Hello Pinoy Banda-ers! We’ve been posting the nominees for the NU 107 Rock Awards for the past days and here’s an update for the NU 107 Rock Awards… The Winners!

• Best New Artist - Hilera
• Vocalist of the Year - Kat Agarrado
• Guitarist of the Year - Ira Cruz
• Bassist of the Year - Nathan Azarcon
• Drummer of the Year - Vic Mercado, Mark Escueta
• Best Live Act - Bamboo
• In The Raw Award - Reklamo
• Song of the Year - “Will You Ever Learn,” Typecast
• Artist of the Year - Bamboo

• Album of the Year - “Moonlane Gardens,” Orange and Lemons
• Best Album Packaging - “Moonlane Gardens,” Orange & Lemons
• Producer of the Year - Lourd and Francis De Veyra
• Best Music Video - “DVD-X”

There you go boys and girls. Hope you get all the information you want and hope also that next year, NU 107 would give a special backstage pass for Pinoy Banda! :)

Hello Pinoy Banda fans! Nice to visit this page again! How’s every body doing!

I just want to share this info I saw on TV this morning in GMA 7’s Unang Hirit.

MTV VJ Andy Manzano is pluggin MTV’s newest special show or event named “MTV Music Summit”

Did not get all the info but it will be on December 12, 2007.  More than 40 local pinoy bands will join the event and I think the proceeds will be for the Staying Alive foundation.

Please if you have more details, comment on it.

Cheers!

What inspired you to pick up the guitar in the first place?

I’ve always liked music ever since… But when I was young, I preferred the piano more. Rock music changed that. GnR, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Grunge and early 90’s “Alternative” music.

What’s your main guitar these days? And what does your main guitar do best?

I’ve been using my Fender Jagstang and Epiphone Les Paul Jr. a lot these days. I like to use (and collect) weird guitars. You get a unique sound and a unique look.

Which was the first record you bought with your own money?

Cassette tapes of Aerosmith’s Get A Grip, Eraserheads’ Ultraelectromagneticpop!, Introvoys’ Back To The Roots

Which was the last record you bought with your own money?

Pupil’s Wildlife, Bagetsafonik’s Travelogue, Prank Sinatra’s Footlong Players and Rivermaya’s Bagong Liwanag.

What was the first (guitar) solo you learned from a record — and can you still play it?

Probably the solo in Come Together. Yeah, it’s easy lang! J

Which recording of your own are you most proud of, and why?

The demos that we make at jazz’s home studio. There’s something magical about a raw demo. Also, we’re more relaxed and more experimental when we’re in our own studio; where we aren’t thinking about studio time / the budget.

What’s the difference between playing live and playing in a studio?

In live gigs, you get the energy from the crowd. In the studio, you get the energy from your bandmates, the producer(s), and the sound engineer.

What’s the difference between a good gig and a bad gig?

A bad gig is a bad sound system plus a bored crowd.

What’s the difference between a good guitar and a bad guitar?

A good guitar is a work of art. A bad one is a work of crap.

You play electric and acoustic, right? If yes, do you approach the two differently?

Yes. Of course. Especially the nylon acoustic guitar.

Do you sound more like yourself on electric or acoustic? :-)

It depends on the mood. Sometimes, I feel at home rocking out. Sometimes, I jut want to gently pluck my acoustic guitar. A little bit of both, probably.

Do you sound like yourself on other people’s guitars? :-)

It’s like wearing other people’s underwear, or swimming with socks.

Which living artist (music, or other arts) would you like to collaborate with?

Sharon Cuneta

What dead artist would you like to have collaborated with?

Levi Celerio

Finally, what’s your latest project about?

We’re still writing new stuff for the next album (yes, we’re taking our sweet time)…

We have a new project with Pringles and Myx, and we’re also cooking something up again with SMB.

With Itchyworms’ new slick website, you’ll find many infos about the band and the boys. Information about their gig schedules and their music is just a click away! There are news and the pictures section where you can see the band having fun.

If you’ve been in their old website, you’ll surely notice the “Gear” section where they listed each of their musical ammo. It’s very unfortunate that those are not included in the new website.

Well, hey here’s some good news! I managed to save the page and have post it here! Here they are:

Jazz Nicolas - The drummer

Here are Jazz’ Gear!

• The gaddam Snare
• Zildjian Cymbals
• Laser or Zildjian sticks
• Kazoo

Jugs Jugueta - The guitarist

• Ibanez Talman
• ‘kidlat’
• Yamaha Pacifica
• Scorpion Star Sun
• Les Paul
• BOSS Chorus
• BOSS Turbo
• Overdrive
• BOSS Super Overdrive
• BOSS Flanger
• Kazoo

Chino Singson - The Guitarist

• Fender Stratocaster
• 1978 HS Anderson SG70
• Star Sun Acoustic
• BOSS Dual Overdrive
• BOSS Compression/Sustainer
• BOSS Phaser

Kelvin Yu - The Bassist

• Fender Telecaster P_Bass
• Epiphone Les Paul Bass
• Bejo de Arco
• GalyetaBOSS Bass Equalizer
• BOSS Bass Chorus
• BOSS Bass Overdrive

That’s it. And a message for the Itchyworms, if I wrote something that’s not right, or if this list is not updated, please inform me so I can hit myself. :)

Cheers!

We are currently enjoying pinoy bands’ popularity for the nth times! Who knows?! I’ve only been around a couple of decades. But I do know the band revolution during my days before these current, contemporaries pinoy band came to be.

I could probably rewrite the pinoy rock article in wikipedia so I can describe to you the generations we undergone during the past decades with respect to filipino local band music. But I wont. So let me just enumerate the bands that I think should be in the Classics, Legends and Contemporary classifications.

Here is what I think should be in the Classics section:

• Juan dela Cruz Band
• Asin
• Florante

The Legends should be those who will always be remembered when Pinoy Rock is in discussion:

• Juan dela Cruz
• Mike Hanopol / Pepe Smith
• The Dawn
• The Eraserheads

Contemporaries are those bands listed on the sidebar… :-)

Sorry for the post guys, I really just to share something… :-)

Rak en Rol! :)