“I understand that Siniestro Total found Hola magazine bad because they were village bumpkins, hicks and heterosexuals in the worst sense of the word.” They were Alaska’s words that were captured in his book of the same name, written by Mario Vaquerizo, in 2001. A harsh criticism of the Spanish punk rock group that lasted over time for many years, without any response. A temporary period that has been broken this Monday afternoon.
Miguel Costas, founder of Siniestro Total, responded through his social networks to Alaska’s comment 22 years later. A replica that has gone viral and that many of his followers are applauding. In his writing, the artist born in Vigo makes a call to his homeland and his current lifestyle, surrounded by nature and outside the big city. His publication includes a photograph of heavy metal horns in an article discussing the statements.
“I am a total villager, I live in rural Galicia surrounded by cows and my 379 songs composed and with great honor. Long live my town, Fangoria”, were Costas’ words on his X (Twitter) profile. The message has accumulated half a million views and more than 8,000 likes, as well as 2,200 likes added and a response count that exceeds 600. Most of them show their unconditional support for the Galician singer and his group. .
“Pueblerinos yes, but at least with greater dignity than certain people from the ‘Movida madrileña’ who today are more rancid and far-right than Abascal,” expressed one of the responses. Others even remembered the song I want to be Alaska, from 1983: “Miguel Costas, a visionary and not that Nostradamus… I want to be Alaska, always appear on “Hola”, play at Rockola and stay with the basca . I want to be Alaska, be a Pegamoid, fuck an android and keep your money.
“The Siniestro knew very well what kind of creeping rabble Alaska was and is. What’s more, Siniestro captured it and let us know very quickly who he was, as if they were some kind of visionaries with their song I want to be Alaska,” one more user emphasized in his response. “Poor girl. She continues to live off of 4 songs that she did not compose and it is believed that she is the muse of who knows what. “Madrid is nothing more than an accumulation of landless rednecks,” another comment insisted.
“What a grotesque character. A lot of Madrid scene, but in the end they were all posh pretending to be something they weren’t, everyone’s mask has fallen. Meanwhile, the authentic “moved” to other lands far from the plateau (Galicia, Euskal Herria, Levante…)” or “This girl is the demonstration that city bumpkins not only exist, but that there are them in everyone the estates (and they are not few)”, are other of the responses highlighted under the publication.
