SEND SENDONG CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL CONCERT in GENSAN

Hands down to the local bands of General Santos City for coming together and do a show for a great cause. After the much participated and successful concert for a cause for the Sendong Victims last December 23, 2011 at the Robinson's Place Gensan, here is another round of concert for a cause, proving that the Generals really care.

Dubbed as RAKRAKAN Para sa CDO at Iligan, this second series Concert for a Cause objective is to raise funds and help Sendong Children back to school. Not less than fourteen bands will be performing on January 14, 2012 (SATURDAY) at the Football Field of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University. The guilt-free ROCK PARTY will start at 5pm for the price of fifty pesos only (Php50). Featured artist are Centerpoint Band, Kuerdas, Krystina Louise, Input Band, DOTFB Band, Anekdota, Full Tank Band among others.

Inspired by the Sending Sendong Kids Back to School Project, funds raised will be purchased with School Kits that includes: School Bags, notebooks, papers, pencils, etc...

RAKRAKAN Para sa CDO at Iligan is brought to us by NDDU Alumni '94, Katribu Musikalilangan, Nature's Spring Water and Robinsons Mall of Gensan. Tickets are available at the venue!

Have fun with Gensan's Local Bands and help at the same time!

GENSAN TRULY CARES!

CHICOSCI! TYPECAST! TAKEN BY CARS! in DAVAO

Stormproof is at it again! After the tremendously successfull Attack of the South featuring Urbandub and Powerspoonz last March 26, 2011, they will be ending the Davao's October with a BANG!

With a show tagged as THREE-LLA FROM MANILA, literally 3 bands from Manila will be rocking Davao on the 29th of October, at THE TENT, Matina Town Square. You still have time to save up for a P350 ticket that comes with 1 beer, 1 slice of pizza and 1 GLOBE sim. Where can you get that? Only on a Stormproof production. Surely a three-lla thrilla!

Featuring CHICOSCI who became famous for their hits like Paris, Vampire Social Club, A Promise among others. Surely shrieking female fans will troop just to get a sight of the frontman Miggy Chaves and the guitarist Mong Alcaraz. The band behind the hit "Will You Ever Learn", TYPECAST is another band to perform. An inspiration to the underground/indie bands/artists, they gained quiet a number of followers in this part of Mindanao. They may not be a mainstream group, TAKEN BY CARS gained respect in the music industry by getting noticed my award giving body like that of NU Awards and MYX. New to some of us of but the group started way back in 1998. 

This is my little share in spreading the music in/of the South! Experience 3 times the FUN and AWESOMENESS with THREE-LLA from Manila!

For more details you can check Stormproof's FACEBOOK page.

Concert Series: Tanduay's First 5 rocked GENSAN!

Here is a quick round-up of the very first visit of Tanduay First 5 to the City of the Generals last July 30, 2011 at the Taps and Kokay (formerly known Anchor Driving Range).


As early as Four o'clock in the afternoon people started to came in groups at the concert grounds, even watching the bands do the sound check.


5:00pm - crowd inside the venue grew in significant numbers. People who came in during this time got a near and clear view of the stage


6:00pm - A traffic of people seems to be a little bit manageable. People lining up are still relaxed.


7:00pm - Crowd starts to fill the streets causing heavy traffic to the passersby. Good thing that the organizers thought of this kind of problem in advance and hired people to manage the traffic problem just in case. The singled line entrance for male audience turned into five lines while for the girls just two. Thus proving my theory that there are still more men who loves the noise a rock band brings.


8:00pm - The first band to perform was the young and vibrant CHICOSCI. I was still lining-up at the female entrance when they started there first song for the night.

"Ang galing niyo Gensan" - Miggy Chavez

Originally called Chico Science, the group won an inter school Battle of the Bands representing Ateneo de Manila University that led them to a slow rise stardom. As they hurdled there way to the rock scene success, Miguel "Miggy" Chavez, Miguel "Mong" Alcaraz, Carlos "Calde" Calderon, Jan Kevin Santos and Joel Salvador together with Sonny Baquisal and long-time friend Eugene "Yug" Esquivias - the group reinvented themselves seeking help from the able rock scene professionals like that of Raymond Marasigan thus shreiking girls know them as CHICOSCI! 

