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Title: Remember Mere Mercy? And other 80's pinoy bands.
Post by: stringman on May 29, 2010, 04:11:59 AM: (http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/l_33e8422cf79c598c05bad85c76cd4ca6.jpg)

They were the 1st band way back in 1987 that I saw covering Metallica, The Cult, and Sisters of Mercy. Well most younger people nowadays were probably not even born yet when they were covering Metallica and The Cult. I was browsing google when I stumbled upon these photo's. The members were MARCO KENNETH HERRERA / NEIL GREGORIO / ALEX DEMOCRACY / SIEG DE LA TORRE(1984) / BECK San Miguel(1984) / GARY MARTINEZ(1984) / RONALD QUIMIO (1985).

I'm not so sure if they are still around as a band but the MySpace site shows it is but the music has evolved to industrial and techno. But we gotta give credit for these guys for influencing heavy metal for the 90's generation Pinoy rockers. The guitar player Neil was the producer for Wolfgangs debut album. I worked before under the same label more than 10 years ago but unfortunately I was not able to work with him side by side since he moved to another label that time. But I do have a good friend who was also part of this band, Bec. I still remember my band had a gig back then at Bayview Hotel and Mere mercy was the spotlight of that show.

If any of the members of this band is by any chance a Philmusic forumer, I salute you guys for influencing the metal generation of the 90s!

Some more pictures.........

A ticket, some of the bands included was Deans December (Binky Lampano) and Runaway Boys (eventually the vocalist became one of the pioneers of Pinoy rock Rizal Underground), check out the guy with the guitar, it's Teddy Diaz.
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/l_a4837a733bbfb76d4659b42cd04ffb75.jpg)

A ticket with Identity Crisis.
(http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_e1b665076e0beb9a5b5a6045bc9ddaef.jpg)

A rare picture of their gig.
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/72/l_c114d3668bd2c86af607bdb0dd8e3020.jpg)

Deans December, Introvoys, Temper of the Times (eventually this evolved to one of the heaviest metal bands during the 90's Dahong Palay)
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/88/l_ebaa9d90469879481b6729a47b07e0f8.jpg)

The Dawn, Betrayed (Papa Dom days), After Image, Violent Playground, Advent Call (Roujen Liste times), Deans December.
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/72/l_f27eebdd1b8269efc291b0397472e06d.jpg)

Ethnic Faces, After Image (Francis reyes days)
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/l_a123e584d73f4064b2526be414496760.jpg)
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Post by: jdr1524 on June 03, 2010, 11:20:51 PM: I Know NEIL and ALEX.Kasabay namin sila sa gig the famous ROCK AGAINST DRUGS ERA by DUKE OF CHARLES,if I'm not mistaken.My band name is WILD CHILD my first band.... 8-) :-D
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Post by: fendex on June 05, 2010, 11:54:00 PM: Wow! Thanks for posting those tickets. Di ko na naaalala, nakatugtog pala kmi sa mga lugar na yan.
I was one of the founding members of Ardourn Delirium. Gitarista sir. Meron akong copy ng magazine na yan.
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Post by: stringman on June 06, 2010, 03:10:05 PM: Ikaw pala yun. Nalala ko nga it was a guy playing guitars for Adourn delirium.
Title: Re: Remember Mere Mercy? And other 80's pinoy bands.
Post by: fendex on June 06, 2010, 09:39:15 PM: Quote from: stringman on June 06, 2010, 03:10:05 PM
Ikaw pala yun. Nalala ko nga it was a guy playing guitars for Adourn delirium.

