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Groupies' Panciteria

 
Groupies' Panciteria
VIA CLASS-CONSCIOUS ROCK AS POP, VERSATILITY WORKS! HERE'S EXCITING CULTURE-SENSITIVE ROCK FOR THE MASSES AS WELL AS FOR PROFESSORS!! Groupies' Panciteria used to be a young Tacloban-based band called Rosary Beeds composed of Puding on vocals, JR Casco on bass, Joey Geroca on lead guitar, Steven Lawsin on rhythm guitar, and Val Salazar on drums. Then the five-o hired the Bocaue, Bulacan-based left-of-center Web poet Jojo Soria de Veyra to write the band's lyrics in Tagalog for the panciteria, as against the coffee shop, crowd. De Veyra (here performing under the name Tandang Soria) became the band's second vocals, percussionist, co-arranger, vocal harmonics co-arranger and co-masterer of the band's cheap demo recording.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Once upon a time, a band that called itself Rosary Beeds roamed a park, looking for a lyricist. On another side of the park, a poet also roamed, looking for a band who might want to perform his songs. Tired after all the looking, the band sat on a rock. Also tired from looking, the poet sat on another rock near the rock the band sat on. Having sat near each other, the band and the poet started talking about things other than their journeys and dreams. They talked about the weather. Then, as the tiredness waned and the energy started to fire up once more, they started talking about music. But the band and the poet could only exchange advises and stories. When one suggested to join forces---nobody now knows who---all parties became reluctant to do just that. But one day the band invited the poet to drink at a house near the park, all to celebrate the band's disqualification from a band contest. They drank. And soon they started to write a song. Not rewriting the poet's songs but concocting new ones. This is the part where this story becomes boring. This is the part where this story is better left to the songs.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes, we used to. Anywhere, everywhere. Bars, parks, everywhere. Yeah, well, we liked it. No, we loved it! Well, sometimes we didn't, actually. Each performance was special, if not for our reputation, at least to our education. :-)
Your musical influences
People expecting this band to sound like another band will be disappointed. GP doesn't sound like any other band. Instead, they try to sound like every other band in each and every other song, temporarily squatting in a music and then moving on to another so to speak! They sell verstaility in their music in light of the singular poetic voice of their lyricist. But to those who want to puke on versatility, they say, PUKE NOW, YOU PUKER. PUKE F---ING NOW! :D Still, they can mention having ripped off fragments or elements from Ryan Adams, Freddie Aguilar, Asin, early America, The Beatles, Ludwig van Beethoven, Collective Soul, Datu's Tribe, The Doors, Eagles, Eraserheads, Gipsy Kings, Gary Granada, Goo Goo Dolls, Helmet, Jimi Hendrix, Hotdog, early Juan de la Cruz Band, Led Zeppelin, Francis M., Metallica, MYMP, Nirvana, P.O.T., Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Razorback, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Scorpions, Gary Valenciano, Velvet Underground, early Yoyoy Villame, Wolfgang, Yano, and Neil Young. GP love quoting, and they aim to dedicate their band's life to ripping off fragments and elements from anybody and everybody in rock (or even chacha) history! Here's aping to kill all aping!!
What equipment do you use?
GP has used WASHBURN, GIBSON, FENDER, RJ & LUMANOG GUITARS, PEARL DRUMS, and a YAMAHA PORTASOUND PSS-270. :-) Demo recorded with equipment at Harmony Hub, Tacloban City, with Jean-Paul Verona, recording engineer.
Anything else?
You know what, they don't know what Buddhism thinks but GP think there should be no answer where there is no question.
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