The group was pretty generous with there performance and gained a number of screamers - hands down to Miggy and Mong! It was a good way of starting a rock concert - stretching and flexing everyone's muscle for the next bands to come. It was the first time of the group to perform for the GENERALS and they left a mark of AWESOMENESS which surely adds to their fan based in General Santos City.


9:30pm - Then comes SANDWICH on stage! Another group of CONYO band that made the crowd a bit crazy! Not a first timer, T5 tour in gensan for the band is there 3rd in General Santos City. I remembered the group's first time in the city when they front-acted for the then popular ALAMID, when only a few of the audience appreciate the genre of the band. But gone are those days when people does not know the lines of Sandwich's popular singles. Today, some of their hits such as SUGOD can instigate a MOSH during live performances. 

"When you go home, form a band" - Raymond Marasigan

Sandwich is a Filipino rock band that was formed in 1995 by Raimund Marasigan and Diego Castillo for the purpose of fulfilling their mutual desire to work together. Castillo recruited former band mates from The Aga Muhlach Experience Mike Dizon (of The Teeth) to play drums and Myrene Academia (of Imago) to handle bass duties. Sandwich was searching for a vocalist when music video director Marie Jamora recommended her friend Marc Abaya. A few years earlier, Marasigan was a judge at a contest where Marc Abaya jammed to a Beastie Boys song with his high-school band, Shirley Beans. Abaya then joined Sandwich, but was later replaced by Mong Alcaraz of the band Chicosci.

Favorite part of Sandwich performance: their MASH-UP of Masilungan and Alapaap!  

10 something - Iya Villana joined the local DJs in introducing the next group. And the crowd went WILD! as Chito Miranda of Parokya ni Edgar started to sing their first song! As expected, people sing along with the group as they performed some current and not so old singles.

Naming themselves Comic Relief, the band originally consisted of three vocalists – Chito Miranda, Jeric Estaco, Vinci Montaner, and two guitarists, Miko Yap and Gab Chee Kee. They constantly played through after-school jam session, before performing an opening number for an Eraserheads concert. This break prompted the band to add a drummer and a bassist – Dindin Moreno and Buwi Meneses respectively. The same performance also marked the change of the band's name to Parokya ni Edgar.^[2] After high school, Miko and Jeric left the band to pursue other interests. As a replacement, the remaining band members invited to their fold, guitarist Darius Semaña (lead guitar). The name Parokya Ni Edgar came from a joke answer Jeric Estaco gave during Philippine History class, when the teacher asked him where Jose Rizal's fictional hero, Crisostomo Ibarra (in the novel Noli Me Tangere), was educated.

Important: it was GAB CHEE KEE's birthday that night! And a sea of people at the venue celebrated it with him!

11 and beyond: The band that most of the tambays waited for - KAMIKAZEE! The naturally comic Jay went up on stage and started their hilarious performance. Only proving that the group is here to stay and their followers are growing in numbers.

Kamikazee is a Filipino rock band formed in 2000. The band is composed of Jay Contreras, Jomal Linao, Led Tuyay, Puto Astete and Bords Burdeos.The band is composed of five members who met in college at the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines, Diliman. Kamikazee's early gigs were mostly on campus events in UP Diliman like the annual UP Fair. Before they were signed in a major label, they went by the name "Kamikazee Cornflakes" (eventually shortened to its current state as "Kamikazee" which they think is easier to remember). Their early shows included renditions of the songs "Mmm Sarap", "Tsinelas", a cover of Ariel Rivera's "Sana Kahit Wolfgang is a Filipino heavy metal, hard rock and grunge band formed around 1992 in Manila, Philippines. Wolfgang is notable for being the only Filipino rock band to release albums in Japan and the United States and for realizing Platinum record sales in their home country.^[1] The quartet went on hiatus in 2002, but reunited in 2007.Minsan", and Britney Spears' Lucky. They were known for using expletives, suggestive movements, and references to genitalia in their UP Diliman performances.

