Mikel and Josu, Josu and Mikel, close friends, lifelong friends. About to finish high school, it occurs to them to start a band. We find ourselves in an industrial neighbourhood of southern Bilbao in the mid-80s, just when the wave of radical rock was beginning. They hear and admire groups like Hertzainak, La Polla and Kortatu, and decide to form their own band: Hilotzak.
Music plays an important part in this first novel by Goio Ramos, winner of the Zubikarai scholarship: the process of forming a band, of finding members, of making songs, of finding gigs, or recording a demo… But as well as rock and roll, the novel also has room for the events of the time, a society in ferment, drugs, politics, social conflicts… And also the spark of first love, a flame that will burn longer than anyone expects.
Elkar publishing house was founded in 1975, with the aim of promoting Basque culture. Since then it has been very active as both a publisher and a record label, promoting the literary and musical works of writers and musi- cians and, at the same time, helping to fill gaps in and fulfil the needs of our culture. Thanks to the work carried out in these years, Elkar’s catalogue cur- rently holds more than 2,500 works.
