, along with Fernando Márquez, started a new parallel project, called Piernas Ortopédicas, from which songs like "Tokyo" (which the Pegamoides would later record) or "Rendibú en el Hipódromo" (played by The Pegamoides and recorded by Radio Futura under the title "Ivonne") came out.

 
The dissolution of the group became inevitable during from the recording of their first and only album between the end of 1981 and the beginning of 1982, which was followed by the departure of Carlos Berlanga. In 1982, two more singles were still released, "La Línea Se Cortó", and "El Jardín". Meanwhile, Berlanga formed Dinarama with his childhood friend Nacho Canut, but The Pegamoides still held out until the end of 1982. Tensions within the group led to its dissolution. Alaska, despite having announced her solo career, ended up joining Berlanga's new project, Dinarama, which would soon be renamed Alaska y Dinarama, and would later become one of the most popular groups on the Spanish music scene during the 1980s. 

Their last concert was on November 26, 1982, at the Yoko Lennon's nightclub in Bilbao. This concert was released on CD in 1997 by Subterfuge along with another CD with several demo tracks that the group had recorded for Hispavox. They would still meet again on one occasion, on March 1, 1983, to perform at the Rockola room, at the 1st Fiesta of Diario Pop, with the absence of Carlos Berlanga, who was completing his mandatory military service period at the time. [SOURCE: UNEARTHING THE MUSIC]