Highlight: Jay called up three ladies to join the group on stage, let them take a shot of the sponsor drink then ask them which band did they came for. Two girls who answered Parokya ni Edgar got a kiss on the cheek from Chito Miranda while the sole lady who answered Kamikazee got a controversial kiss from a wet Jay! 

Those are surely for the records!

Almost 1 in the morning: The comebacking Wolfgang proved that they are never too old to play their kind of music. It was a nostalgic feeling for the fans of the group upon hearing their favorite songs from them. You can really identify the fanatics from the posers. 

Wolfgang is a Filipino heavy metal, hard rock and grunge band formed around 1992 in Manila, Philippines. Wolfgang is notable for being the only Filipino rock band to release albums in Japan and the United States and for realizing Platinum record sales in their home country.^[1] The quartet went on hiatus in 2002, but reunited in 2007. After the band broke up in 2002, bassist Mon Legaspi took over bass guitar duties from Carlos Balcells of The Dawn. Legaspi stayed with The Dawn from 2002 until 2004. Wolf Gemora, for his part, was part of thesouthern California-based rock quartet, called Lokomotiv, while Basti Artadi became the vocalist for a San Francisco-based group called Kitaan; he later sang for Lokomotiv, actually cutting the band's debut album,Rock N' Roll Death Toll. He left Lokomotiv shortly thereafter, and was replaced by Ryan Hudson. Artadi later worked as a coordinator for the corporate operations department of Gap in San Francisco.^[4] Manuel Legarda formed the band DRT with former Gnash vocalist Jay Ortega, Blue Rats' drummer Miguel Ortigas and bassist Paolo Pacia. Manuel Legarda has since left DRT, and has been replaced by Daniel Crilosogo of the band DC Aftershock. Manuel is now in the process of mixing the next Wolfgang album. Wolf Gemora is presently in the band, 3 Headed Dog with ex-Razorback guitarist David Aguirre and Lokomotiv bassist Danny Gonzalez. They are based in southern California and they toured the Philippines in January 2011.

Highlights: Basti Artadi the vocalists is already wasted as he came on stage even forgetting some of the lyrics of "Anino"!  He also stopped their performace just to remind the audience to behave well and stop fighting or whatever the commotion on the ground is.

The concert was such a big treat for General Santos City and we proved that we are so ready for these kinds of sponsored events. We just hope that they will come back on the next years!

Thanks Tanduay for bringing T5 the power of 5 to Gensan!

CONCERT SERIES: Urbandub vs PowerSpoonz: Attack of the South

Its been five days already, yet I cannot still get over Urbandub and Powerspoonz gig at Davao. It still gives me shiver as I think about them. It was ultimately AWESOME! Can't get enough of them since then.


The GENERALS attacked Davao City for the much awaited ATTACK OF THE SOUTH Gig at The Tent-Matina Town Square on March 26, 2011!

Everyones excited as they bought their tickets and lined-up for the entrance. My group was among the Early Birds. We are obviously excited. We wanted to get the best seat and luckily, we did!


GETTING STARTED. The local bands from the Davao never failed to get the ecstatic audiences entertained for Four Long Straight hours. Azimuth started with Three tracks, followed by the fun and young performance of Ten in a Row. Davao Karate Club was also something to watch out for while Spasm and Polar Depth kept the vibe alive before the highlight of the gig that night.

FRONT ACTS

HEATING UP. Then came the funky POWERSPOONZ and the audience went wild. Asked to stand up, the audience instinctively went right in front the stage and started to jump up and down. Instigating a MOSH, boy, it smelled like teen spirit! Its so good to be YOUNG and FREE!

Honestly, I haven't heard of Powerspoonz not until this gig. Oh yeah, they became an instant favorite. I love their songs serendibity, barrio, overflow and more. And Philippines, you better watch out for them, for they are a discovery. Read more about POWERSPOONZ here.

