Which is better older bands in Cebu or the New ones

[EZRA]

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Well said ZOINKS -

To add on to your point on 40 (d band) ... they started up as a pure pop showband group, I guess it's just hard to get out of that vein kay di man gyud sila maayo mo himo ug kanta atung panahona.Â* Â*I remember them having a couple of females in the group.. one playing the keys and one doing the vocals (their Shakey's days).Â* Â*Not until the beginning or the local ground era did they start making originals.. this was after they dropped their female members ( RAIN, WHAT I SAY).Â* Yet, whenever they play a show.. it was mostly covers.. and they always have a long set since they were also always the show's HEADLINER. Naa gyud to silay potential kay they were great musicians.... katung si Troy pa ang vocalist, nindot kaayo ug stage presence kay season na kaayo siya no dala ug audience. Then there's Anot (Cebuano's version of THE EDGE), Lyndon, and Roy... seasoned musicians nga maayo sab kaayo sa stage, dili ra sa studio.

ETU had some great songs... I remember hearing "How Lucky You Are" (is this the right title?) on Y101 and never thought that it was local.Â* Â*He even had it harder than the other bands because he was doing it solo and relied on THE MONKS to back him up during his gigs.Â* I saw them play once (and only 2 songs at that) at BALLS.. great sound pero bitin kaayo.. duha ra ka kanta.

I also want to mention THE IRE: They only released a couple of songs or so but they were of quality.Â* Great sound, great musicianship, and great voice.Â* Sayang lang na they never had any more material for us to enjoy.


Not being BIASED - I also want to credit my brother (Kali) for pioneering Cebu's music revolution.Â* Like ETU, he also thought that making originals was the way to go.Â* Back then, originals being played on sets was unheard of.. but KALI and his band (The Tribe) was already making their own stuff on the get go.. heck they were probably the first, among local indie acts, to play originals on a show.Â* Â*But still, like the mentallity of local bands back then, the TRIBE insisted more on covering while Kali was going to a different direction... that's why he formed The Native Sun to pursue that vision.Â* Later, with that vision in mind, he built his own studio (JAM 73) to have a personal access to a recording facility instead of paying "MUTYA" their steep hourly rates (not to add the fact that JUN Las Pinas was very hard to talk to). He also helped local acts get their sound out.. he wasn't actually aiming to make a profit out of it but just enough to pay for his expenses.Â*

[Zoinks]

Ezra (Better Than Ezra?) , correct me if i'm wrong, was The Tribe composed mainly of guys from USC Boys? i remember them, and while i never met your brother, Kali, he was well known within the community. did they use to cover songs from the likes of Sisters Of Mercy?

40 The Bands' Rain was great song, prolly their best. Troy was a seasoned performer, and he shows it everytime he was on stage.

The Ire was good too. but while they had a couple of original songs, and their lead singer had a good voice, i thought he was trying too hard to sound, and act, like Bono. just my personal opinion though.

ETU's How Lucky You Are and Fading Out on Distance can easily be mistaken for a foriegn song. that's how good they were. however, while Shades Of Grey sounded good on the original Y101 version, it was crappy on the Mango Jam compilation.

[EZRA]

Yeah... The Tribe was mostly from USC BS except for Edyz - The Drummer who's from SHSB. They covered 80's newwave stuff like Jesus and Mary Chain (my bro's fave band), Sisters of Mercy, Bolshoi, to name a few.

Ganahan ko sa IRE kay gwapo kaayo pagka himo ilang kanta... pero they didn't last long, ambot ngano. Idol nako sa una ilang drummer (Tata Umapas).

[indie]

sa ako nadunggan niadto man kuno to Singapore ang mga miembro sa The Ire .cguro tungod sa panginahanglan. i dunno if a band or different bands sila niadto. ang nindut unta to ilang WISDOM ug katong bisaya na ==== :mrgreen:
"... may gibuhat ka ba sama's gbuhat nila? kung gustog kausaban , atong kaugalingon maoy atong sugdaaaaaan....."

bay ezra --- thanks for the Vanishing Tribe ! pyter kau!
honestly naihas ko gamay kay wa ko naanad ato na version. ako mahinumduman kato man gung acoustic version sa vanishing... pero nindut pud to imo gsend. thanks!
napa ka lain LOCAL VOCAL LOUD AND PROUD diha?. share be pls.. hehhee

