{"product_id":"medusa-medusa-2026-reissue","title":"Medusa - Medusa (2026 Reissue)","description":"Born on Día de los Muertos in 1972, Medusa emerged from Mexico City with a mission: to forge heavy, hard, Spanish-language rock rooted in social awareness and poetic force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e They shaped their sound influenced by bands like Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, as well as the turbulence\nof the 1968 Student Movement, the 1971 Halconazo, and the creative explosion surrounding the legendary Avándaro Festival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFriends and contemporaries of bands like Peace \u0026amp; Love, the Dug Dug’s and El Ritual, Medusa quickly stood out for their powerful live presence and politically charged energy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThey released their mega rare first single in 1973 and then an EP followed in 1974, but their refusal to compromise their artistic direction led to being dropped before completing a full\nLP—pushing them into self-produced, underground recordings throughout the following decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDespite media marginalization, Medusa remained active into the mid-1980s, playing everywhere from stadiums and TV to prisons and ‘hoyos fonkis.’ After a decade-long hiatus, they\nresurfaced in 1994 to a new generation that embraced them as pioneers of Heavy Metal and early Stoner Rock in Mexico. Later joined by Jaime García Mares, they reaffirmed their status\nwith a landmark 2006 national TV appearance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2015, after more sporadic performances and demos, Medusa were honored by Tianguis del Chopo and recognized by the National Sound Archive as the founders of Stoner Rock in Mexico,\nbecoming subjects of books and a Rolling Stone special on Mexican rock. Shortly after, the band closed a 43-year chapter and its members moved on to personal projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNow, thanks to recordings rescued from Víctor Moreno’s personal archives, Medusa’s early work—including their four tracks from the 70s and additional raw and unadulterated sessions\nfrom the 80s-90s finally appears in long-play format.","brand":"Out-Sider Music","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50932471070998,"sku":"RMX-60259","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/a20037870333a28ce22689a5de4ff4f6.jpg?v=1768231487","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/medusa-medusa-2026-reissue","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}