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Marcus Adoro

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MARCUS ADORO

Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro (born December 31, 1971) is the (former) lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, one of the most popular bands in the Philippines during the 90's alternative rock explosion.

He currently goes under the stage name or band name, Markus Highway, or "markups" to his closest friends.

Projects after Eraserheads

"Kamonkamon"

After the band released their 8th and final album, Carbon Stereoxide in 2001, Adoro started working on a solo project called "Kamonkamon," which tells the adventures of his pet dog with the same name. The compilation of songs were mixed and produced by Marcus himself. Ranging from electronica, dance, to folk, and alternative music, most of its tracks were collaborations with artists, such as Pinoy rock legend Pepe Smith, Dong Abay, and an artist named Dangwa. Its EP version, available only cassettes in Sarabia Optical, a shop in his collegiate school, University of the Philippines, Diliman, was released in 2002. Adoro stated, in an interview, that part of the reason why he created the project was to make money that will hopefully be enough to buy himself a surfboard, a sport he picked up during his stay in La Union.

Adoro explains in an interview with Philmusic.com that Kamonkamon was "meant as a hype." According to him, around 2002, BMG records had already bought the whole work, consisting of a comicbook, the comicbook soundtrack and a video documentary CD. The album, though, was not to be released until 2005. In addition, BMG would only publish the work if the comicbook is shortened, which according to Adoro, defeats the purpose of the comicbook soundtrack and the idea of the whole work. He says that Kamonkamon "is a highly philosophical work," so he declined with the condition. "The eventual release of Kamonkamon would be just the tip of the iceberg so to speak," says Adoro.

Marcus was not the first Eraserhead to produce his own solo project. In 2000, lead vocalist Ely Buendia released his album, Wanted: Bedspacer.

"Belma en Luis"

In the same year Kamonkamon was released, Eraserheads vocalist, Ely Buendia, left the band to form The Mongols. Adoro, later, also decided to quit. He would eventually move to La Union and was unheard from until the April 2005. An e-mail from him was sent to PhilMusic.com about a new project he was working on, called "Surfernando: The Adventures of Belma and Luis," with a poster art of a pencil stuck in a person's nose. The EP turned up once again at Sarabia Optical. It is also available in different album covers and titles: Urfer Magazine (Mag:Net Café), Duckdive (Bigsky), American Gurl (United States version), and Submarine (Marikina version).

In the interview with Philmusic.com, Adoro explains that "Belma en Luis" is half of all the songs for a "pinoy surfing album." Surfernando is a character. He wrote the songs in 2003 after three years of surfing. He recorded and released his work on major labels, and has now shopped for a deal with Warner Music. The Surfernando songs were recorded in his new band Markus Highway's debut album called Behold, Rejoice! Surfernando Is Hear Nah.. The sound of Markus Highway ranges from just him and a guitar "to a big full band with horns section and all."

Career after Eraserheads

Adoro's current band name is "Markus Highway (a wordplay on "Marcos Highway," a Philippine road). Adoro explains that "Markus Highway" is just a rock and roll name that he likes and he wants to keep at the moment. He says that he's good with wordplay. He reveals that most of the Eraserheads album titles came from him. "I like changing names because it's an old rock n roll tradition. All the old travelling bluesmen used different aliases and my favorite cool bands do it. I like Markus Highway for the Surfernando song," says Adoro. Adoro had changed his stage name or band name quite often since 2001. His different band names since 2001 include Surfernando, The Gumamela Band, Kamonkamon, The Flaming Katols, Markus Regime (a wordplay on Marcos Regime), The Mamones (a name spoof of Mamon, a Filipino sponge cake, and The Ramones) and Talampunay Band. He eventually settled to Markus Highway since 2007.

Adoro along with former bandmates, Buddy Zabala and Raimund Marasigan performed for an event at the Millennia Club called "Marooned", a production of UP bands from past and present. Buendia was invited to the gig, but was not able to attend. "Batch 88", from Belma en Luis, was one of the songs that was jammed by the trio.

When asked about his career plans in the Philmusic.com interview, Adoro said that he plans to get session musicians to play in the recording of the Surfernando album, get a band ready for gig tours, and work with other willing back-up bands as well. He said that he had been backed by artists such as Mano-manu and Sunflower Day Camp. He just finished a low-key bar tour with the band, Mayonnaise and Sunflower Day Camp.

Adoro unexpectedly appeared in "LivELY: A Fundraising Concert for the Benefit of Ely Buendia" on January 28, 2007. Though not in the list of performers, Adoro suddenly walked on stage before Rivermaya had finished performing. He then borrowed Mike Elgar's guitar and played a reggae rendition of the Eraserheads song, "Huwag Mo Nang Itanong", and a song from his new album.

Marcus Adoro has a new band named Markus Highway under Warner Music Philippines, their first album "Behold, Rejoice! Surfernando Is Hear Nah." was released on February 2008.

Life after Eraserheads

Adoro was interviewed by GMA-7 newscaster Jessica Soho on her show, "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho." The topic is all about La Union which is now popular for beach surfers in the Philippines. He is now based in La Union and he enjoys his new life as a local surfer.

