Los Demenciales Chicos Acelerados

'Los Demenciales Chicos Acelerados' is Eskorbuto's fourth studio album, originally released by Discos Suicidas in 1987. It was their most ambitious project, a double LP rock opera in the vein of "Quadrophenia" by their beloved The Who. It tells the story of an unscrupulous young man who wishes to achieve power at all costs, stepping over everyone and everything in order to do whatever he wants politically. In the end, he falls due to his ego and is betrayed by those around him. Hence lines such as "crowds are a nuisance", "I'll come unscathed out of the attacks planned by my image consultant" or "shouting in front of the scum".

In 1988 band members Iosu and Juanma narrated the album's concept and story on a Radio Euskadi show, the Basque Country's public broadcaster. This satirical political plot also explains the controversial Nazi pictures on the front and back covers. Eskorbuto were equalling the unprincipled politician of their rock opera with the Nazis and Franco's dictatorship. It's a conceptual record that attacks any kind of dictatorial political regime.

Although "Los demenciales..." came out on Discos Suicidas, in typical Eskorbuto fashion the band stole a copy of the master and sold it to the Twins label, which also released it a few months later with a different cover. The original sleeve caused some trouble, to say the least, with its combination of Nazi photos and the Spanish flag on the back accompanied by the words "Of national interest".

The album contains new versions of a few previous tracks such as 'Ratas rabiosas' and 'Enterrado vivo' plus the studio version of 'Más allá del cementerio'. For the recording the band enrolled keyboardist Aitor Amezaga, who would also collaborate on their next album.

This is the first facsimile vinyl reissue of one of the most piercing albums in Spain's rock history, by a band whose significance has crossed all kinds of borders.



Tracklist

A1     A Pesar De Todo    
A2     Los Demenciales Chicos Acelerados    
A3     La Cancion Del Miedo    
A4     Mucho Mas Facil    
A5     Las Multitudes Son Un Estorbo    

B1     Paz-Primero La Guerra    
B2     La Marcha Del Siglo XX    
B3     Jodiendolo Todo    
B4     Tragedia    
B5     Asesinar La Paz    

C1     Trabajo Sucio    
C2     Con Mujeres    
C3     Hipocritas    
C4     Ciudad Conflictiva    
C5     Mas Alla Del Cementerio    

D1     El Infierno Es Demasiado Dulce    
D2     Ratas Rabiosas    
D3     Salvelo    
D4     Enterrado Vivo    
D5     No Es Facil