Sin Dios
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Sin Dios was a hardcore
/anarcho-punk
band from Spain that formed in 1988 in Madrid
. Their first gig
s were held in squatted houses
(in Spanish
Casa Okupa). In 1990 they released their first demo "...Ni amo" which contained 13 tracks and took them to their first tour across Spain
always playing within autonomous and libertarian
surroundings. In 1991 they recorded with another band a split L.P., "Ruido Anticapitalista" (Anticapitalist Noise), produced by the band's Potential Hardcore (alternative label
). Since then, they have produced five albums and many eps and complitaions. Also been to numerous concert tours across Europe
, Latin America
and Japan
.
On the 30th of July 2006 the band announced that they would "cease its musical activity".
The announcement was followed among other things by
"TO OUR ENEMIES: WE CONTINUE ON OTHER FRONTS"
and by denunciations to the Israeli aggression, American imperialism and the like.
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
/anarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk is punk rock that promotes anarchism. The term anarcho-punk is sometimes applied exclusively to bands that were part of the original anarcho-punk movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
band from Spain that formed in 1988 in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. Their first gig
Gig (musical performance)
Gig is slang for a musical engagement in which musicians are hired. Originally coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, the term, short for the word "engagement", now refers to any aspect of performing such as assisting with performance and attending musical performance...
s were held in squatted houses
Squatting
Squatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use....
(in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Casa Okupa). In 1990 they released their first demo "...Ni amo" which contained 13 tracks and took them to their first tour across Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
always playing within autonomous and libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
surroundings. In 1991 they recorded with another band a split L.P., "Ruido Anticapitalista" (Anticapitalist Noise), produced by the band's Potential Hardcore (alternative label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
). Since then, they have produced five albums and many eps and complitaions. Also been to numerous concert tours across Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
On the 30th of July 2006 the band announced that they would "cease its musical activity".
The announcement was followed among other things by
"TO OUR ENEMIES: WE CONTINUE ON OTHER FRONTS"
and by denunciations to the Israeli aggression, American imperialism and the like.
Discography
- Ruido Anticapitalista (1991)
- Alerta Antifascista (1993)
- Guerra, A La Guerra (1997)
- Solidaridad (1999)
- Ingobernables (2000)
- Odio Al Imperio (2002)
- Recortes de Libertad(2005)