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INTERVIEW WITH KAMIKAZE a One wacky interview with one of the country's fastest rising band
Conducted by Valerie V. Mayuga Sometime March 2003, at My Cinema, Greenbelt 3
Introduce yourselves. Group members...
I’m Jomal, I play ground---guitar…Jay, vocalist…Puto, bass…Allan Drums, Led, guitars
Describe each other.
Jomal, bakla yan. Fashionista…siya yung makulit. Jay - kalbo Allan - syang mommy, sweet Puto– ito hari…siya nag-uutos ng gagawin namin…hindi…si Puto, mayabang kasi yan. Si puto, mahiyain…mahilig sa babae.. Led – muntikan na maging tatay…almost daddy…hindi, kasi, parang tatay siya ng mga kapatid niya, jaya ganun…conservative
How long have you been together?
2 1/2/ years…matagal na kaming magkakaibigan, pero yung banda, dalawang taon at kalahati…
You had a band before…tube?
Silang dalawa yun… (led and allan)…
How and when did your band start?
May banda sila dati…um, nung nagbabanda pa yung tube, nag-iisip na sila na…tara pare, buo tayo ng side project lang na parang, a…
Kasi gusto namin tumugtog sa orientation
Ang unang line-up nun, silang apat, tapos iba yung bokalista. Model na yung bokalista ngayon dati.…si arvin voila…siya yung…yun yung dating bokalista…ang pangalan nila green leafy vegetables…isang gig lang na siyang kumanta…unang gig nila…first and last gig nila. Tapos kaming tatlo…kaming dalawa ng kaibigan ko…si Hector, sabi namin sa kanila, “chong, kami na lang kunin niyo, nakakatawa kami.” Tapos nag-auaudition kami sa kanila, nag-sayaw-sayaw kami…so nag-practice kami. Ang hirap, kasi hindi ako marunong kumanta. Pero, dun nabuo yung…pangalan namin nung una, Boyband, tapos naging kamikazee cornflakes, tapos naging kamikaze. Malamang mabago pa yun…malamang maging “ka…” Hindi, loko lang.
Why is it kamikaze now?
Hindi, wala lang…nag-isip lang kami, marami…tapos sa list, yun yung nagustuhan namin… Foramative yrs as a musician? Puro self-study…um, inuman… Ako, nag-ryan kayabyab…hindi, loko lang
Claim to fame…when did you guys start becoming noticed?
…nagstart nung nakatugtog tayo sa u.p.,,eh, no? yun pinakamalaking gig natin, summer slam, eh. Summer slam talaga, eh…
On the song tsinelas…
kung ano yung nasa kanta, yun, yun, eh…diba lahat tayo nawawalan ng tsinelas…tapos sabi nila bakit may mura, eh,…nagwawala kami pag nawawala yung tsinelas namin, eh.
Diba kadalasan namantalaga nangyayari yun…
Yun yung unang natapos…kailangan na mag-release ng song…eh tsinelas pa lang yung tapos…
How crazy are things now for the band?
Pareho lang…sumasaya ng sumasaya…pagnagkikita kami, ganun parin. Ayun, tambay-tambay lang…wala paring pera…kung paano kami nagsimula, ganun parin.
Who's your manager?
Richard Tan
What takes part in the creative process?
Kasi may ano, eh…may natural kami na ritwal, eh. ..natural! …kami isa-isa…tas may dalawang baso…tas, may isang bote…tas, bible, bible…tas, isip na kami ng kanta…
Hahaha. Are you religious?
Lahat kami…lagi nagdadasal bago tumugtog!
Influences?
Halo-halo…kasi, meron…may mabigat, pop, punk…may rnb…ganun yung mga kanta…pero kasi, iba2 yung halo ng tao…sa ibang songs, malalaman nyo yung mga influences namin.
But from your songs, what would you say is your primary influence? As a whole?
La, eh…halohalo talaga…
Someone told me you guys are like…a parody of deftones…
Yung tsinelas…dun naman namin pinatern talaga…
How are you guys when you’re not onstage? Or when you’re not in the studio?
Ganito! Magkakatambay lang kami…tambay lang kung saan…sa U.P. nagja-jam…
Fave tambayan?
F.A. ..flying house…yung, parang pangalan nung tambayan…bahay ni par chito…eden cheese tsaka ni chito…tsaka malls…mallrats kmi, eh…
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