I may be wrong but I think, with the unfortunate exit of Rico Blanco from Rivermaya, a nostalgic spotlight is now on their closest rival band to the throne of Pinoy Pop, The Eraserheads. Although the band members of this so-called legendary group have formed their respective bands and the band Eraserheads is no longer existent per se, the E-heads-stigma is indelible. Among the ex-e-head-formed-band, I guess Raimund's Sandwich broke through first. I don't know if this was a long time ago for some, for for me it was only with their song Percolator (I might be wrong, I might be wrong) that I think they have re-emerged. To be fair with the first Sandwich line-up, which included Kwan's Mark Abaya, I guess Butterfly Carnival is still a very influential single. Then I was caught by a new release by the Ely Buendia-fronted Pupil, Monobloc, which for me restored the decency in being an Ely Buendia fan. Then recently I saw in TV that MYX is going to do a retrospective on The Eraserheads. All these string of events, if they are not signs saying that E-heads is great again I'd swear that I listen to Click Five (I don't know what's got into me, but I like them). This is not saying that these events are the first of its kind. There has been an Electromagneticjam tribute album by several E-heads inspired newbies to attest that this doesn't just happen in the past few days. The time Ely released his Bedspacer album, I guess the tributes were already in the mass consciousness. To be fair with Rivermaya, all these tribute to E-heads were possible of course because the band is already disbanded, thus making it proper for a tribute. Whereas Rivermaya is only Rico-less but is still alive and performing, but if a tribute to Rivermaya would be released, now--okay, it is not impossible. So there. But for now, E-heads is in, again, yay!
Suralista. April 21, 2008
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