The now unstoppable fever of Western youth music arrived in the Basque Country, like many other cultural events, rather late, as a result of the Francoist plate. But when it did, it came in the form of a tidal wave. The more or less melodic pop-rock that had dominated the seventies was replaced by a loud, rebellious and outspoken upheaval: the spirit and forms of punk rock and its companions, but not its comrades, hard rock or heavy metal.
The industrial periphery has carved out an important niche for itself alongside the prominence of the capital. Errenteria (Alarma, Odio, Basura, Basura, TNT); Leintz-Gatzaga (Doble Cero-RIP, Cirrosis, Bihotzerreak, Eskoriatza...); Irun (Vómito Social, Antirégimen.), Andoain (BAP!, ), Andoain (BAP!, Karkaxa) or the Left Bank of Bilbao (Zarama, Eskorbuto, Vulpess, Distorsión, Gazte Hilak, Nacional 634.) led the punk outbreak, with other hardcore names from the first period such as the aforementioned Navarrese bands Tensión, MCD (Bilbao), Optalidón (San Sebastián), Cicatriz en la Matriz (Vitoria), and other similar giants. One of the first theoretical agglutinators of those turbulent times was the San Sebastian fanzine Destruye!!!, written by Javi Sayés, a deserving worker in the alternative scene who one day decided to take the stage with the band Ezin Izan.
This new wave of music was a direct response to social norms, to the . Groups with more ideological clarity had yet to arrive for the new and therefore controversial meeting rebellious rock and the most radical political acronyms to take place. These groups would be called Hertzainak (Vitoria), Barricada (Pamplona), Kortatu (Irun), and a long list of others, bringing together all kinds of ideas and music, but always direct and to the point: AHV, Baldin Bada, Madarikatuak, Parabellum, the riberos Piperrak-Piskerra, ¿Zer Bizio?, Potrotaino (all with recorded albums) and a long list of others.