In the Philmusic.com interview, Adoro says he surfs, but he doesn't join competitions. He does not compete because he says that surfing is not his profession, and he just enjoys the lifestyle. He has been making documentaries about surfing since 2002.

He also directed the short film "The Artist Is In" which premiered along with Ely Buendia's short film "Waiting Shed". It was followed by "Violator Copy," a compilation of Marcus' unreleased videoworks which featured various local artists and surfers, Jericho Rosales, Dong Abay, and Pepe Smith.

In 2012 he started the project "Greems"- a collection of 100 musical pieces, played in the same chord progression, all in the same key and all piecies clocking in at 57 seconds. The 100 pieces were written, recorded, AND uploaded to soundcloud.com soundcloud.com/johnlennonfull2 in a staggering 21 days- a feat he describes as "original", "unprecedented", "groundbreaking". When asked why the handle "johnlennonfull2", he says "it was an instruction from a voice that came to him in his dream. The words to Greems will be released as a book before the year 2012 ends. Advance copies were circulated among press people and Tony Maghirang wrote a piece.

Reference:Marcus Adoro on Wikipedia

Buddy Zabala

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BUDDY ZABALA

Hector "Buddy" Avanceña Zabala (born November 13, 1971) is the bassist of Filipino new wave band The Dawn, indie band Cambio, and widely known as the bassist of the now disbanded alternative rock band, The Eraserheads.

Post-Eraserheads (2003-present)

A few years after the dissolution of the Eraserheads, Buddy Zabala continues to be a prolific musician. He plays bass for The Dawn and, of course, the renamed Eheads, Cambio. Intervening bands in which he was played were the Sun Valley Crew (together with fellow Eraserheads, Raimund Marasigan) and Twisted Halo (with Vin Dancel, Jason Caballa, Joey Odulio, and Mon Lopez.).

For his bass work for Cambio (Derby Light) and Twisted Halo (In Loving Memory of the Fearless Exploits of the Bolo Brigade), Zabala was awarded by the NU Rock Awards as 2004 "Bassist of the Year".

Aside from playing with his bands and doing session work, he focuses his energy in helping younger generation of Pinoy rock bands by way of producing their albums. Some of these are Boldstar's "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Something/What Are You, Really?", Itchyworms' "Little Monsters Under your Bed" (with Romel Sanchez), 6 Cycle Mind's "Panorama", Moonstar 88's "Todo Combo", and Imago's "Blush".

He also works as co-producer with his Eraserheads and Cambio colleague, Raimund Marasigan; such as on Itchyworms' "Noon Time Show," Twisted Halo's "Twisted Halo EP", Fatal Posporos' "Paper View," Sugarfree's "Dramachine," Cambio's "Derby Light," and Imago's "Take 2." He was also involved for Marasigan's recent "Five on the Floor" album for Sandwich's.

Zabala had also scored a number of movies, TV commercials, documentary shorts and stage plays.

Reference:Buddy Zabala on Wikipedia

Raimund Marasigan

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RAIMUND MARASIGAN

Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan, (born May 22, 1971) or simply known as Raimund Marasigan, is a ballad musician and record producer in the Philippines. Oftentimes, his first name is misspelled as Raymond, Raymund, Raimond and other variants. The breadth of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene. He was the drummer, vocalist and lyricist alongside former bandmate Ely Buendia of The Eraserheads, and the current keyboard/synths player for Pedicab, former rhythm guitarist and now frontman of Sandwich, current drummer of Cambio, vocalist of Project 1 and the man behind Squid 9. Currently, he holds bass for his newest band, Gaijin. Aside from writing songs and being a musician, he is also a record producer, voice actor, TV host and product endorser.

Other projects

Music
Squid 9
Squid 9 is a hip-hop influenced band that started out as a studio act and is formed from members of the Eraserheads, Monsterbot and Sun Valley Crew among others. It was soon performing live shows as well. Squid 9 released three albums: "Deleted Scenes", "Kraken Modular" and "Ink Jet". Squid 9 is also part of Electronica Manila and often collaborated with the late Wolfmann+. Squid9 Live is composed of Raimund Marasigan on samplers, drum machine and Chaos Pad), Vin Dancel (Twisted Halo and Peryodiko) and Kathy Meneses (Daydreamcycle) on vocals, Buddy Zabala (The Dawn, Twisted Halo & Cambio) on bass, keyboards and samplers and Rann Golamco (Drip, Porta, and formerly of Mojofly) on guitars. Marasigan calls his home studio "The Squid Crib".

Planet Garapata
Marasigan started Planet Garapata also in 1996, a short-lived hip-hop and electronica project that featured Eraserheads bassist Buddy Zabala, Eraserheads sound engineer Mark Laccay and Jeng Tan. The project debuted in Francis M's 1996 Happy Battle album and featured Marasigan's early rapping skills.

Sun Valley Crew
He is also part of Sun Valley Crew, a hip-hop/rap group with members Ryan Armamento and RJ Seneres on vocals, Uela Basco also on vocals, Mong Alcaraz on guitars, Dan Gil on Rhodes keyboards, Dex Aguila on Drums, Raimund Marasigan on samplers and Ryan Ventura on bass.