Original line up ng Ardourn Delirium is 5 boys lang (mga bata pa kmi noon)...we played the smiths, the cure, friends again, the cult etc... Nawala un vox namin so pumasok si Myra (Scarlet of Put3ska). We played siouxsie and the banshees and xmal deutschland. May mga originals na rin na na-feature sa Score Mag. Then pumalit si Monica Cobeng kay Myra. Tapos un na...nag evolved na kmi sa iba't ibang banda.
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Post by: stringman on June 07, 2010, 07:05:20 AM: It's really nice tracing the roots of the artists we have today. You're still playing in a band?
Title: Re: Remember Mere Mercy? And other 80's pinoy bands.
Post by: fendex on June 07, 2010, 02:24:58 PM: Quote from: stringman on June 07, 2010, 07:05:20 AM
It's really nice tracing the roots of the artists we have today. You're still playing in a band?
YUP!
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Post by: stringman on June 07, 2010, 03:12:10 PM: That's good to hear!
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Post by: fendex on June 07, 2010, 05:50:44 PM: Quote from: stringman on June 07, 2010, 03:12:10 PM
That's good to hear!

anong band mo nun 80's and what band are you in right now?
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Post by: stringman on June 07, 2010, 06:15:20 PM: Yung dating Strange Days vocalist si Butch nag tayo kami nang band dati mga 1988 yata yun name ng band was Pale Face nakasama namin sa Bayview ang Mere Mercy. Dami ko rin naging band pero mga hindi nag click. Dati ung HS nag banda kami nila Gerd Banzon (Freestyle). Nag open din ako Studio nung mid 90's and eventually naging recording engineer ako gumagawa kami ng commercial scores. Mid 90's din nag session ako sa mga small artists. Right now more of a hobby na lang.
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Post by: fendex on June 07, 2010, 06:18:26 PM: matagal ka na rin pla sa industriya. :-D
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Post by: stringman on June 07, 2010, 06:31:14 PM: Onga, malamang di tayo nag kalayo sa edad he he he.............
Marami nag alok sa akin nang biyahe dati pero I wasn't focused on that direction. Ok nga yang biyahe niyo kasi you get to play old rock song for audiences that appreciate. May kaibigan din ako yung band nila MMC keyboardist siya minsan napapa dala rin sila sa mga US base.
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Post by: Carlo Romero on June 08, 2010, 12:33:29 PM: Thanks for posting this stringman! :-)
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Post by: stringman on June 08, 2010, 04:17:23 PM: These were bands prior to the 90's bands that most forumers know. I saw some pictures of Ethnic Faces and posted in on their thtread.
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Post by: burnsbhm on June 10, 2010, 09:49:35 PM: Mere Mercy was one of the first Pinoy bands to cover Metallica. Although their signature song is a cover of the Sisters of Mercy's "Walk Away".

In a sense they were ahead of their time. Their mixture of Thrash and Goth gave hints of Black Metal and Goth Metal in popular in the 90s.

Alex Democracy's real surname incidentally was Patron.
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Post by: tuned on June 19, 2010, 08:33:17 AM: We used to gig with Mere Mercy , we even had a gig in baguio , stayed up all night after the gig and enjoyed spending some time with new friends . roamed session road , though we slept earlier than them . hehehe / randy khumbmela band /
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Post by: stringman on June 19, 2010, 09:23:27 AM: Quote from: tuned on June 19, 2010, 08:33:17 AM
We used to gig with Mere Mercy , we even had a gig in baguio , stayed up all night after the gig and enjoyed spending some time with new friends . roamed session road , though we slept earlier than them . hehehe / randy khumbmela band /

Hey Randy! Post some pictures of Khumbmela band in this thread. Is Andrew still singing?
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Post by: stringman on June 19, 2010, 10:30:23 AM: Sorry to hear that! May his soul rest in peace.

Khumbmela band was also an influencial band during the 80's they did covers of Gene Loves Jezebel and also contributed some originals. Naalala ko main sponsor niyo was the Khumbmela bags.
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Post by: mahikawon666 on June 21, 2010, 01:55:02 PM: mere mercy syempre!!! i here and watch them doing cover songs of metallica,the cult and sisters of mercy,by the ways nice SCORE magazine tagal na yan meron din ako nian dati,alam ko 3 issues lang yan,the dawn cover at c si cool karla ng identity cover at mere mercy bigla nalang nawala sa limelight ang score
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Post by: burnsbhm on June 21, 2010, 08:41:52 PM: Quote from: fendex on June 06, 2010, 09:39:15 PM
Original line up ng Ardourn Delirium is 5 boys lang (mga bata pa kmi noon)...we played the smiths, the cure, friends again, the cult etc... Nawala un vox namin so pumasok si Myra (Scarlet of Put3ska). We played siouxsie and the banshees and xmal deutschland. May mga originals na rin na na-feature sa Score Mag. Then pumalit si Monica Cobeng kay Myra. Tapos un na...nag evolved na kmi sa iba't ibang banda.

