THE RUDE MAYNILA SESSIONS REBOOT!

After six years of absence Rude Maynila Sessions is finally back! And performing on August 13 will be SINGKOPADO SOUND SYSTEM, STEADY MOVIN BEAT, NO BREAKFAST KID, DANIDIMITES, COBRA KIDS and RAGTAG & BOBTAIL.

For 100 pesos (one bottle of beer included) expect to hear a mix mash of Hardcore, Punk Rock, 2Tone Ska and Skinhead Reggae on this day. The Rude Maynila Sessions will be held at THE NAKED TURTLE SPORTS DINER located at P. Tuazon Street beside LTO.

Due to P. Diggy's (President Digong) nationwide ordinance on curfew our show will start at 8 in the evening and end at 1 in the morning. Please bear in mind that the last Rude Maynila Sessions at Sazi's was a blast but unfortunately it did not go down well on the managements part and Bisikleta Productions got banned due to false accusations of the bar staff, now in order for us not to be accused again please refrain from bringing in alcoholic drinks bought at 711 or other stores. Let's police ourselves.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL VENUE. PAY THE DOOR CHARGES AND BUY DRINKS AT THE BAR.

FOR OUR FALLEN COMRADE.

It is with deep sadness that our friend, band mate from Private Stock (Mr. Future Generation himself), Edmond Araullo had just passed away. - MEL MANIEGO

Edmond Araullo passed away on May 2, Monday due to Diabetes. He was the guitarist of 80's Philippine punk band Private Stock performing in Katrina's Malate. They made their mark performing at the legendary Brave New World series and independently release their debut album called Hype's Cool under their own record label called Payola Records. Their music is a mixture of rockabilly, garage rock and rhythm and blues filtered through a punk rockers dilapidated amplifier. Some of their songs can be found on Twisted Red Cross compilations namely Katrina's Live Tamanaway, Rescue Ladders and The Human Barricade and Brave New World Live!

Their brand of music inspired a whole generation of punkers to pick up a guitar and form a band. Outside the music world he is a great friend, a father and a great grand dad. This 13th of May his closest friends and brother Ricky Aruallo will pay tribute to him in Malabon City - The birth place of Private Stock Performers will be some of Manila's punk rock pioneers the likes of Al Dimalanta (Dead Ends), Jun Ortega and Benie Sengson (G.I. & The Idiots) Mel Maniego and Ricky Araullo (Private Stock) Radzon Medina (I.O.V) they will be joined by the new bloods on the scene influenced (directly and indirectly) by Private Stock's music namely NO BRAKEFAST KID, ISIDRO PROJECT & FASTPACE.

Supporting the bands will be a DJ set by RUINED GENERATION a duo consisting of Gener (My Generation) Sanchez and Jon Ruiz (Jon Ruin). The event will be held at his former's band mate brother at Tey's Dugout located in General Luna Street, Malabon City.

NO BORING OLD FARTS

This coming Saturday, 21st of May we'll be bringing in skinhead reggae band the DANDIMITES, 2tone Ska band STEADY MOVIN' BEAT and former PinkCow guitarist Paulo Robleza's new band SINGKOPADO SOUND SYSTEM comprised of members from various bands namely The Exsenadors, One Last Meal and The Wayfarers. 

Joining these bands to set up a punky reggae vibe the whole night will be France's Legal Shot System selecta NORRIS KING,

 Manila's Move Up Hi Fi JOSEPH MINISTER

and Global City Rudeboys TWICE THE PANIC.

This show is absolutely free and happening only at XII Bar at 8 in the evening. XII Bar is located at Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan, Metro Manila.

Meanwhile here's a bit of a taster on what's coming this Saturday.

BIGGER BOSS SOUND INVADES MANILA

Warsaw's vintage reggae, rocksteady and ska selectors - Bigger Boss Sounds will be coming to Manila on February 13, Saturday they will be joined by the one and only Mento band in the Philippines Count Kutu and the Balmers (they had put out a 10" record under Chicago's Jump Up Records) and Move Up Hi-Fi's Joseph Minister and France's Legal Shot Sound System and resident Irie Sunday DJ Norris King.

Expect to hear authentic Jamaican oldies but rudies sounds from them.

UNPLUGGED FOR THE FUCKED UP GENERATION

We are tired of your sense of entitlement, your fondness for shuffle-mode playlists, diverse array of genre artists and your belief that digital music need not to be paid for.

These zombified sedentary people have dehumanized live music. Communal listening has moved from music venues to virtual listening rooms powered by Spotify silently sitting in groups staring incessantly into their cell phones image crafting their social media profiles with selfies.

In this era of smartphones we now have a generation of online gangstas and offline carebears. 

Welcome to the FUCKED UP GENERATION.

