Bonehead and yonder some rock stereotypes

Before continuing on to my main blah,  allow me to state that this post is not of a single musical experience, nor a study on rhythm and musicality. Rather, it  is an exploration of memories - beyond a time when everything seemed to be associated with a certain groove.  

In the 1990's, yours truly was a huge follower of  Pinoy Rock music, a preference, perhaps, that indulged my instinct of taking the side of the underdog.  Those of us who were true to our angst, then, only had to tune into LA 105.9 to get a load of hard and heavy metal sounds that mainstream listeners scoffed at.  Thanks to the station, emerging local bands were given a platform to share their music. The ones that were good got signed, while those not up to par were given the opportunity to grab their "15minutes of fame". All the bands had airtime.

Kargado by Bonehead

Being the second child of a pair of baby boomers, I was blown away by the local artists' astronomical manifestations of talent, creativity and passion.  Suffice to say, such principles which elevate the concsiousness of the human race drew me in uncompromisingly, that my inclinations still lean towards raw undertones of social commentaries. At that time, the music was pure, unadulterated, loud and reverberating woeful cries. Parodies and ironies were contradictions to the cadence of the hopeful youth.  All or nothing. No compromise. That was the rocker's unwritten testament. It was a culture spawned with - and by - a  principle that was buried along with the underground scene in 1998, when LA 105.9 shifted to the electronic dance genre.

Despair, we did.  We held on to our cassette tapes and cd's, treated them with care and planned on purchasing copies of recordings that were difficult to find.  Some threw away unsent demos as if throwing away a dream, and tried to find alternatives to that rich Pinoy sound.  And over shots of the local brew, we strummed our guitars and toasted about songs of our eternal youth. The rest is history.

Tonight, July 28, 2012, from 8 p.m onwards, such music would again come alive for one nostalgic, hard-rockin' party. At the Craft Pub and Grill, Fort Bonifacio Taguig, Tour de Force features Renegades of Rock.  Hosted by Bianca  Saldua and the legendary Pinoy Rock Music Icon, Ramon "The Doctor" Zialcita,  it shall be a trackback to the early '90s  head-bangin'  line-up - a recall for pure Pinoy Rock Music, to make way for the Megadeth Live in Manila Concert. 

Performing bands include Gnash, Dahong Palay, Erectus, Death by Stereo, Charlie Ysmael of the Breed, Thy Holy Water, Loungee and the Cherry Bums, Revelation with Darwin Aguilar, and, after more than a decade and a half of hibernation, the "kings of variety", Bonehead is out to play!