Mga Awit Para Sa Araw ng Kalayaan

Makalipas ang higit sa isandaang taon ng pagdiriwang ng araw na ito, kailangan pa kayang itanong sa ating mga sarili kung malaya nga ba talaga tayo? Ano sa tingin nyo?

Para sa araw na ito ay naghanda ako ng anim na awitin para sa inyo.

1. "Itakas Ninyo Ako" - AXEL PINPIN at BOBBY BALINGIT

Ito ay mula sa Huling Lagapak ng Kandado, isang koleksiyon ng mga panulat ni Axel Pinpin, isang makata at isa sa bumubuo ng "Tagaytay 5" na dinukot at ipiniit sa Camp Vicente Lim mga tatlong taon na ang nakakaraan. Ang kanyang mga tula ay nilapatan ng musika ni Bobby Balingit ng WUDS.

2. "Bloody Nutter" - SEX MILITANTS

Isang kanta mula sa isa sa mga inilabas na kompilasyon ng Twisted Red Cross. Ang Sex Militants ay kilala ngayon bilang Nu Militants.

3. "Vampire Sam (The Global Order)" - THE BEAUTY OF DOUBT

Ibang bersiyon ng kilalang awitin ng grupo nina Ron Schlander. Ang bersiyon na ito ay lumabas sa album na Rock Against The Round: Musicians Against The WTO.


4. "Inutil" - HARD K

Walang halong biro, magaling na frontman si Jun Idiot at masarap panoorin. Subalit alam niyo naman lahat iyan. Ang "Inutil" ay mula sa kanilang bagong album, Life Is Pain.

5. "Life" - Delmonstros

Impresibo ang grupong ito mula sa Iligan. Silipin niyo sila sa kanilang MySpace. Ang gara rin ng mga litrato.

6. "President" - Betrayed

Lumabas ito noong 2002, at si Je Bautista ang tumugtog ng baho rito. (Ito ay isa sa mangilan-ngilan na kantang tinugtugan ni Je na naka-record.) Si Buddy Trinidad ang sumulat ng "President": pakinggan ninyong mabuti nang malaman niyo kung kanino patungkol ang awit na ito.

Maraming salamat kay Kachuki at kay Carl para sa mga voice-over.

Trash Radio Manila Episode 4 Part 3: Break The Silence

Break The Silence is the latest offering from the Pinoy hardcore superstars out there in Singapore, T.S.A. (Hehe, nalagyan na kasi ng Kaya Jam.) Break The Silence is also the title of our newest all-Pinoy segment, which starts off with the Dead Ends' classic "Don't Drop Your Guns/Noise Barrage."

Next on the list is Sex Militants, which has presently reincarnated into The Nu Militants, and their signature song, "Bloody Nutter." And what would this list be without Urban Bandits? "Battle Of Mendiola," in spite of it being written some twenty-odd years ago, remains as timely as ever.

G.I. And The Idiots are also in with "The Flag," which came out of The Fascinating World Of Garbage album. The song is followed by "Violent Dispersal" by R.D.A. off the album Brave United In Trust.

After a few years and a round or so of line-up changes, the band formerly called The Mighty Contras is now Contras. Brave New World veteran Bong from Vex is the only remaining original member. The current line-up includes Ahmad on the mic, Nomer on guitars, Wang on bass, and Bong on skins. On the playlist is their song "Not A Skunx." On the other hand, I personally have not had any news about Huh!; I am not sure if the group has already disbanded. But they did come out with a self-titled album sometime in 2002, from which "Bored Generation" is taken.

Sadly, too, that Sputterdoll, the Fil-Am pop punk band from San Francisco, California, have taken an indefinite period of hibernation after "cheering up emo kids one show at a time." Out of the You Sing I Sing We All Sing For Icing Compilation Vol. 1 comes their contribution "World of Hazelle." You can check out their MySpace site here. (Dig the Hello Kitty strat!) Making noise down the Queen City of The South for quite sometime now is Left Of Center; in the playlist is the song "Break."

For the finale. We have selected two T.S.A. songs from their album Break The Silence. Two songs, because, they sing too fast and the songs are too short. (And of course, there's the Kaya Jam.) If you dig the songs, you know how to get in touch with them guys. Click here.

This segment's playlist:

1. DEAD ENDS - "Don't Drop Your Guns/Noise Barrage"
2. SEX MILITANTS - "Bloody Nutter"
3. URBAN BANDITS - "Battle Of Mendiola"
4. G.I. AND THE IDIOTS - "The Flag"
5. R.D.A. - "Violent Dispersal"
6. CONTRAS - "Not A Skunx"
7. HUH! - "Bored Generation"
8. SPUTTERDOLL - "World Of Hazelle"
9. LEFT OF CENTER - "Break"
10. T.S.A. - "Pull Me/Wala Nang Mura"

(Dead Ends' photo courtesy of HP and Jingle. Contras: Wang, Ahmad, Nomer, Bong.)

My sincerest thanks to Ojie and Pedro of T.S.A. for their generosity and humour. Here is a remembrance from the meeting a few days ago.

(Shiny happy people: Ojie, Pedro, Gigi, Je, Dennis, Jun, Bunek, Arnold)