Then sooner some of them became ALAMID.
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Post by: mahikawon666 on June 21, 2010, 10:16:33 PM: [quote bhor=burnsbhm link=topic=188108.msg2636208#msg2636208 date=1277124112]
Then sooner some of them became ALAMID.
[/quote]hehehe nsan naba ang magandang c monica cobeng?
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Post by: G-Force on July 04, 2010, 10:27:17 PM: Of course Mere Mercy!! Who doesn't know them during the 80's? Idol yan esp. Alex "Hardhittin'" Democracy! Super influential sakin yan when I started playing drums for a band named Miraculous Void, then some sessions with Temper of the Times (ba yon?) (with G.P. of Color it Red on guitars) , then Advent Call (first gen. with TJ of Tropical Depression on keyboards and Rujen on vox) :-)

Everytime I listen to The Cult's King Contrary Man, I can still picture the first time I saw (and heard) Mere Mercy, esp. Alex's cymbal chokes.

Just love reminiscin' those days!... sad to hear though that Andrew went ahead already...
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Post by: Indie_Boy on July 07, 2010, 08:48:07 PM: sarap basahin neto.. i listend to them way way back. sinasama ako sa gig ng mga utol ko. i remember they played with nursery rhymes, deans december & ethnic faces :-)
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Post by: burnsbhm on July 07, 2010, 09:42:35 PM: Nakakhiyang sabihin pero totoo: napaghahalata mga edad natin! Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!!!
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Post by: x_japan on July 09, 2010, 05:01:29 AM: Woah.. Just happen to pass by.. Small world para senyo.. Maybe this could happen to me too after a couple of years.. Forever young, brothers!!!... Btw im 21 yrs old..
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Post by: mahikawon666 on July 09, 2010, 08:28:38 AM: Quote from: burnsbhm on July 07, 2010, 09:42:35 PM
Nakakhiyang sabihin pero totoo: napaghahalata mga edad natin! Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!!!
hahahah ok lang yun ,atleast nandito pa din tayo sir kahit nasa metal genra na ko,alam pa din natin yung mga roots natin...MABUHAY TAYONG LAHAT!!!!oldskul RULES!!!!
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Post by: jdr1524 on July 09, 2010, 09:02:56 AM: Ayuz talaga yun dating scene he.he....Lagi ko kasabay sila NEIL AND ALEX sa ROCK AGAINST DRUGS TOUR.. 8-)....By the way Alex is the Orig.drummer of DECEASED BAND.
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Post by: burnsbhm on July 10, 2010, 01:28:32 AM: Quote from: jdr1524 on July 09, 2010, 09:02:56 AM
Ayuz talaga yun dating scene he.he....Lagi ko kasabay sila NEIL AND ALEX sa ROCK AGAINST DRUGS TOUR.. 8-)....By the way Alex is the Orig.drummer of DECEASED BAND.

