Item: carbon stereoxide album mask
Album: carbon stereoxide
Artist: Eraserheads
Note: Promotional mask given to carbon stereoxide album cassette and cd buyers at SM Record Bars
Monday, May 7, 2012
collectibles - promotional mask - carbon stereoxide album (ely)
Item: carbon stereoxide album mask
Album: carbon stereoxide
Artist: Eraserheads
Note: Promotional mask given to carbon stereoxide album cassette and cd buyers at SM Record Bars
Sunday, May 6, 2012
article - pulp issue # 1
Article: The Eraserheads
Magazine: Pulp
Year: December 1999
Volume: No. 1
Catalog:
Writer: Jennifer E. Adriano (photographs by dulzzi gutierrez)
Updated 14-Jan-2020
The
Eraserheads
They started
out as flukes who bucked the trend of the Philippine recording
industry's sanitized stereotypes and ended up the biggest band of the decade
- and perhaps, of their generation. Originality, tongue-in-cheek songwriting
wit, and a zest for the unpredictable have made the Eraserheads the definitive
breakthrough Pinoy alternative act, shattering the mellow mode
that formerly reigned as the undisputed route to record
sales and paving the way for latter-day successes like Parokya
ni Edgar.
It all began in 1989 at
a University of the Philippines dormitory
with four college blokes - Ely Buendia, Buddy Zabala, Raymund Marasigan,
and Marcus Adoro - and a bunch of secondhand instruments. They became a band
and took their name from a David Lynch movie they wouldn't see until years later.
The Eraserheads
initially did the rounds of alternative joints doing covers
of bands like REM and The Cure. Realizing
that they didn't do too well singing other people's songs, they tried their
hand at writing. "After all, if we committed a mistake [performing],
at least no one would recognize it because they wouldn't know the song," says Ely. Live
performances featuring their punchy, original lyrics gained them a cult following
in school, and news of their talent spread beyond campus.
Next were the requisite rounds of radio stations and record companies, but the Eraserheads'
"novelty" songs were rejected at every turn.
They released
an independently produced cassette called Pop-U in 1991,
in reaction to the "not pop
enough" comment of recording gurus who had dissed their demos.
Soon afterwards, BMG Records got hold of Pop-U and
signed the band on for a three-year contract. By 1993, the Eraserheads
released ultraelectromagneticpop!, titled in homage to the
mighty Voltes V weapon.
Their multi-platinum
debut album included now legendary hits like "Ligaya,"
"Toyang," and the beer-bottle ballad "Pare Ko"
with its notorious sprinkling of cuss words.
Before the Heads could be labeled
a flash-in-the-pan-one album-wonder, they
released an equally successful follow-up, Circus, a year later.
Several other hit-producing albums came in succession,
along with numerous NU Rock, Awit and Katha music awards, and the 1997 International Viewer's
Choice Award for MTV Asia for the video of "Ang Huling
EL Bimbo," off the group's third album, Cutterpillow.
The eclectic
Heads have dabbled in other creative ventures, from penning
a commercial jingle for a hamburger chain ("Halika
Tikman Ang Langit," included in their EP Bananatype) to Fruitcake
the book, edited by one-time Heads manager Jessica Zafra, containing
the "one thousand and one adventures" behind the songs
contained in their 1996 Christmas album of the
same title. "Right now we're working on a movie. It'll
be a comedic effort," says Buddy. Before one can bring up their what-were-they-thinking?
cameo in the forgettable Joey de
Leon-starrer of yore, Run, Barbi Run, Ely interjects, "We
can’t act, so our movie will focus on our music."
Another thing on the
Heads' agenda is the logical bid for international stardom.
The first step was Aloha Milkyway, released
last year in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and
Singapore, including nine remastered and re-recorded
chart-topping songs from previous
albums, plus new releases "Julie Tearjerky"
and "Tamagotchi Baby." The group is currently promoting Natin99, their
latest and first all-Tagalog album, released
last May with the carrier single "Maselang Bahaghari.”