Other collaborations
He is often dubbed as “The Philippines’ busiest musician”, with multiple but different, simultaneous bands, in addition to collaborations with various artists such as Francis Magalona, The Pin-Up Girls, Rivermaya, Keltscross, Sugarfree, Itchyworms, Chicosci, Freestyle, Wolfmann, The Dawn, Chillitees, and others.

Marasigan collaborated with Radioactive Sago Project's Lourd de Verya and they created the song "Egis, Er'p!" for a film about Philippine Science High School System, titled "Pisay". Marasigan also sang the theme song for UPCAT movie.

Also unknown to many, Raimund (on keyboards and guitars) had a project band with Mark Laccay (bass), Dexter Aguila (drums, now with Chillitees), Thaddeus "Duff" Reantaso (vocals) and Mike Elgar (guitars, before he joined Rivermaya), called Blueberry Juice which lasted until 1994.

Raimund is the bassist and percussionist of the new band called Gaijin, fronted by Jesse Grinter (guitars and vocals) and Shinji Tanaka (drums). Gaijin means "foreigner" in Japanese. As the name implies, the group is composed of different artists from different heritages. Raimund is Filipino, Jesse is American, and Shinji is Japanese. Given the multi-national status of the band, their music is also focused towards the international music scene.

He was chosen by ABS-CBN, together with Rico Blanco and Aia de Leon, for the theme song of the network's 2010 elections campaign, which calls on Filipinos, especially the youth, to register, vote, and make the 2010 elections work. It also features the “Boto Mo, iPatrol Mo” drumbeat.

Reference: Raimund Marasigan on Wikipedia

Ely Buendia

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ELY BUENDIA

Eleandre Basiño Buendia, popularly known as Ely Buendia, and also once adopting the stage name, Jesus "Dizzy" Ventura, (born November 2, 1970) is a Filipino writer and musician who gained fame as guitarist, songwriter, and lead vocalist in the popular Pinoy rock band The Eraserheads. His compositions gained success and critical acclaim, topping various music charts, and are now considered classics. Widely regarded as one of the most respected music icons in the country, he currently performs as guitarist and lead vocalist for Pupil.

Personal life

Born in Mahabang Labak, Mark first learned Kundiman from his mother while he started playing the guitar at the age of 7 years old. Buendia studied Elementary in St. Martin Tech (University of Life) in Pasig City and High School in University of Perpetual Help Rizal. During Elementary, Buendia won in a singing contest where he sang "Doon Lang" by Nonoy Zuniga. Buendia later enrolled to University of the Philippines Diliman where he formed his bands Bluidie Tryste, Sunday School and The Eraserheads.

Buendia has two children, Una Aurea, with his first wife, Vicky Cayago, and Eon Drake, with Pupil co-manager Diane Ventura. He had a relationship with Andi Trinidad of Mega Magazine and presently with Shawn Yao of News5.

Other works

Literature

Ely Buendia had a broadsheet column, entitled "CURSOR," published weekly (every Saturday) in the Entertainment Section of the Manila Bulletin. Some entries are “Cloning Music,” “Crude Little Robots,” “Biocast Entry No. 13,” “A Dystopian Holiday,” “Event Horizon,” “The Answer,” “Misguided Tours,” “A Well-Documented Review,” “Parking and Flying,” “Soaking Up the Bar,” “Mental Floss,” and his final article, “A Cause for Elevation.” Due to Buendia's busy musical career, CURSOR had ended and was last published during the first Saturday of September 2006.
Ely's sci-fi short story "The Pillar" was published on the March 2009 issue of Rogue Magazine, with illustrations by Arnold Arre. The Pillar will be released as a graphic novel on June 2011, with illustrations by Jason Moss, who's one of the pioneers of Adarna House.

TV and films

Aside from starring with the Eraserheads in the movie "Run Barbi Run", Ely played a cameo role in Rufa Mae Quinto’s movie entitled, “Masikip Sa Dibdib” where he was playing and singing “Keeper” by The Mongols in a live stage set with audiences going wild and enjoying the music.
Buendia has once again showed his acting skills as he's part of Saab Magalona's short film "Spoonfeed," it also stars Jaime Fabregas, Ccia Estocapio, and Saab Magalona herself. Ely graced the opening rites for Dekada Cinemanila on October 16, 2008. The event also marked Ely's comeback in the industry after his operation.
A 13-minute indie film entitled "Waiting Shed" was produced by Cinemanila's Anima and Tikoy Aguiluz and was shown as part of Cinemanila's Sine Barangay. The film was directed by Ely Buendia, making it his first. "Waiting Shed" premiered with Marcus Adoro's indie film "The Artist Is In".
Ely Bundia was chosen by MTV Philippines as a voice actor in the Filipino version of MTV Asia's "Intersection" animated film. It is also a campaign of MTV Exit and USAID against exploitation and trafficking, which features soundtrack from Radiohead and Thievery Corporation. Other voice actors are Anne Curtis, Dingdong Dantes, Epi Quizon, and Dolly Anne Carvajal.
He guested as "Dave", the older brother of Chris Brawner, in Manny Pacquiao's comedy sitcom, "Show Me Da Manny". In the later part of the show, Buendia performed "Disconnection Notice" with his band Pupil. The episode was aired on September 13, 2009.
He appeared in the Metro Manila Film Fest Best Picture Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story, as well as the artist of the soundtrack. He won Best Theme Song in the recent MMFF Awards.

