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KONTRAATTAQUE

About Me

(ENGLISH) ...Until when will we continue to believe in this "gringo" dream?..Yeah, "gringo"! why the "American dream"? In case you haven't noticed, the American continent expands from Canada to Chile. Why do the people from the United States call themselves "American" exclusively? What about the rest of us? do we not count? Do we not exist? Aren't we, the decendents of the indigenous people whom really belong to these lands? Who robbed whom? After generations and generations, the majority of us still struggle day after day just to survive in this country... To be able to own a house, have transportation, food and clothing(comfortably) doesn't mean you've gained "status" or that you've accomplished the so-called "Dream" that everyone here talks about. That is simply living! That should be a right for every human being!!! How many hours of bad pay, sweat and in occasions even labor abuse does our transportation, clothing, houses, and food equate to? Ask us what it feels like to work from eight to twelve hours daily, get home late, exhausted, eat ,go to sleep early to wake up and get up before the sun is out, then to repeat the cycle... perhaps this is you? or your parents or family members, just like ours... supposedly, they did it for us, now watch us... doing it for ours. "Till we educate ourselves about the myth of this country, this false dream that we so much try to accomplish, about the injustices that we still face, about the tragedies and the struggles that we still go through, then we will have taken the first step towards the struggle for human dignity in this country. "MADE IN THE U.S.A." means made from the blood and sweat of the working class... Now, any questions about why KONTRAATTAQUE emerged? (ESPAñOL) ...Hasta cuando lo del "Sueño" gringo?...Si, "gringo!" Por que razon el "Sueño Americano" si el continente de America avarca desde Canada hasta Chile? Por que los Estado-Unidenses se toman el derecho de llamarse "Americanos" exclusivamente? Y el resto de nosotros que? A caso no existimos? A caso no contamos? A caso no somos nosotros, los decendientes de la raza indigena, quien realmente somos de estas tierras? quien le robo a quien? Despues de generaciones tras generaciones, muchos de nosotros haun luchamos dia tras dia solo para poder sobrevivir en este pais... Llegar a tener casa, transporte, comida y ropa en este pais(comodamente) no es tener "estatus" o haber realisado el "sueño" del que todos hablan. Eso es vivir! Eso deve de ser un derecho para cada ser humano!!! Ha cuantas horas de mal-pago, sudor y en ocasiones hasta horas de maltratos equivale nuestro transporte, nuestra ropa, nuestras casas, y nuestra comida? Preguntenos a nosotros que se siente trabajar de ocho a doce horas diarias, llegar a casa tarde y agotado, comer, acostarce temprano para despertarnos y leventarnos de madrugada para seguir el ciclo otra vez... o a la mejor, lo mismo haces tu, o tus padres y familiares como lo hacen todavia los nuestros... segun lo hacian por nosotros, pues mirenos a nosotros... haciendolo por los nuestros. Hasta que nos eduquemos unos con otros del mito de este pais, del sueo falso que tanto buscamos, de las injusticias que aguantamos, de las tragedias y las luchas que pasamos, entonces realmente daremos el primer paso hacia una verdadera lucha por la dignidad humana en este pais. "MADE IN THE USA" quiere decir hecho de sangre y sudor de clase obrera...Ahora, hay preguntas de porque surge KONTRAATTAQUE?I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 11/27/2005
Band Members: KONTRAATTAQUE-1997 to 2002 R.I.P. Dirk (Requintos) Lalo (Kantos) Heric (Kontrabajo) Ignacio, Danny & Sal (Tambora)
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Sounds Like: ...but what if suddenly el continente turned upside down?...what if los estados unidos was mexico?...what if 200,000 anglo-saxicans were to cross the border each month para trabajar de gardeners, waiters, 3rd chair musicos, movie extras, bouncers, babysitters, choferes, syndicated cartoons, feather-weight boxeadores, fruit pickers and anonymous poetas?...what if they were called "waspanos", "waspitos", "wasperos" or "waspbacks?" ...what if literatura was life, eh?...what if you were yo and tu fueras i, mister?-Guillermo Gomes Peña-
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Our thoughts on Latino Punk fest III

As many of you know by now, this year's LATINO PUNK FEST III in L.A. was organized by some of us members of KONTRAATTAQUE and some of our close friends. The idea to do the fest this year here in L.A. ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:40:00 GMT

Info. of/de Kontraattaque playing/tocando one/una show/tocada at/en the/el Latino Fest

GRINGO VERSION:KONTRAATTAQUE's last show was on September of 2002. We existed for 5 years and accomplished so much more than we had ever imagined. We met so many great people, visited great places and...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:41:00 GMT

kontraattaque record review

KONTRAATTAQUE / MIGRA VIOLENTA  "De la obscuridad de la opresion, la luz de la rebelion..." split 7": KONTRAATTAQUE existed between '97 and '02, they released a couple of awe-inspiring records and le...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:32:00 GMT