Way to go for this band from Diliman
Things picked up after a 20-minute break that featured a DJ set by The Diegos (Sandwich’s Diego Castillo and Cambio/Pedicab’s Diego Mapa).
HULING El Bimbo: The Eraserheads reunion concert featured an 18-piece orchestra. | PHOTOGRAPH BY YUMMIE DINGDING FOR THE DAILY TRIBUNE @tribunephl_yumi
Speaking to the media two weeks before their "Huling El Bimbo" reunion concert, Ely Buendia referred to the Eraserheads as "the band from Diliman" whose music had "punk roots."
ELY Buendia
MARCUS Adoro | PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF NEU EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICE
BUDDY Zabala
RAYMUND Marasigan
On 22 December, Buendia and his cohorts Raymund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala, and Marcus Adoro put on the grandest version of their rock-influenced Filipino alternative pop before an estimated 75,000 delighted fans at an open-air lot, the SMDC Festival Grounds in Parañaque.
The show, which was likewise streamed online, had spotty moments in the early part — long gaps between songs, the band sounding tentative, and Buendia singing languidly. But then again, that was vintage Eraserheads to people who used to watch the group's early gigs at Red Rocks/Club Dredd. The band had not exactly been known to play live tightly.
