Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!!

Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!!

Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! are a garage punk group from Valencia, Spain, known for playing raw, fuzz-heavy versions of 1960s teen-punk and garage-rock material. Their line-up includes Isidro Rubio. The group performs in Spanish, which gives their recordings a distinct character within the garage-punk tradition.

Style and repertoire

The group works in a primitive, lo-fi garage style built around distorted guitars, organ, and aggressive vocals. Their material draws on 1960s garage-punk and related wild rock forms, and they are associated with reinterpretations of songs linked to bands including the Trashmen, Kenny & the Kasuals, Los Saicos and We the People. Their sound is also described through comparisons with acts such as the Alarm Clocks and the Gravedigger V, reflecting a strong connection to the rougher end of 1960s underground rock.

Language and identity

All of their songs are performed in Spanish. That choice is a defining part of their identity and separates them from many English-language garage-punk acts, while still placing them firmly in the tradition of 1960s-style teen punk and garage rock.