Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Pupil - Different Worlds at SOP Rules
Pupil promoting their new album called Willife: Special Edition, July 19, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Nine Inch Nails to rock the Big Dome on Aug. 5 with Pupil as front act
The Big Dome is all set to rock the loudest ever in its 50-year history when Nine Inch Nails (NIN) roars into town on Aug. 5 for Wave Goodbye, a one-night only show. The American band is credited with putting industrial rock in the hit charts during the past two decades. You ask what is industrial rock? I’m not sure if I can give an accurate description. All I can say is that it uses more electronic sounds than the rock tunes we get to listen to. To get a better idea, you might want to check out the recordings of NIN. Among its hit songs are The Hand That Feeds, March of the Pigs, Wish, Happiness in Slavery, La Mer, Every Day Is Exactly the Same and Survivalism. Its most successful albums are The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, With Teeth and the latest, The Slip, which aside from being in the stores has a digital version that can be downloaded free.
Unfair competition for the music stores, you say? Maybe but Nine Inch Nails front guy Trent Reznor has always advocated artistic freedom and probably sees free downloads as a way of making his music accessible to everybody. That must also be why he prefers to do all the music himself. Reznor is not only NIN vocalist. He plays all the instruments and is also songwriter, arranger and producer and whatever else of the band, which therefore is not really a band, but only Reznor playing all the required roles.
For gigs like Wave Goodbye, though, Reznor puts together a band of competent musicians who perform his works the way he wants. Raw and loud. But never plain noise. Reznor has this gift for finding melodies in the sound of chaos and that’s why he can rock hard without ever sacrificing the music.
Tapped to front act for NIN is our very own Pupil. This was the band formed by former Eraserheads leader Ely Buendia. NIN has listened to Pupil’s music and given its go-ahead to the group. This should truly gladden Ely whose recent illness and involvement with two huge E-heads reunions have sort of sidelined Pupil. But times are about to change. Make sure to come early to the Big Dome on Aug. 5 to also catch Pupil’s performance.
For ticket inquiries, log on to www.ticketnet.com.ph or call 911-5555 or visit www.splintr.com. Splintr is the first independent on-line music channel in the country, which boasts of exclusive videos of today’s top artists.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=484798&publicationSubCategoryId=70
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Ely Buendia to continue working with ex-wife
Although they have been estranged for a spell, Pupil singer-songwriter Ely Buendia is still willing to work with ex-wife Diane Ventura.
“She is still part of this group and she is still my manager,” Buendia said at a recent media gathering for the band’s repackaged “Wildlife” album.
Ventura, who was was part of the band’s many activities in the past and who has a son with Buendia named Eon , is in the US studying film, he added.
So, who inspires Buendia nowadays?
“Uhmm…animals?” he retorted, to which guitarist Yan Yuzon added: “This is in line, of course, with the title of our album.”
Asked about the mestiza he was with at the launch, Buendia initially refused to comment but merely smiled.
Prodded further, however, he replied: “She’s a friend.”
Although some people continue to speculate that it was Ventura who primarily caused Buendia to leave The Eraserheads a few years ago, many see her now as a vital cog in Buendia’s artistic resurgence.
Ventura wrote some of Pupil’s earlier songs including the runaway hit, “Nasaan Ka.”
In an interview published by men’s magazine Maxim, Ventura assured their fans that she will continue working with Pupil while “eager to carve an identity” disconnected from Buendia’s.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Pupil pays tribute to Michael Jackson
Sony Music recording artist Pupil paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson by performing “Man In The Mirror” during the band’s fourth anniversary concert at Skydome on July 10.Pupil lead vocalist Ely Buendia and drummer Wendell Garcia performed the song as a surprise encore. The two sat on the floor with Ely playing an acoustic guitar while Garcia sang. The audience joined in midway through the performance.
Guitarist Yan Yuzon then went onstage to simply say, “We love you, Michael.”
“Man In The Mirror” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1998. It is one of Jackson’s most critically acclaimed songs which was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards.
An instrumental version of the song was played at Jackson's memorial service on July 7.
The performance can be regarded as a rare moment in Pupil’s history. The band is not known to do cover versions except those of Eraserheads which Ely fronted in the 90s.
The Skydome concert also launched the remastered version of the band’s “Wildlife” CD which has produced the hit songs “Sala,” “Monobloc,” “Disconnection Notice” and “Teacher’s Pet.”
The repackaged version called “Wildlife: Special Edition” contains all the tracks from the original version, plus demos, videos and a live EP. It also has the Pupil’s latest single, “Different Worlds” which they performed in the show.
Other tracks from “Wildlife” and “Beautiful Machines” which Pupil performed that night are “Disconnection Notice,” “Here I Go,” “Matador,” “Sumasabay,” “Talon,” “All This Time,” “Blow Your House Down,” “Animal Lover” and their seminal hit, “Nasaan Ka.”
Fans of the band sang along to all these as they seemingly know the words by heart. They flocked to the front of the stage as soon as Pupil went up; abandoning the seats they have paid for that night.
Some made fans out of the “Wildlife” inlay cover which they then waved in the air throughout the show. Many also bought copies of “Wildlife: Special Edition” that night which the band signed later.
Rounding up the Pupil line up is bass player Dok Sergio. “Wildlife” was named 2008 Album of the Year at the NU Rock Awards which also honored them as Artist of the Year, Producer of the Year (Pupil and Jerome Velasco), Drummer of the Year (Garcia) and Best Music Video (for “Monobloc”).
Pupil’s fourth anniversary concert was sponsored by Sony Music, SM Supermalls, Coke Zero, Levi’s, Puma, Rayban, NU107 and MYX.
source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/210455/pupil-pays-tribute-michael-jackson
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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