Perhaps one of the Eraserheads'
most sterling achievements is the fact that all
original members remain intact after 10 years as a band and
seven years in the sink-or-swim mainstream music
industry. "Other bands that came out around the same time as we did, like
The Youth, are gone now, probably
because they didn't really
enjoy playing together in the first place," reflects Raymund. "Some just
got bored, others hit a brick wall." Buddy continues, "We've
been through the worst periods when there was no
money, no shows, no fans. Everything else is
relatively easy." Doesn't it ever become, well, like work?
"It is a job," Ely pipes in. "Why not make it
fun?"
"We still
trip out when we hear that younger kids start bands, because
of us. Even if their sound is different
from ours, it's great knowing we inspire that kind of thing," says Raymond. Meanwhile,
as teens in garages over the archipelago continue to work their amps in the hopes
of becoming the next Eraserheads, the group that started it all still hasn't quite
come to term with fame. "It
remains a double-edged sword," Raymond accedes. But there's
more from where that came from in store for the
Heads, whose musical evolution is still, after all, a work in
progress. In the words of Buddy, with a smile: "I guess it still isn't as
good as it gets-not yet." - Jennifer E. Adriano
Photographs by Dulzzi Gutierrez
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
compilations - pinoy akustik hits
Song: Fill her
Compilation Album: Pinoy Akustik Hits (P) (C) 2011
Catalog Number: IMV-AA-056
Record Label: Ivory / Sony Music
From the Album: Cutterpillow - MRMC/CD 080
Year: 1995
Artist: Eraserheads
Composer: Ely Buendia
Sunday, April 29, 2012
ticket - karandol with eraserheads
Event: 40th Founding Anniversary
Album: N/A
Artist: Eraserheads
Location: Immaculate Conception Parish Grounds
Date: May 27, 1996
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Ticket #: 1493
ticket - Eraserheads - Sounds Fair
Event: Sounds Fair
Album: N/A
Artist: Eraserheads
Location: Ateneo High School Covered Court
Date: December 14, 1996
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Ticket #: N/A
Photo Credit : Inertia Band Philippines
Saturday, April 28, 2012
ticket - sangdaang jam the centennial concert
Event: Sangdaang Jam The Centennial Concert
Album: N/A
Artist: Eraserheads
Location: Araneta Coliseum
Date: June 10, 1998
Time: 7 P.M.
Ticket #: 8923
ticket - eraserheads the pop machine tour usa 2000
Event: The Pop Machine Tour USA 2000
Album: N/A
Artist: Eraserheads
Location: The Palace
Date: June 3, 2000
Time: 6:30 P.M.
Ticket #: 1357
ticket - eraserheads the sticker happy parade
Event: The Sticker Happy Parade!
Album: N/A
Artist: Eraserheads
Location: John A. Sexson Auditorium
Date: May 9, 1998
Time: 7 P.M.
Ticket #:
ticket - natin 99 album show
Event: Natin99 The Album Show
Album: Natin99
Artist: Eraserheads
Location: Family Fun Kingdom
Date: May 30, 1999
Time: 7 P.M.
Ticket #: 2018
Note: Promotional ticket given to Natin99 album cassette and cd buyers at SM Record Bars
.
ticket - las pinas "overdrive"
Event: Las Pinas "Overdrive"
Album: N/A
Artist: Eraserheads
Location: Italia Tennis Court
Date: May 18, 1996
Time: 7 P.M.
Ticket #: 1700
Saturday, April 7, 2012
collectibles - eraserheads headset greenwich - table top
Product: Greenwich
Promo: Eraserheads Headset
Year: 2010
Materials: Sintra Board
Size:
Get the Limited Edition Eheads CD Set inclusive of the Barkada Christmas Feast! P2,499
Good for Four Friends!
1 Double Thick Ultimate Hawaiian Overload
2 Meaty Spaghetti Boats
4 pc. Chicken with Rice
1 Crunchy Onion Rings (for sharing)
1 Pitcher of Coke
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
dvd - eraserheads karaoke dvd
Album: OPM Hit Mix. 01 Karaoke DVD
Catalog Number: MRDV-001
Release: N/A
Artist: Eraserheads and others
Record Label: Sony BMG
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