TOMANDO ACIDO EN REINO AVENTURA

"They did their best. And yet, Paco, Gabriel, Leonardo, Iñaki and Cha did not fail. They took advantage of the investment of the largest entertainment company in Latin America to place some acids, buy instruments they never learned to play and make the studio a palace for the incorrigible. And yet, Fobia remains one of the most recognized references in Spanish rock. They wanted not to be and for a moment (perhaps that silence between the introduction and the true beginning of "Plastic") aspired to become everything their teenage fantasies asked them to be: a disaster. Perverted sexuality but not perverse; the absurd but not insignificant; the foolish but not the idiot were themes that Phobia dominated and exposed with great sense of humor and a clear awareness of sabotage. They came to pollute the family Always on Sunday with them, in an already emblematic presentation where they appeared practicing Kung Fu and breaking dishes in front of the strange audience of the Mexican middle class of the early nineties. José Ángel Balmori was part of that audience. He listened to Fobia from the beginning, went to his concerts and still has his records. That is why he has written this book halfway between critical review and homage. He is not a fan, but an attentive observer who closely follows the emergence and decline of one of the most important groups in the history of Mexican rock, beyond his infamous "The Microbe". His writing opens a window to think not only of Phobia but of everything we understand as national rock." --Publisher's website (translated)