Socio-Civic

Ely also served as the Master Councilor of the Philippines branch of Order of DeMolay .[citation needed] He was initiated as one of the Charter Members of A. Mabini Chapter at Parañaque and has received the Degree of Chevalier, the highest Degree in DeMolay.[citation needed] DeMolay alumni members include Walt Disney, John Wayne, Mel Blanc, Bob Mathias, Bill Clinton, Menardo Jimenez, Neptali Gonzales II, Suharto T. Mangudadatu, Jejomar Binay, Ariel Magcalas, Rafael Salas, Joel Lamangan, Luke Mejares and Mike Orquillas. Each has spoken eloquently of the life-changing benefit gained from their involvement in DeMolay.[9]
Buendia is also a representative of Ako Mismo, a non-political and non-profit movement headed by KBP and PLDT which encourages self awareness amongst citizens and the future of the Philippines. Other representatives include Edu Manzano, Luis Manzano, Maxene Magalona, Arnel Pineda, Chris Tiu, Charice Pempengco, Angel Locsin, Ramon Bautista, Efren Peñaflorida, Jr. and many others.
Ely Buendia and Francis Magalona started the Heartist Foundation Inc., which aims to help Filipino artists with health problems and other concerns.

Solo projects and collaborations

Buendia had a solo project, even before leaving the Eraserheads. He recorded ten tracks in his home studio, "Suite 16 Studios." The album was called "Wanted: Bedspacer," and it comprised the tracks "Wanted Bedspacer," "Monday Mundane," "Kakaiba," "Santo," "Over 18," "Tapos Na," "Acid Tongue," "Oras," "Shallow Breathing," and "Hotchik". The cassette version of the album has a bonus track titled "In the Midnight".
In mid-2008, Buendia commenced a series of solo gigs. He mostly sang Eraserheads songs accompanied by indie bands or sessionists, without his band Pupil. First he had a local performance with the Oven Toaster band in the Mag:net Cafe, the Fort. Then he performed an all-Eraserheads number in Manning Bar, Sydney, Australia.[10] Apparently, most fans have been intrigued by these events as there were no issued press releases or announcements regarding his recent solo performances. He also made a new version of "Ang Huling El Bimbo" with FILharmoniKa orchestra for Kumpas compilation, headed by Gerard Salonga, brother of Lea Salonga.
Ely Buendia co-produced Sugar Hiccup’s “Oracle” album with Raimund Marasigan.
Ely Buendia and his sister, Lally Buendia wrote the songs “Black Whole," “Sucker” and “Marble” for Domino's Fair Tales album. His wife, Diane played Glockenspiel on “In Your Arms and Pedalpitch on “Provocatrice”. Fair Tales was co-produced by Ely (together with his sister), and was mixed by him as well (together with Lazyboy). Domino was fronted by Lally Buendia and the album was released commercially under Viva Records in 2003.
He composed True Faith’s “Kung ‘Di Rin Lang Ikaw” with Lyrics by J. Bacasmas and arranged by Ron Soriano for PolyEast Records. Bacasmas is the vocals behind Ultraelectromagneticpop's “Ganjazz.”
"Magasin" which he wrote was sampled for the track “Girl On Da Magazin” by Legendary Flip-Hop group, Legit Misfitz.
He wrote the songs “Mga Babae” and "Something Always Brings Me Back To You" sung by the female funk, R&B, rap, and soul music group, Novia under BMG Pilipinas.
Buendia wrote a song called "Stone's Throw" for Sponge Cola's debut album "Palabas".
He also collaborated with Pinoy Rap artists in the song “Private Diane” with Francis Magalona and Death Threat. It was released under Sony Music. Buendia furthered the collaboration with rapper Beware (also of Death Threat) titled "Pag Puti ng Uwak", under the album "Revenge of tha Undaground", which was released in 2007.
He used the codename “MH Hesus” when he sung back-up vocals for Parokya Ni Edgar’s “Hosanna Ngayong Pasko” Christmas song in the “Jingle Balls Silent Night Holy Cow” album. MH actually means Maalalahanin, it is the street somewhere in Teachers Village, Quezon City where Ely Buendia used to live.
Buendia also sang "Suntok Sa Buwan", an APO Hiking Society original. It was included in the OST of 2000 Viva Films movie "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw", starring Regine Velasquez and Robin Padilla.
Buendia also collaborated with the late Francis Magalona for their new album, "In Love & War", released in May 2010, with their hit single, "Higante".
Buendia celebrated his 40th Birthday with a one-off concert entitled "Ely Buendia XL (Xtra Live)" at Republiq Bar, Resorts World Manila. Aside from his main band, Pupil, guest artists performed with him, including Dope Militia, Raimund Marasigan, Hilera, Turbo Goth, Diego Mapa, Rommel Dela Cruz, Brigada and Francis Brew Reyes. "XL" is the Roman numeral of 40, as suggested by Buendia's father.
Buendia was featured in Pete Best's Beatlefest 2010 concert held at the Aliw Theater on September 11, 2010. The concert was produced by Steve O'Neal Productions and featured Pete Best, Ramon Jacinto, Rene Garcia, Mcoy Fundales and the Glass Onion Band. Buendia sang Beatles songs such as I Feel Fine, She Said She Said, We Can Work It Out and Dear Prudence.
In 2011, Ely Buendia contributed to Rock Ed Philippines and celebrated Jose Rizal's works using his song "Bungo Sa Bangin". It features Pepe Smith on drums, Kat Agarrado of Sinosikat? and Sarah Gaugler of Turbo Goth on backing vocals, Nitoy Adriano of The Jerks on lead guitar, Paolo Peralta of The Camerawalls on rhythm guitar and synths, and Niño Mesina of Afterimage on bass. Sandwich, The Dawn, Aiza Seguerra and many other OPM artists contributed to Rock Ed Philippines as well. Their works were released free and under Creative Commons license.
Buendia collaborated with the independent band The Purplechickens for a Bob Dylan tribute night he set up. The band also appears in "In Love And War" where they covered the Dylan classic "It's Alright, Ma" (along with singer Radha).
Elytistas was a short-lived endeavor band fronted by Ely Buendia with Diane Ventura on drums, Dok Sergio on bass and JP Cuison of Kiko Machine as lead guitarist. It performed mainly in saGuijo Cafe Makati and as a part of Livestock Productions. Buendia later formed another endeavor band, Ely Buendia and the Diamond Dogs, which covers David Bowie songs and other classics. It is fronted by Ely Buendia and composed of Nitoy Adriano of The Jerks and Jesse Grinter of Gaijin on guitars, Micaela Benedicto of Outerhope on keyboards, Mayo Baluyut of Revenge Avenger on bass and Wendell Garcia on drums.
MMFF Award Best Original Theme Song - "La Paloma" by Ely Buendia in the movie Asiong Salonga.

