Mar 30, 2011

MR. BIG – WHEN A BIG THING STARTED BIG Words by: Joey Dizon Sometimes, it pays to be big even though you’re just starting out. Just ask vocalist Eric Martin, guitarist Paul Gilbert, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Pat Torpey. They did. And though it’s been years since the band formed, quit and reunited, I’m pretty sure they’re...

Mar 30, 2011

WOLFGANG IS BACK Words by: Adrian Arcega Of course, with four of five gigs a year – for the past three or four years – though big ones, you can’t really say that the band was actually gone. With the success of their sixth album Villains (released in 2009), the band has proven that a six-year hiatus has not dulled their ability to inflict some...

Mar 30, 2011

Cult favorite pop-punk quintet Yellowcard performed in Manila for the very first time last February 20, 2011, at the A-Venue Events Hall, as part of their world tour in support of their upcoming seventh record, When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes, their first release for independent punk label Hopeless Records, and their first collection of new material...

Mar 30, 2011

GOOD SOUND ON THE CHEAP Words by: Joey Dizon PULP Magazine invades four semi-new studios in town, and is out to prove why you don’t really need big budgets to be able to come up with a decent demo, EP or full-length album. Take your pick and start capturing that hit song on disc. You never know, but you just might have what it takes to be the next big...

Mar 1, 2011

ANTHRAX: SPREADING THE DISEASE Words by: Vernon Go I remember so clearly now… The bell chime-sound of Scott Ian’s great heavy metal axe of power, followed by a menacingly methodical pounding on Charlie Benante’s thick toms – the PAR cans flashed in slow strobe-like fashion. As we marched forward. It was 1987. I was in Vancouver and...