Larsen

Larsen was a Spanish seminal Punk band formed in Madrid in 1980. The founding members were: Monje (Jose Luis Salcines) on vocals, Pollo (Jose Luis Rodríguez) on guitar, Rana (Ricardo Roca) on bass and Mosca (Gonzalo Fuentes) on drums. They started rehearsing in a little space in Cerceda, a little town located at the North of Madrid. In 1983 they recorded and released their first EP '¡No!', and soon after Monje left the band. They started rehearsing as a trio until Chema (José María Ortega), joined as vocalist. With Chema on vocals they recorded two sessions, but the recordings were never released. 

 

The first session were initially planned for an LP, and what was going to be its first single 'Requiem' was released in 1984. But the Spanish label Spansuls Records never paid to the studio for the sessions, so they confiscated the master tapes and the LP was forgotten. The second session took place in winter 1984, this time paid by the band members. Unfortunatelly for the band, any label was interested in releasing the material, so the tapes were stored and forgotten until some of the songs were finally released in 2001 as 'Larsen' by Potencial Hardcore. Pollo and Mosca started rehearsing with with Manolo Uvi (Manuel Quevedo) from La Uvi -another punk band from Madrid-, to form Commando 9mm. Shortly after, both Pollo and Mosca started focusing on Commando 9mm and, in early 1985, Larsen disbanded.