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This article needs additional citations for verification. Madrid at night in 1980, photo by Paolo Monti. Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. La Movida Madrileña featured a rise in punk rock and synth-pop music, an openness regarding sexual expression and drug usage, and the emergence of new dialects such as cheli.

In the years following the death of Francisco Franco, a growing underground punk rock music scene began to form in Madrid. La Movida Madrileña gained notoriety following a large punk concert at the Technical University of Madrid on February 9, 1980. La Movida Madrileña’s central component was an aesthetic influenced by punk rock and synth-pop music, as well as visual schools such as dada and futurism. Although some people involved with the movement testified to a lack of a unified political ideology, many elements of the movement were antifascist and had anarchist leanings. This section needs additional citations for verification.

Pedro Almodóvar became a well-known example internationally after his success as a film director. TV programs like La Bola de Cristal and La Edad de Oro contributed to spread the aesthetics of the movement to a wider audience. Photographer Gorka de Duo accompanied Warhol and had an exhibition with Robert Mapplethorpe in the Fernando Vijande gallery. Illustrator Ceesepe is considered major figure in the movement. Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid between 1983 and 1984.