Commercial projects

As early as January 2006, there were reports that some of Pupil’s fans have been hearing a new song called “Luk4 Jingle”, as it was played on some radio stations and also during the ending credits video of the original episodes of Studio 23’s Barkada Trip. Although due to lack of indications and confirmations from the band and related organizers that time, it was quite unclear if the song was actually from the band or was an old solo project of Ely or the vocals of the said song just sounded like Ely. Until recently, the song was finally confirmed, heard and witnessed when the band played it (titled "Text LUK4") live during the finale of DPC Yellow Pages' "Luk4 The Million - City Adventure Challenge" held on December 8, 2006 at the Metrowalk. Although Pupil plays it during live performances, the song itself was a side project of Ely's.
Ely Buendia was included in a commercial project for San Miguel Beer's Red Horse product line, alongside various Filipino Rock icons: Basti Artadi from Wolfgang, Mark Abaya from Kjwan, Kevin Roy from Razorback, and Pepe Smith from Juan Dela Cruz. He also became a top endorser of the Red Horse Muziklaban. During the 2007 Muziklaban, he performed "Nasaan Ka?" with Kjwan as his ad hoc band.
Buendia is part of Coca-Cola Philippine's Coke Zero campaign with Billy Crawford and Gaby Dela Merced. The campaign was launched on ASAP and is generally about the health awareness of the brand. He also participated in a similar but more formal campaign in 2008 with Quaker Oats.

Businesses

Ely once co-owned 70's Bistro, Quezon City, where the famous Eraserheads piano was kept. Ely also operates a spa and salon for men and women in Parañaque, named Face2 Salon.

Reference:Ely Buendia on Wikipedia

2008–2009, 2012 Reunion

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Eraserheads in "The Final Set" Concert. From right to left: Buddy Zabala, Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, and Marcus Adoro together with Jazz Nicolas of Itchyworms (far left).

In July, 2008, it was confirmed by the members that they will be reuniting for a one-off concert to be held on August 30, 2008. Ely Buendia did affirm that the reunion will be for a night's performance only, to be sponsored by a multinational tobacco company. Buendia was quoted saying "Im not doing this for the money but for the E-heads fans who remain loyal". The sponsors are expecting 35,000 attendees with free tickets distributed to online registrants in early August 2008. This highly awaited one-night concert was initially reported to be planned for staging at the Cultural Center of the Philippines open grounds, or alternatively, the Fort Bonifacio open grounds.

On August 22, word had broken out that Philip Morris had pulled out of the concert and that the show had been "cancelled".

Anti-Tobacco forces, led by Dr. Maricar Limpin, had been active in a campaign to get the Eraserheads to renounce the concert and the involvement of the tobacco giant, as Alicia Keys had done in her recent concert in Indonesia. The Eraserheads never issued such an announcement. However, it was believed that the pressure exerted by the anti-tobacco forces had caused Philip Morris to end their participation in the concert.

