i can't seem to find any information regarding rico blanco's departure from rivermaya online. could anyone post any links for this, please?
my two centavos: i find it strange that he would actually consider leaving the band which he has built himself from the ground up. not only does he have more musical freedom now (with the departure of bamboo and gearing up with his hand-picked new members) they've also been enjoying multi-platinum sales of their last few albums. playing in the mtv music awards, shows across asia, the bands seems to be enjoying a lot more attention. so the question would be, "why now?" when everything seems to be going so well for the band. could it be that he's just trying to prove something? that he is more than just the songwriter for rivermaya? to be honest, when i heard that rivermaya released an album of mostly covers (isang ugat, isang dugo) i was a bit worried that the band has finally run out of ideas and that a break-up is just across the horizon. hopefully this wouldn't be case. on the plus side, it would be interesting if mike elgar comes up with a solo effort as well. we already all know about japs' daydream cycle, could he surprise us with something new as well?