CLIMAX. Everbody came to their climax when Urbandub's Frontman Gabby Alipe joined Powerspoonz for a Sublime Cover. The bouncers can no longer control the crowd when Lalay Lim (bass guitar), John Dinopol(lead guitar) and JanJan Mendoza(drums) joined Gabby on stage. Everybody went crazy wild as they dance and sing along with this NU ROCK AWARDS favorite band. Their 9-Song Playlist that night never allowed the audience to take a breather or sit. They keep their hearts pumping till the last key of GUILLOTINE - one of the fans favorites from Udub's 4th Album Under Southern Lights.

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IT WAS ONE HEL'OF,A NIGHT! 


THANK YOU STORMPROOF of DAVAO for bringing them a bit closer to us!


POWERSPOONZ and URBANDUB ROCK!


LET US SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC SCENE!


Cannot wait for them to COME AND PLAY for GENERAL SANTOS CITY!

URBANDUB vs Powerspoonz : GIANT against GIANT... attack of the South!

Mark your calendar kids!


Urbandub together with Powerspoonz will be performing at The TENT Matina Town Square on March 26, 2011. So save up for the P250 ticket which comes with one beer and if your one of the first 800 customers you will get a globe sim for free. 


For ticket reservations contact these numbers: 09179965810, 09228624357, 09228464156. Or if you are in Davao, you may check out the official Ticket Outlet - Jickong's Bbq Hauz (MTS & Torres Branch).


Local artists like Polar Depth, Spasm, Ten in a Row, Azimuth and Davao Karate Club will be performing as well.


URBANDUB vs Powerspoonz : GIANT against GIANT... attack of the South is brought to us by SMB Inc, Globe Telecom, South Spot, Killer Bee, Ponce Suites and Jickongs Bbq Hauz.

Be there or Be Square...

True Faith's LOVE PARADE Album OUT NOW

Are you a fan of TRUE FAITH? If you've been out of the circle and haven't heard news about them, well here is a good one for you!

Ta-Da!

The number 13 may have a bad connotation for some people, but this 13th Album from True Faith would surely belong to the lucky 13 streaks. Their first single, YUN LANG is with Armi Millare of Up Dharma Down.The Quark Henares-directed video of the single is now on MYX, Channel V and YouTube. 

For those of you who do not know TRUE FAITH, check THIS for the group's official website.

The second single from Love Parade, PANGAKO is also out now.

So if you are a fan, the band would like you to use the logo (above) on your Facebook Profile for a number of days. It would surely help create awareness for the album. 

Here is a video of True Faith's YUN LANG!

Enjoy!

MSU Bar OpS '10- THE GREEN NIGHT!

Bar Examinations for 2010 is Four Months away!...

Bar Exams comes with Bar Ops.

If you have relatives or friends who are taking bar this year, am sure you know what Bar Operations is.

Meanwhile, for the benefit of those who have no idea:

Bar Operations is usually a Law School organization composed of student volunteers who are tasked to provide logistical and academic support to schoolmates who are going to take the Bar Examinations. The Volunteers who are called Bar Operators together with their school takes good care of the Bar Takers  until the last day of their Bar Examinations. The BarOps encourages fervent spirit and unity among barristers and law students to protect the glory and reinforce the pride of their school.

In General Santos City, the only school that offers LAW is Mindanao State University, while a review center was recently put up by HOLY TRINITY COLLEGE.

The officers of the College of Law Student Association handles the Bar Operations every year. This year, the MSU-CLSA will be having a fundraising event for the Bar Operations 2010.

Mindanao State University

COLLEGE OF LAW STUDENT ASSOCIATION (CLSA)

Presents: THE GREEN NIGHT

May 29, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

Features: Live Band 

Venue: msu highschool, covered court, gsc

PHP: 100.00 

(Fund raising drive for the September ’10 Bar operation)

*Free: 2 bottles of smb/cali

Join Us as we enjoy good music from local bands, with the aim of providing holistic assistance and support to the bar-reviewers (a.k.a. barristers) in order to make their bar -review (and later on, bar examination) experience as stress-free and as smooth-sailing as possible.