There's a great scene here in Santander. We're a small city, but there's a good metal scene and all the garagey-punk bands are doing something different to each other. Apart from us attempting our garage-powerpop, we've got Los Idolos Del Extrarradio (Idols Of The Suburbs) playing their new-wave pop and Soul Gestapo playing more classic blues rock.
The Idolos singer also runs a recording studio and has started The Drive Division Sessions where he's recording and filming local bands to put out a video each week (which is where the Soul Gestapo video was filmed.
We get a little over-shadowed by Bilboa, who get a lot more touring bands, but it's got a lot better the last couple of years with new venues opening and people like Lord Rochester passing through. There are a few small towns around the area as well that have great venues and have pulled in people like The Fleshtones, The Cynics and Tito and Turantula over the past couple of years. The TurboRock! garage festival at the start of September also brings us the likes of Mudhoney, The Bellrays, The Buzzcocks.
We're small, but comin' up and it's a great place to be instead of fighting to get your head above the parapet, like in bigger cities. There are a ton of bars that put on tiny gigs and if anyone's passing through, it's a great place to grab a gig, some grub and petrol money to keep you going.