Real name: Alex Patron. Maayos na drummer si Alex.
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Post by: mahikawon666 on July 12, 2010, 02:11:35 PM: ROCK AGAINST DRUG TOUR...jan kumita si duke of charles ..dami banda na sumasali ..lahat ng universities s manila inikutan ng production na eto mapa new wave,punk,hc,metal sumasali
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Post by: burnsbhm on July 12, 2010, 06:29:05 PM: Quote from: mahikawon666 on July 12, 2010, 02:11:35 PM
ROCK AGAINST DRUG TOUR...jan kumita si duke of charles ..dami banda na sumasali ..lahat ng universities s manila inikutan ng production na eto mapa new wave,punk,hc,metal sumasali

I heard that Rock Against Drugs tour is a scam of sorts. Nasira raw pangalan niya because of that.
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Post by: mahikawon666 on August 09, 2010, 10:16:03 AM: Quote from: jdr1524 on July 09, 2010, 09:02:56 AM
Ayuz talaga yun dating scene he.he....Lagi ko kasabay sila NEIL AND ALEX sa ROCK AGAINST DRUGS TOUR.. 8-)....By the way Alex is the Orig.drummer of DECEASED BAND.
d ba jdr1524 pumalo ka sa deceased?
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Post by: jdr1524 on August 10, 2010, 08:08:12 PM: Quote from: mahikawon666 on August 09, 2010, 10:16:03 AM
d ba jdr1524 pumalo ka sa deceased?
Yup!almost 2 yrs.den ata ako pumalo sa Deceased :-D 8-).
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Post by: mahikawon666 on August 11, 2010, 11:08:56 AM: ngayon ko lang nalaman nanunuod ka din pla dati ng RAD jdr1524 hehehehe...iba talaga magaling mgdrums naging part ng deceased
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Post by: jdr1524 on August 11, 2010, 11:38:57 PM: Quote from: mahikawon666 on August 11, 2010, 11:08:56 AM
ngayon ko lang nalaman nanunuod ka din pla dati ng RAD jdr1524 hehehehe...iba talaga magaling mgdrums naging part ng deceased
nyeh!hindi ako magaling...hindi ako nanuod my band is a part of this event ROCK AGAINST DRUGS...WILD CHILD 8-).Minsan nga hindi na kami nakakatugtog sa dami ng banda, and mga ROCKSTAR mga kasabay EH!HE.HE...Kahit maaga ka pa dumating huli ka pa din tugtug.. :x
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Post by: mahikawon666 on August 14, 2010, 02:24:49 PM: ahahahaha drummer ka pla nun wild child?napanuod ko din kayo minsan,hehe dapat pala ROCK STAR AGAINST DRUGS!!! HAHAHA nsan na kaya si duke of charles?
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Post by: jdr1524 on August 15, 2010, 03:10:00 PM: Baka hanggang ngayon nagtatago pa den,meron mga atraso yan sa mga banda na ginamit niya for his profit.he.he
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Post by: mahikawon666 on August 15, 2010, 10:02:39 PM: Quote from: jdr1524 on August 15, 2010, 03:10:00 PM
Baka hanggang ngayon nagtatago pa den,meron mga atraso yan sa mga banda na ginamit niya for his profit.he.he
pre remind mo nga ako ng kinocover nyo dati,basta napanuod ko kayo....uso pa creepers shoes nun e pati ako nagpagawa dati
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Post by: jdr1524 on August 15, 2010, 11:59:44 PM: Quote from: mahikawon666 on August 15, 2010, 10:02:39 PM
pre remind mo nga ako ng kinocover nyo dati,basta napanuod ko kayo....uso pa creepers shoes nun e pati ako nagpagawa dati
born to be wild,last caress,and mostly orig.tugtug namin nun. :-)
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Post by: mahikawon666 on August 17, 2010, 08:34:57 PM: Quote from: jdr1524 on August 15, 2010, 11:59:44 PM
born to be wild,last caress,and mostly orig.tugtug namin nun. :-)
ah sabi na eh hhehehe thecult version ng born to be wild, oo kayo nga yun napanuod ko dati..miss ko din yun mga scene dati e,
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Post by: jdr1524 on August 18, 2010, 09:41:59 PM: Quote from: mahikawon666 on August 17, 2010, 08:34:57 PM
ah sabi na eh hhehehe thecult version ng born to be wild, oo kayo nga yun napanuod ko dati..miss ko din yun mga scene dati e,
Korek ka bro!ano ba name ng band niyo nun?sila MERE MERCY tugtugan THE WAIT(METALLICA),SOUTH OF HEAVEN(SLAYER),THE CULT den,and mga sisters of mercy. 8-)
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Post by: ey and ar on October 05, 2010, 05:30:50 PM: uy meron pala thread about mere mercy.

meron ako naitabing old photos (posters/tickets/etc.) i will post it soon. checkout din the bands facebook account, i created one just recently.