On the evening of August 24, Raimund Marasigan issued a response to this news. Posting on the Sandwich and Cambio mailing lists, Marasigan confirmed that while Philip Morris has pulled out of the production, the concert is "most definitely" pushing through on the original date, August 30, 2008, at the Fort Bonifacio open field.

Philip Morris would no longer be involved, but the entire production had been turned over to a new producer. Furthermore, while it was previously made known through Philip Morris' announcement that the concert would be free to smokers who signed up through a promotional website known as The Red List at http://marlboro.ph, the change in producers meant that tickets would no longer be free but made available to anyone who purchased them. It was later revealed that Radiohead Media Solutions, Inc., MTV Philippines, Smart Communications, and Sony BMG Philippines have taken over the event.

Eraserheads went onstage for their reunion concert on August 30, 2008 at The Fort Open Field, Taguig City. The concert, however, was cut short halfway through a planned 30-song setlist as Buendia was rushed to the Makati Medical Hospital after experiencing chest pains. He was, however, reported to be in stable condition. Buddy Zabala had checked on Buendia in his tent right after they went to their planned 20 minute break and saw that he already was on an oxygen mask with paramedics checking his blood pressure. As he left and came back, paramedics were already taking Buendia on an ambulance. Bandmates Zabala, Marasigan and Adoro further said that they had no idea that Buendia was already having difficulty performing. In the spirit of the reunion, Marasigan, Zabala and Adoro went to Saguijo after the concert and they continued their sets there. Kris Gorra-Dancel, Ebe Dancel, Aia De Leon and many other OPM artists joined them as well. During the concert, Jazz Nicolas of the Itchyworms and a close friend of the band, also joined the band and played synths, keyboards, and other back-up instruments.

MTV Philippines President Francis Lumen stated: “He had a slight attack because of stress due to the recent passing of his mother (Lisette Buendia), and their sound check which lasted till 3 a.m. today (Saturday).” Buendia's mother died of cardiac arrest on August 28 after recovering from surgery to treat her intestinal cancer. Buendia was transferred to Philippine Heart Center 10:00 p.m. of August 31 after being treated at the critical care area of the Makati Medical Center emergency room. Sony BMG reported Buendia was "stable" after suffering hypokalemia a medical condition in which the concentration of potassium in the blood is low. Buendia had been administered with a potassium intravenous fluid.

Buendia, 37, on September 1, 2008, underwent his third heart angioplasty surgery since his January, 2007 heart attack. The blood vessel operated upon was "100 percent fully restored," and Buendia was recovering in "stable condition but still under observation." On September 5, 2008, Buendia was discharged from the hospital.

On 25 October episode of Startalk, Buendia said that the reunion concert was supposed to be a "one night only" Eraserheads reunion concert. He also said that there are no talks yet for a continuation of the said concert. However, he stated that he indeed felt "bitin" (literally translated, "not satisfied") with the uncompleted concert and is open to any sequels if it would have the proper production and venue. The other three members of the band, Adoro, Zabala and Marasigan also expressed similar views in a follow-up interview by Myx and Inquirer.

Sony-BMG Philippines released the concert movie of the band's reunion concert on November 26, 2008.

On January 11, This was confirmed by Marasigan through a message he posted on the Pedicab, Cambio, and Sandwich Mailing Lists.On the January 10 edition of Supreme, a feature of The Philippine Star, it was announced that the continuation of their previous reunion concert would happen on March 7, 2009.

On February 27, the band was awarded as "Myx Magna Award 2009" in the recent 4th Myx Music Awards 2009, achieving their alternative music excellence.

The band went onstage for their second reunion concert dubbed as The Final Set on March 7, 2009 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, Pasay City where approximately 100,000 people attended the sold-out concert. The concert went ahead despite the recent passing of their guest performer and friend Francis Magalona who died of acute myelogenous leukemia noon of the previous day.

North American Tour Reunion

The official poster by graphic designer, JP Cuison, for "Team Eraserheads".

An official teaser by graphic designer, JP Cuison, for "Team Eraserheads".

Another example of an Eraserheads The North American Tour 2012 Poster.

The Eraserheads will be back again as a band to hold a concert in 4 cities in the USA in October.

Reference:
Eraserheads on Wikipedia
ERASERHEADS: The North American Tour 2012 [the schizofficial info central]

After Eraserheads

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Tribute albums

Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music Of The Eraserheads is the first tribute album for the popular Filipino pop-rock band The Eraserheads.

Just a few years after the break-up, the tribute album Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads was released in honor of the band. The artists who did their own renditions of Eraserheads classics include Kitchie Nadal, Imago, Orange and Lemons, South Border, Brownman Revival, Sugarfree, MYMP, Sponge Cola, 6cyclemind, Francis M., Rico J. Puno, and Radioactive Sago Project.

