as advised by a mentor, I am trying to find my own style in painting, semi-distorted characters found on the streets and highways of the Philippines on an abstract background.
I still have the nostalgia of playing with my band on the stage…banging my head and acting like crazy like no-one cares.
This is me. The real me I guess, I was born to entertain. I enjoy when people appreciate what I did, whatever it is. Back in college I was a member of a band, we called it the Winged Icon, I don’t know why, we just liked the illustration I made of a nude diabolic woman with wings. Then the Winged Icon was born back in 1998. We did really good back then. We were friends back in highschool and were influenced by the OPM band era, specially the eraserheads. It was back then when they called people like us as adik,”mukhang mabaho” etc… simply because they don’t undestand.
We had a manager back then, we called him Ka Boy, but he preffered to be called Boy Mary, because where he was born was lots of “boy” and they call each “boy” BOY plus the name of their mother…the name Boy Mary actually sounds gay but we really love the man. He was the coolest 40 (plus) year old man we have met.
We played OPM songs on the start of our band days and eventually shifted to new wave music, we have played with many “big names” in music, one was Kamikaze back when they were not yet super famous , and i remember that the one playing the guitars back then was Chito Miranda of Parokya Ni Edgar. We also played with the Dawn. I myself have various gigs with other bands, I played as front act of Free stylle back then. I really love to reminisce these days. Those were the coolest days of my life.
I remember going to school in all black, One time I grew my super curly hair, but most often Skin head, I remember going to school on a skirt, on a “taong grasa look” wearing necklace made of stupid things. I still remember joining the prestigious MetroPop. I still remember how I was back then. We have played in various clubs in Manila and Bulacan, we can make it big, we all know that, but first things should come first. Most of us in the Band are scholars and came from a poor family so we have to prioritize our studies. Now, ( from left to right) Slowhand is a Licensed ECE, Teves is an IT specialist, Hakob is licensed Architect, Red is now Almost a Dentist and me a licensed ECE.
Two of my former bandmates ( from my other side-bands) are still living the life of a musician, Aries, the drummer of Kenyo, and Yapi, the lead singer of bluewish, both are now recording artists, is there a regret in my decision? yes there is, but I have to live with it, because I’m still happy now, with agreat job as an engineer and still doing and Loving music, still enjoying art, still living my life to the fullest.
Band Reunion. Pic editing courtesy of Rachelle Mendoza. Photo Taken by Alvin
These picture was taken after our reunion back 2008. Celebrating friendship.
Christmas Party 2007
This picture was taken last 2007, on our company christmas party ( on my previous job). Me, playing the Keyboard at the back. still loving music.
Me, on an Acoustic night on Burias Island Bar
Music never ends with me. Then till now …I will rock till the day I die.
