Soziedad Alkoholika

{{Short description|Spanish thrash metal band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Soziedad Alkoholika

| image = Soziedad Alkoholika Santurtzi 2010.JPG

| caption = Soziedad Alkoholika in 2010

|landscape=yes

| background = group_or_band

| alias = SA

| origin = Basque Country, Spain

| genre = Crossover thrash, hardcore punk, thrashcore

| years_active = 1988–present

| label = Overdrive, Oihuka Diskak, Roadrunner, Mil A Gritos, Locomotive

| website = {{URL|soziedadalkoholika.com}}

| current_members = Juan
Jimmy
Iñigo
Pirulo
Alfred Berengena

| past_members = Iñaki
Pedro
Oscar
Javi
Roberto

}}

Soziedad Alkoholika ("alcoholic society"), commonly abbreviated to S.A., is a crossover thrash band from the Basque Country in Spain. They were founded in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 1988. Their lyrics tend to have a crude, direct and somewhat emotional approach to politics and, among others, deal with issues such as: militarism, fascism, racism, sexism, state violence and monarchy.

Over the years S.A. has become a controversial and yet successful band with considerable impact in the underground Spanish and Latin American punk and metal scenes.

From 2002 to 2006 the band was repeatedly accused by Asociación de Víctimas del Terrorismo (AVT) and other right-wing groups of glorifying ETA's terrorism,.{{cite news|url=http://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=55531|title=Soziedad Alkoholika niega ser proetarra|last=Fernandez|first=Nidia|date=24 April 2003|work=La Voz de Asturias|language=Spanish|access-date=10 November 2009}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/hemeroteca/2003/04/25/1633667.shtml|title=El cantante de Soziedad Alkoholika dice que su grupo ha sido víctima de un despropósito|date=25 April 2003|work=La Voz de Galicia|language=Spanish|access-date=10 November 2009}} They were ultimately acquitted of all charges, but as a consequence of this controversy, S.A. has been banned by some conservative local governments from playing in several places in Spain, Madrid being one of them.

Soziedad Alkoholika denounces an alleged lack of freedom and state oppression in the Basque Country, defends the right to self-determination and advocates for the dismantlement of the Basque Police Forces Ertzaintza. It also calls for the independence of the Basque Country, opposes animal testing and supports the Palestinian cause against the State of Israel.{{cite news|url=http://www.elmundo.es/2002/06/01/espana/1151421_imp.html|title=Un grupo 'abertzale' de música anuncia actuaciones por España|last=Izarra|first=Josean|date=1 June 2002|work=El Mundo|language=es|access-date=10 November 2009|url-access=subscription}}