BLOOD OF THE STONE
Greetings to everyone in the planet. We are the Blood of the Stone. Alexter Sopsop on the bass; Gerber Rosado on the drums; and Eric Goden Lomocso on the vocals and guitar.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
spring 2003 los angeles, california - omar:keys, lomocso:guitar/vocals, tobar:bass.
november 2003 cebu,philippines - jason bangueran:guitar, lomocso, alexter sopsop:bass, chito axalan:drums.
december 2003 - bangueran, lomocso, sopsop, eduard tompong:drums.
february 2004 - lomocso, sopsop, tompong
march 14, 2004 - love crime calligraphy was recorded.
november 2004 - tompong, lomocso, henry parame:bass.
april 2005 - tompong, lomocso, sopsop.
december 13 2005: 1 1/2 hr. interview with SMASH FM Cebu
january 2006 - sopsop, lomocso, gerber rosado:drums.
march 9, 2006: feature band in the Freeman newspaper's entertainment section
march 16, 2006: the same article in the Freeman was printed in Banat News' entertainment section
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We play live in the Cebu City independent music scene. We hate Cebu's showband culture, but we love the challenge to eliminate this embarrassing showband scene. For those who don't know much about Filipino pop music terminology, a showband is a pop cover band that plays anything from Spice Girls, sugary pop alternative rock covers, Nelly & etc...for cheap entertainment's sake. We believe we can revolutionize the culture into a more authentic and internationally respectable one. There are few bands in Cebu who are bravely aiming for the same cause. One of our special moments is when we were the feature band on RCTV(a Cebu cable channel) in July last year.
Your musical influences
Too many to mention: prominent rock acts of diverse styles from the '50s - '90s; prominent jazz and blues legends; prominent world music artists.
Anything else?
Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarme, Pablo Neruda, & Octavio Paz are my primary influences. - Lomocso