- Neil G.
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Post by: burnsbhm on October 05, 2010, 09:32:55 PM: Quote from: ey and ar on October 05, 2010, 05:30:50 PM
uy meron pala thread about mere mercy.

meron ako naitabing old photos (posters/tickets/etc.) i will post it soon. checkout din the bands facebook account, i created one just recently.

- Neil G.

Neil? As in Gregorio?

Sir, high school lang ako nung sinusundan ko pa ang mga banda nun. Dalawang eksena sinusubaybayan ko. Yung underground alternative/punk/New Wave bands at ang mainstream rock showbands na nasa madalas Shakey's. Isa kayo sa mga madalas mabasa ko.
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Post by: ey and ar on October 10, 2010, 11:58:23 PM: Quote from: burnsbhm on October 05, 2010, 09:32:55 PM
Neil? As in Gregorio?

Sir, high school lang ako nung sinusundan ko pa ang mga banda nun. Dalawang eksena sinusubaybayan ko. Yung underground alternative/punk/New Wave bands at ang mainstream rock showbands na nasa madalas Shakey's. Isa kayo sa mga madalas mabasa ko.

Yes you're right.

I still hang out with alex democracy. kwentuhan lang ng pinaggagawa namin during that era haha
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Post by: jdr1524 on October 12, 2010, 08:32:49 PM: Quote from: ey and ar on October 10, 2010, 11:58:23 PM
Yes you're right.

I still hang out with alex democracy. kwentuhan lang ng pinaggagawa namin during that era haha

Neil kilala mo pa ba ko?he.he tayo nila Ray,Atty.Rocklaw jamming pag sunday kila Lolo jose sa Roces?Ako drummer... :-D
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Post by: mahikawon666 on January 13, 2011, 12:16:48 PM: Quote from: jdr1524 on August 18, 2010, 09:41:59 PM
Korek ka bro!ano ba name ng band niyo nun?sila MERE MERCY tugtugan THE WAIT(METALLICA),SOUTH OF HEAVEN(SLAYER),THE CULT den,and mga sisters of mercy. 8-)
VIOLENT PSYCHE,DEAD SEA SCROLL-circa 86-87-punk,crossover,thrash
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Post by: geda on January 17, 2011, 12:21:12 PM: Quote from: mahikawon666 on January 13, 2011, 12:16:48 PM
VIOLENT PSYCHE,DEAD SEA SCROLL-circa 86-87-punk,crossover,thrash

Uy Dead-Sea-Scroll ayos, hahahaha punk trash pa tayo nun. si aldrin pa vocals nun... hehehehe
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Post by: SNP 3/10 on January 08, 2014, 01:07:12 PM: Stringman... Bec of Mere Mercy is a common friend of ours. We were classmates in College and before he joined MM, we actually formed a band in college just for the heck of winning the battle of the bands in UST Cafa. We actually got Gary of MM to be our frontman, did a different take of Uncertain Smile using a sax instead of a piano solo, did Dance with Me by Lords of the New Church, and Should I Stay or Should I Go. We bagged the trophy (this was '87) The band's name is my user name.

We also formed another band, Infant Noise, just to jam and have fun. We got Henry, an early days member of Identity Crisis, as lead vocals. We played Even now (The Call) and Sunday Morning (Bolshoi). I remember sharing the stage with Ardourn Delirium (Perry, their basist, I believe is one of the founding members of Alamid) and Ethnic Faces (Jack Sikat, very cool guy). Identity Crisis and The Dawn were always last to play. Got to share the stage one time also with Advent Call in UST (Reujen incidentally is a classmate of mine in HS and we played a few songs on special occasions).

Those were the days.