[bisdako]

elementary pa ko ining mga tuiga mga kuya, but from older brothers and cuzins, and uncles, na-expose ko sa 'cebu music' that time. right now, my exposure with cebu music is with bisaya bands, coz that's what my barkada and neighborhood are into. sa duha, maklaro gyud nga maayo gyud nga musikero ang mga cebuanos. they can be original if they want to be orginal, and they can be copycats if they want to be copycats, sometimes equalling the masters.

one thing lang ako nanotice is that more and more bands are not afraid to use cebuano/bisaya in their lyrics now, compared sa una. i think nagsugod ni mga three or four years ago. yes, naa nay bisaya before, 80s and early 90s, but karon grabe gyud kay mag-album na ang mga banda nga puro bisaya. something that is unthinkable in the past. ninggrabe pag 2005 when SMASH started airing what is now known as BISROCK.

although there's more to be desired sa musicality and lyrics, these bands are worth noticing. we can say they started another kind 'revolution', if i may use the word. but for sure there are two or three BISROCK bands out there nga quality gyud kaayo og compositions. beautiful lyrics, nice melodies, quality recording.

[Zoinks]

bisdako, if you dont mind, unsa man mga "bisrock" bands worth listening to? im not in the country anymore to enjoy these new bands, but if some have released albums, or even singles, i'd like to get a copy of their CDs.

[bisdako]

hi zoinks. "bisrock" bands that are slowly gaining attention include AGGRESIVE AUDIO, JIMMY CYCLE, SCRAMBLED EGGS, ug MISSING FILEMON. naay uban minor bands like PHYLUM, GANGRENE, MANTEQUILLA, minors in the sense nga wa pa sila ka-release og album, although may singles na sila. the number is growing.

aggressive, jimmy, scrambled, missing have produced albums na, and copies are available at A. SALONGA MUSIC CENTER sa SM CITY CEBU, GUERILLA WEAR sa MANGO SQUARE, and sometimes sa KAHAYAG CAFE sa Mabolo. i heard naa pud sa COLLONADE MALL, where incidentally GAW CENTRAL SQUARE used to be.

my personal favorite is MISSING FILEMON. this band has released two albums already, with copies available at the outlets i mentioned above. both albums rock!!! naay threads diri nagdiscuss about these truly bisdak band. check it out lang zoinks if you have time.

[haglofs]

I've heard nibalik na ang "The Ire"....that was my favourite local band.... :mrgreen:

[pretty.clover]

old ako... i miss them... kung 80's ka nga bata... mao na ang theme song nimo pirmi...

[CuJo!!!]

Nindot sab to sa una bai kay singled out kaayo ang mga kanta kay di kaayo daghan.... ug matukar ang orig sa Y101, mahibaw-an dayon sa mga taw.
Migo nako naay video sa concert sa Philcite sa una... katung kina dako-ang gubot sa panahon sa Local Ground.. "LOUD WHISPERS SILENT SCCREAMS". Na video niya nga ang mga taw nag dungan ug syagit ug :HUBO HUBO: pag tukar sa Meduza Taciturn... na video sab niya among classmate nga nabunalan ug sprocket sa ulo... na video sab niya nga si Troy ug akong maguwang namadlong sa mga taw kay pwerte na gyung gubuta. Naapil sab ngadto sa video ang mga taw nga mo ambit ug kanta sa mga kanta sa 40 ... nya katung ni Acoustic si Kali sa Vanishing Tribe, nindot kaayo paminawon kay ni kanta sab tanan.

Grabi tung conserta... pwerteng gubuta... guba tanang banko sa Philcite... hasta ang front gate. Didto na undang ug cater ang Philcite sa mga local shows.

Karat... Just came across this topic... grabe ka newbie anyways, this is for shoeless...

Bit info on this, kita pud ko ani na gig, and guess what! Naay PUNK band naka apil ani na gig ( 1988 or 89 )... mao gani nag ka-gubot... it was a PUNK band covering Dead Kennedy's - kill the poor... nag mosh or "slam dance" pa man to term sa una, unya naay mga tawo na wala kasabot, na-ego na suko, which resulted sa gubot...

the only band that covered "DK's" "kill the Poor" was the Stoned magellans!! sila maoy usa ka pina ka frenetic na bands sa una!!