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Kortatu were a ska punk band from the Basque Country formed in Irun in the
summer of 1984.
Kortatu was born in the context of the first democracy years in Spain
since 1936. The Spanish constitution was passed in 1978 and the Basque
Statute of Autonomy in 1979, despite of a high abstention. Basque
nationalism was struggling between the acceptance of the autonomy degree or
the fighting for independence (at least, autodetermination). Kortatu had a
big significance for the left-wing basque nationalism (which rejected the
autonomist project) as precursors of a new wave of music: the Radical
Basque Rock (Rock Radikal Vasco or RRV). They reached a huge influence in
basque and Spanish punk, as other bands like La Polla Records, Cicatriz or
Eskorbuto that became famous in the 80's underground scene.
Although labeled from the beginning as a radical Basque rock, Kortatu
tried to fight against any classification, even if political links with
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