COMMEMORATIVE INK FOR SUPREMO

It was in the early 90's when I was still studying advertising arts that i took interest in the alternative art movement called lowbrow art also known as pop surrealism it appealed to me because it did not fit comfortably into the accepted definition of art and one part of that movement was tattooing. I was the first one in my neighborhood in Caloocan City who introduce tattooing and I first did it manually by using a crudely made tattoo pen. I made it by asking some local folks in my hometown that was previously incarcerated on how to make one taking notes from them on how it should be done. 

Tattooing manually is literally too bloody time consuming. To cut time i did some research with the help of a magazine called Tattoo that was bought at a Book Sale store  I began looking for a better way on how to do tattoos faster by going electric thanks to my heavy amphetamine drug use back in the day I developed a MacGyver type tattoo gun using a dynamo taken out from a toy car, an antenna from an AM Transistor and needles soldered onto a galvanized wire and after a few misses from willing volunteers I began professionally tattooing people using Rotring Inks in exchange for a bottle of liquor and a bit of cash little did i know a young boy got interested in the art and inspired him to pursue the artform me however decided to let go off tattooing and pursue graphic design. Later that boy will become one of the respected, multi awarded and well known tattoo artist in my hometown establishing his shop called Killaokan Ink.

And now he had organized a tattoo competition that will fall a day earlier of Bonifacio's 152nd Birth Anniversary.  The event will be a tribute to the first President and Father of the Revolution and the Filipino Nation called HIMAGSIKAN. The theme for this show will be a commemorative tattoo dedicated to the Supremo - Andres Bonifacio. The show will start at 12 noon, Saturday on November 28 and will be held at Bradzky Resto Bar located at 78 MacArthur Hiway near a well known brothel called Majestic and Andres Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City.

For 150 pesos you get to see a lot of tattoo artist in action plus loads of bands. Killaokan Ink's Himagsikan will feature two DJs to set you in the ink slinging mood namely NORRIS KING from France of Legal Shot Soundsystem and JOSEPH MINISTER of Manila's Move Up HiFi plus a great line up of bands featuring THROW, HARD K, JUN GENIUS & THE BRAINIACS, NO BRAKE FAST KID, BONIFACIO REPUBLIC, THE NEW PROPAGANDA, ISIDRO PROJECT & many more. 

HOW MUCH PUNK ROCK DO YOU HEAR IN MANILA?

I have a thing for obscure musical artifacts and underrated bands, bands that puts out records with silkscreened artwork coupled with uneven Letraset type and handwritten track list. The less people that know about it, the better. I’m afflicted with the typical fanboy disdain for anything too mainstream. It’s fun to be ahead, or to be privy to info that is valued by a select few. 

During the early 80’s there was a fanzine dedicated to supporting and reporting the underground punk rock scene. The zine s a complete outsiders bible in its heyday it included scene reports, band interviews, columns, and exclusively reviewed no records that were released by an indie but distributed by a major label conglomerate record labels with names like Starving Missile and Disease Unlimited. It gave me information on lesser known, under the radar bands from around the world that only a few people knew about.

It also gave birth to a columnist named Mykel Board that was sacked by Maximum Rock n Roll due to some sort of censorship bullshit.

Beside being a columnist he also compiled the brilliant World Class Punk Tape featuring bands from South Africa to Columbia that was released by a cassette only label called ROIR and he also fronted a weirdo, lo-fi trash punk band called Artless putting out some records with titles such as Boy With A Cunt, Beer is Better Than Girls and how Much Punk Rock Do You Hear In Russia. He also published some books including I, A Me-ist a compilation of his written works in Maximum Rock n’ Roll Magazine.

This coming December he will be visiting our country and will do a show on the 5th, Saturday together with Philippines one and only punk band for hire called The Outsourced (this band also known as Bad Omen previously backed up Andy Deported of Taiwan based punk band The Deported who is also known as Andrew O’Brien a member of the Maine House of Representatives and Maximum Rock N Roll freelance writer). Included in this musical event is Arnold Morales of 80s punk band Urban Bandits together with Bad Omen and also in support are will be Collision and new bloods that will surely carve a niche in the punk rock scene here in Manila namely No Brake Fast Kid with their brand fast paced frantic, balls to the walls music fronted by a singer that sounded like Dave Mustaine's balls had been squeezed tightly with a monkey wrench and my current favorite due to their lack of musical education balanced with enthusiasm, The Dead Brains playing music for the punks who are bored of those other punks who have forgotten how great punk is and the anarcho acoustic troubadour The New Propaganda. 

This will be happening at For The Road Bar and Resto in Mandaluyong City located in Pioneer Street at the back of Robinson’s Forum in EDSA. Those of you who have read his often controversial write ups in MRR know what to expect and for those who don't know him for 60 pesos you’ll get a bottle of beer and sneak peek in the obscure but equally important piece of punk rock history.