The second volume is in the works. Many questioned whether the time was right for a tribute to a group that had just disbanded four years ago, with its former members still active in the music industry. Buendia had mixed feelings about the tribute album, saying that "It’s too early to be taking part in it and I don’t see myself being part of it kasi (because) I’m still doing something here...To be part of it is like acknowledging na tapos na ako(that I am finished); isa na lang akong trophy na itatago na (I'm just a trophy to be shelved). Siguro kung uugud-ugud na ako (Maybe when I'm really old), that’s the time I’m gonna look back." Ironically though, he does guest vocals in one of the tracks, "Superproxy 2k6" by Francis Magalona.

The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album is a tribute album for the Filipino pop rock band The Eraserheads. The album was released under Star Records And Star Cinema on May 9, 2012. It contains 14 Anthemic Eraserheads songs.

May 9, 2012 Star Records And Star Cinema released The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album. It contains 14 Anthemic Eraserheads songs from 14 different bands and solo artists. They are Mayonnaise: Ligaya, Itchyworms: Maling Akala, Aiza Seguerra with Mike Villegas: With a Smile, Callalily: Minsan, Hilera: Kaliwete, Johnoy Danao: Pare Ko, Ney Dimaculangan and Yeng Constantino: Kailan, Vin Dancel: Overdrive, Chicosci: Magasin, Tanya Markova: Hey Jay, 6cyclemind with Eunice of Gracenote: Alapaap, Razorback with Gloc9: Super Proxy, Jay Durias: Ang Huling El Bimbo and Marc Abaya of Kjwan: Fine Time.

Book launch and mini-reunion

The Promotional Poster of the "Tikman ang Langit" book launch.

The official "Tikman ang Langit :an anthology on the eraserheads"
book cover.

On February 28, 2007, the official launch of the book Tikman Ang Langit: An Anthology on the Eraserheads (2007) was held at the second level of Powerbooks bookstore in Greenbelt 3, Makati City. The launch was accompanied by acoustic performances by Cambio (whose members include Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Kris Gorra-Dancel), Markus Highway (Marcus Adoro's band), and Lei Bautista of Prettier Than Pink. The performers covered Eraserheads songs such as "Ligaya" (performed by Lei Bautista),"With A Smile" (also performed by Bautista) and "Magasin" (performed by Cambio with Marcus Adoro). The event was dubbed a mini-reunion of the Eraserheads, with Marasigan, Zabala and Adoro performing together for the first time in four years. Buendia did not attend because of a scheduled meeting with his surgeon and the manufacturers of the stents in his heart. The launch was attended by around 50 people.

Tikman ang Langit is a collection of essays about Eraserheads originally written by fourteen journalists who are mostly fans of the band. The book itself was compiled by Melvin Calimag and Jing Garcia, with a foreword by Eraserheads producer Robin Rivera.

Another mini-reunion happened and it was in Saguijo on July 26, 2007. Visitors were startled as the venue's schedule listed "Eraserheads" as a performer along with Rivermaya and Teeth. Jugs Jugueta of Itchyworms and Kris Dancel of Cambio played guitars, Zabala on bass, Marasigan on drums, Jett Pangan of The Dawn on vocals, and producer Robin Rivera played drums when Marasigan sang. They called themselves "Eraser X" that night. Buendia and Adoro knew about the event but did not go there as they had other gigs as well. Pupil was in Hard Rock Cafe Makati, while Adoro had gigs with Markus Highway. Although Pupil's bassist Dok Sergio was able to follow and played for Teeth.

Reference: Eraserheads on Wikipedia

Eraserheads

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Eraserheads, or E-Heads was a Filipino rock band of the 90s, formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro.

They took their name from the title of a movie by David Lynch that they read while flipping through the pages of a magazine. When they saw the movie years later, they concluded that it had a dark and confusing theme, thank God the name didn't bring bad luck to their careers. Their music is unclassifiable, they recklessly walk the crooked line between the underground and the mainstream with a mix of alternative, pop, rock and everything in-between, instantly familiar yet totally unheard of. The Eraserheads have gone from being the biggest "flukes" to being the biggest thing ever to happen to the Philippine music industry.

ORIGIN

December 1989. Four college guys armed with second-hand instruments decided to form a band, thinking of it as a nice way to catch the attention of girls on campus. They did mostly covers, playing at every university gig they managed to get into. Eventually, they did the rounds of Manila's rock club circuit but found that the road to success was not.

Add to the fact that Ely Buendia (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Raymund Marasigan (drums), Buddy Zabala (bass) and Marcus Adoro (lead guitar), collectively known as Eraserheads realized that they weren't all that good at belting out other people's hits. So, they concentrated on writing their own materials instead. "After all, if we committed a mistake. No one would recognize it since they don't know the song, right?," Ely explained.

Performing their original songs live soon earned them a cult following in their school which gradually spread outside the campus. One of the songs, a spicy pop song entitled, "Pare Ko", became for its lyrics coupled with a few cuss words at their places.

Summoning up all their courage, they recorded a cheap, lo-tech demo tape in 1991 and shopped in around record labels and radio stations, hoping to have their songs reach public awareness. They were, unfortunately, rejected at every turn.

