if you're easily turned off by harsh language from an opinionated bastard, then please don't read this post.
you have been warned.
my two centavos:
i seriously doubt that rivermaya would be able to last without rico blanco. like stated in the article from PEP, rico blanco is the main creative force of the band. it would be exactly like the eraserheads without ely buendia. i could elaborate about this more but i see no reason for me to do so. as you're reading this, you probably already agree with me.
hence,
the thing that struck (and annoyed) me most would have to be the rumors floating about that the remaining band members are thinking of replacing rico blanco by doing the ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA thing. like FTW?!??!?!!??!?!?!?!?!?! i'm really bloody pissed off! this is the band that has been labelled "ang banda nang bayan". the band that has literally written anthems for entire generations of filipinos! creative giants! they already earned their place in the OPM hall of fame! so why the hell would they opt to do an IDOL SEARCH for the next rico blanco1 and throw all that away?!?!?1/1/1 FTW?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?! i would seriously lose ALL respect for rivermaya. i would even go as far as burning all of my rivermaya CD's, posters and other rivermaya related memorabilia. i don't think anyone could fill rivermaya's frontman spot as well as rico blanco did. i'd rather they disband and change their name to something else. don't taint the rivermaya name with this rockstar search [gooey brown stuff]. i'd even go as far as saying that i would rather all of them just quit music altogether and peddle taho and fishballs in the streets! even THAT would be better than to see them make a mockery of one of the greatest filipino bands in history on tv. smegging bastards! smegging bloody bastards!!!!!!!
i agree with your posts... but i can give you the reason why they are doing that:
MANAGEMENT
we all know that eventhough rico writes almost all the songs, he is not the leader of the band. thats the reason why i think:
RIVERMAYA SUCKS
yup... flame away, but before you do, hear me out:
i think rico blanco is very talented. i like the way he produced free. that guy has ears i tell you... very discriminating ones. he has his weaknesses like being too carried away with current popular bands, but i think thats all management BS pushing him in that direction.
i also think ex members, bamboo, perf (man, i still love that solo he did on 214. yeah yeah, i should move to his better stuff, hehe), nathan (awesome basslines!) and current member mark escueta (its amazing this guy can do those drum lines without calling attention to himself... thats real talent).
the reason why i think rivermaya sucks is because its not a BAND's band... it is however, a MANAGER's band
it operates that way because the ppl who make rivermaya tick are corporate ppl who probably couldnt play decent guitar (if they could, then why dont they have a band?). suits suck. they dont know squat about music, only the business side of it.
as not to trash management completely, i can say, that as a businessman, i admire their talents for keeping the name "rivermaya" afloat for so many years.
if the manager reads this, i really am in for a flame war and a possible law suit *lol* ... oh well, its not like im making up stories for them *lol* its just an opinion.
anyway, im glad rico quit... he could find new management and begin writing songs that are closer to his heart (hopefully) rather than fall into the trap of writing commercial jingles for money.
