YEARS ACTIVE: 1989 – 2002-Present
Band members
Ely Buendia – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Buddy Zabala – bass guitar, backing vocals
Marcus Adoro – lead guitar, backing vocals
Raimund Marasigan – drums, backing vocals
Eraserheads (sometimes stylized as ERASƎRHEADS) is a Filipino rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Ely Buendia, Marcus Adoro, Buddy Zabala and Raimund Marasigan, the band became one of the most successful, most influential, critically acclaimed, and significant bands in the Philippine music history. Eraserheads are also credited for spearheading a second wave of Manila band invasions, paving the way for a host of Philippine alternative rock bands.The band released several singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one and achieved commercial success with their third album Cutterpillow, which achieved platinum status several times. They received the Viewer's Choice Award for Asia from the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.
HISTORY
(Early Years)
In 1989, two college bands from the University of the Philippines, Diliman were both in search of new members for a new group. Curfew, which consisted of Buddy Zabala on bass, Raimund Marasigan on drums and Marcus Adoro on guitars met up with Sunday School, which consisted of Ely Buendia on vocals and Raimund as session drummer in December of the same year. Ely's first two college bands, Bluidie Tryste and Sunday School, were too unstable, so he posted an audition notice on a university message board. Only Raimund, Buddy, and Marcus showed up at the audition. According to an interview with myx, Raimund said he first auditioned as bassist while Buddy as drummer. But they noticed that it did not sound right, the two switched places.
The four formed a new group and called themselves Eraserheads, taking inspiration from the film "Eraserhead" by surrealist director David Lynch.
They played mostly covers, doing gigs in schools, and playing at Manila's rock club circuit, achieving little success.
The band found that they were not good at playing covers, so they concentrated on writing their own material.Their new, original songs, played live, soon earned them a cult following in the university, which gradually spread outside the campus. One of the songs, a pop song entitled, "Pare Ko", became popular, partly because of lyrics that included a few obscenities.
The band recorded a nine-song demo tape in the garage of Marasigan's provincial home (in Candelaria, Quezon) on January 6, 1991. They then shopped the demo cassette around record labels, clubs and radio stations, hoping to have their songs reach the public. However, they were rejected at every turn, with one recording label deeming that their demo was "not pop enough". In May 1991, a professor-friend teaching Humanities, Robin Rivera, helped them re-record and mix better versions of the demo songs on a four-track DAT recorder. The new demo was named Pop-U!, titled as an irreverent response to those who turned them down.
Meanwhile, Buendia became employed as a student copywriter by BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. (now part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment). He worked with BMG during the day and wrote songs with the band during the night. Eventually, the songs of Buendia and the band caught the attention of BMG A&R director Vic Valenciano. Valenciano listened to the songs and then commented that they were very raw technically, but that there was something promising in them. Subsequently, BMG gave Eraserheads' songs a try. In 1992, BMG signed up the band for a three-year record deal
(Break-up)
After weeks of speculation, it was confirmed that the main songwriter and lead singer, Ely Buendia, had left the band in mid-March 2002 for "reasons unknown". However, in subsequent interviews, Buendia pointed to business matters as the cause of the band's break-up
The three remaining Eraserheads decided to continue. Within a few weeks, the "new" Eheads debuted at Hard Rock Cafe in Makati City on April 19, featuring a female singer-guitarist, Kris Gorra-Dancel, from the band, Fatal Posporos. However, after a few months, Adoro had quit the band as well. The remaining members of the Eheads added Diego Mapa and Ebe Dancel to their lineup and renamed their band, "Cambio"
In July 2008, it was confirmed by the members that they will be
reuniting for a one-off concert to be held on August 30, 2008. Ely Buendia did
affirm that the reunion will be for a night's performance only, to be sponsored
by a multinational tobacco company. Buendia was quoted saying "Im not
doing this for the money but for the E-heads fans who remain loyal".
On September 17, 2022, all four members of the band posted on their social media an image of the band’s logo, the reversed letter E. Two days later, it was announced that a reunion concert titled "Eraserheads Huling El Bimbo 2022" will be held on December 22, 2022 at SMDC Festival Grounds in Parañaque, Metro Manila.
Ultraelectromagneticpop! (1993)
Circus (1994)
Cutterpillow (1995)
Fruitcake (1996)
Sticker Happy (1997)
Natin99 (1999)
Carbon Stereoxide (2001)
EPs and demos
Pop U! (1991)
Fruitcake (1996)
Bananatype (1997)
Please Transpose EP (2003)
Sabado/1995 (2021)
Compilations
Aloha Milkyway (1998)
Eraserheads: The Singles (2001)
Eraserheads Anthology (2004)
Eraserheads Anthology 2 (2006)
Live albums
Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert 08.30.08 (2008)
Collaborations
1896 Ang Pagsilang (1996)
"Casa Fantastica"
Francis Magalona Happy Battle (1996)
"Unstrung Heroes" (Duet W/ Francis Magalona)
"Sapot Feat. Planet Garapata"
Ryan Cayabyab The Silver Album (1997)
"Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka"
Nescafe Open Up Party Live (2000)
"Blue Jeans"
"Pumapatak Na Naman ang Ulan"
"Tuyo Na'ng Damdamin (Feat. APO Hiking Society)"
Bandang Pinoy Lasang Hotdog (2001, re-issued 2006)
"Manila"
Gusto Ko ng Rock (2009)
"Alapaap"
Superbands (Universal Records)
(2005) Silver Shiny Jeepney (All Indie Band)
Soundtracks
Run Barbi Run (Starring Joey de Leon) (1995)
"Run Barbi Run"
DVD
The Reunion Concert – DVD (2009) [2]
The Reunion Concert – DVD (Special Edition, 2009)
Box set/package
The Heads Set (Limited Edition) (2010) – The box set was released exclusively in Greenwich Pizza outlets, and included a free box of pizza. It contains rarities such as "Casa Fantastica", all local albums from Ultraelectromagneticpop! to Carbon Stereoxide, DVD documentary (directed by Marcus Adoro), a book and shirt designed by Cynthia Bauzon and Arnold Arre, who both collaborated with the band before. It is now out of print.
Tribute albums
Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads (2005)
The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album (2012)
Ang Huling El Bimbo Musical (2018)
Pop Machine: Eraserheads Tribute Album (2020)
ANTHOLOGY 1
ANTHOLOGY 2
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