A professor-friend from their school helped record a better version of the demo which was named, "Pop-U!" in defense to all those who've turned them down. As this demo went around, it found its way to BMG Records (Pilipinas) a year after it was made and the rest, as they say it, is history. The stuff true success are made of.

CONQUERING THE LOCAL SCENE

Having been signed to a three-year deal, Eraserheads settled down to work on their debut album. The result was the E-Heads' initial presentation titled as extraordinary as the music they're projecting: "Ultraelectromagneticpop!". This featured no less than the ecletic "Pare Ko" and a host of other novelty pieces that had people listening and discovering more about this quartet. Successive hit singles, sold-out concerts, thousands of adoring fans... 1993 saw the emergence of Eraserheadsmania!

With their newfound fans and admirers were still reeling from its astounding development, the E-Heads came up with a whopping follow-up: "Circus". They said that this aptly describes how their life has been since their smashing debut. Like the title, the album proved to be a rollercoaster-ride of unpredictability and unconventionality. Its collection of songs range from being euphoric to downright hilarious, interspersed with occasional tenderness and somber tones.

With this album, not only have the guys established themselves as good songwriters and musicians, they have also opened a whole new world for music lovers and enthusiasts to wallow in.

Their much-awaited third album, "Cutterpillow" was launched via an open-air concert attended by fans and followers in colossal proportions. All witnessed what was to be the Eraserheads' fitting finale to an otherwise explosive 1995.

With Christmas barely a month over, the E-Heads opened 1996 by making history once more as "Cutterpillow" turned Gold even before it hit the record stores as a result from the pre-selling promo campaign. While "Cutterpillow" soared to possible heights any album can reach, the guys made things zeister by shooting a music video based on of the songs in the album, the semi-tragic, "Ang Huling El Bimbo".

Later that year, the Eraserheads came up with a conceptual Christmas album called "Fruitcake". This was followed shortly by a release of a companion storybook of the same title.

GOING INTERNATIONAL

1997 is marked with a series of gigs outside of the Philippines. Their first ever overseas gig was at BMG Records' "Sentosa Pop Festival" in Singapore in March 1997. It was then followed by a mini-U.S. tour in May. Then four months later in September, they were in New York to receive the coveted "moonman" for winning the 1997 MTV Asia Viewer's Choice Award; making the Eraserheads, the first ever Philippine artists to win such award.

Their fifth album, "Sticker Happy" was released a few days after the MTV Awards. Of course, by this time, news abouth the Eraserheads being a phenomenon no longer surprises anybody. A month later, they were back in Singapore for a series of shows and appearances for MTV Asia.

In February 1998, they represented the Philippines at the annual "Asia Live Dream '98" for NHK Broadcasting in Tokyo, Japan. Then in May, they embarked on another U.S. tour, taking them from Oakland to Los Angeles and to New York.

August 1998 saw the release of "Aloha Milkyway" in the entire Asian region and finally in the Philippines two months later. The album contains chart-topping songs that have been re-mastered and 5 new songs.

In early 1999, they did sold-out shows in Hong Kong, Sydney and Dubai. Their latest album, "Natin99" was released in May.

In May/June 2000, they did another tour of America aptly dubbed, "The Pop Machine Tour - USA2000", taking them from New York to Chicago & to California.

After almost 2 years, the much-awaited studio album, "Carbon Stereoxide" is released in March 2001 featuring the tracks, "Maskara", "Playgound" and "Hula."

THE SHOCKER

After weeks of speculation, it has been confirmed...founding member, main songwriter & lead singer, Ely Buendia has left the band in mid-March 2002 for "reasons unknown".

Without giving up, the three remaining original Eheads decided to continue on. Within just a few weeks, the "new" Eraserheads debut at Hard Rock Cafe, Makati on April 19th featuring a female lead singer, Kris Gorra-Dancel (also of the band, Fatal Posporos). It was a very unique yet exciting move indeed!

THE FUTURE

Eraserheads could have been just one of those artists whose success blazes across the music scene ahead of their contemporaries for one brief shining moment. On the contrary, they have set a trend with their innate talent and boundless creativity. In their years of existence, the Eraserheads have distinctly become a phenomenon, an institution in Philippine music history. Talent and good fortune indeed seldom come hand in hand. For the E-Heads, their good fortune was written in the stars. And it spelled S-U-C-C-E-S-S in big, bold letters.

Biography courtesy of LIPS, Inc.

Revision & updates by Schizo for CIRCUS

Reference: Eraserheads Databse The SCHIZO Archives

Pinoy Rocks!!!

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OPM NEVER DIES!!!

Pinoy rock, or Filipino rock, is the brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. It has become as diverse as the rock music genre itself, and bands adopting this style are now further classified under more specific genres or combinations of genres like alternative rock, post-grunge, ethnic, New Wave, pop rock, punk rock, funk, reggae, heavy metal and ska. Because these genres are generally considered to fall under the broad rock music category, pinoy rock may be more specifically defined as rock music with Filipino cultural sensibilities. It is very easy to identify a Pinoy rock song because the lyrics are often in Filipino, Tagalog, or any other language native to the Philippines.

References:Pinoy Rock on Wikipedia