Eraserheads Info.


The Eraserheads, Eraserheads, or E-Heads was a prominent Pinoy rock band of the 1990s, formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala , Marcus Adoro and Jay Da jose. The band is one of the most successful, critically-acclaimed, and significant bands in the history of Original Pinoy Music, giving them the title "The Beatles of the Philippines." The Eraserheads was also said to open the second wave of band invasion, paving the way for other alternative rock bands such as Rivermaya, The Youth, Teeth, Siakol, Grin Department, Parokya ni Edgar and Yano. The band released more than several different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was most evident in the release of their third album Cutterpillow, which achieved platinum status several times. The Eraserheads are one the best-selling musical acts of all time in the Philippines, paving way for an international career that earned them the "Moon Man" in the MTV Video Music Awards. Their music is very diverse, working both in the underground and mainstream scenes of the Philippine music industry. By fusing different musical styles, such as alternative, pop, rock, reggae, and synth rock, the Eraserheads helped change the sound of Pinoy rock.
Ely Buendia->After leaving the Eraserheads, Ely Buendia, under the stage name, Jesus "Dizzy" Ventura, joined guitarist Jerome Velasco (of then disunited band, The Teeth), bassist Yan Yuzon, and drummer Bogs Jugo (of the indie pop band Daydream Cycle) to form the band, The Mongols. After putting out an underground E.P. A Fraction of a Second, the Mongols decided to have their self-produced album distributed by the major label VIVA Records. The result is a thirteen-track album called Buddha's Pest. The Mongols' singles did not get the kind of airplay that the Eraserheads' songs used to get, partly because of the band's leanings to underground music. When Jerome Velasco left The Mongols to study abroad, the other members of the band added The Teeth bassist Dok Sergio to their lineup and renamed their band Pupil. In November 2005, Pupil released an album entitled Beautiful Machines under Sony BMG and label Musiko, with the song, "Nasaan Ka?" as its first single. The song got fair airplay and became quite popular. Pupil's music is relatively more mainstream than The Mongols'. Buendia also had a broadsheet column entitled "CURSOR," which was published weekly in the Entertainment Section of The Manila Bulletin newspaper. Due to Buendia's busy musical career, CURSOR had ended and was last published during the first Saturday of September 2006. Medical Condition On Sunday, January 7, 2007, Buendia suffered a heart attack or acute myocardial infarction secondary to arterial blockage. Buendia was reportedly in the middle of a song during Pupil's gig in Laguna when he felt a sudden pain in his chest and left arm. He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors performed an emergency angioplasty on him. Buendia's condition was confirmed stable the same night. A second angioplasty operation was conducted on Buendia on January 10, 2007. The operation was successful, and he is reportedly secured from having heart attack recurrence. Buendia's former bandmates expressed concern over his health. Buddy Zabala and his wife, Earnest, visited Buendia in the hospital, but Buendia missed the opportunity to talk with them because he was asleep during that time. The couple, however, were able to talk to Buendia's mother.Dr. Day Cabuhat, former manager for the Eraserheads and one of the managers for Pupil, replied in CIRCUS -- The Eraserheads Mailing List," buddy and earnest visited around 8am the morning after the surgery, ely was asleep, he was given a sedative post-op... marcus, as we heard, is on his way from la union." On January 28, Marcus Adoro performed live on stage for LivELY, a fundraising concert for Ely Buendia. Raimund Marasigan reportedly sent a text message to Buendia. Diane Ventura, Buendia's wife and Pupil's other manager, gave thanks to everyone who expressed their concern for Ely's condition, especially to local musicians such as Yael Yuzon, Francis Magalona, Chito Miranda, Rico Blanco and Buddy Zabala. She also thanked the two former Eraserheads members, Zabala and Adoro, in her message. This event also prompted rapper Francis Magalona, longtime friend of the Eraserheads, to state the following on his personal blog: "Fast forward to right now, 9:58 am, Jan. 9, a lot of what ifs scenarios pop in my head. What if the E-heads members are back, like long-lost blood brothers? What if "the most significant OPM band of Pinoy Rock" would be in one room, what would happen?" And in postscript he adds, "Para sa akin panahon na para mag-reunite ang E-heads. Sugod na mga kapatid... rock & roll na hanggang umaga." which roughly translates, "For me, it's time for E-Heads to reunite. Let's go brothers... rock & roll until morning."


The Eraserheads, Eraserheads,
or E-Heads was a prominent Pinoy rock band of the 1990s,
formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala ,
Marcus Adoro and Jay Da jose.
The band is one of the most successful, critically-acclaimed,
and significant bands in the history of Original Pinoy Music,
giving them the title "The Beatles of the Philippines."
The Eraserheads was also said to open the
second wave of band invasion, paving the way
for other alternative rock bands
such as Rivermaya,
The Youth, Teeth, Siakol,
Grin Department, Parokya ni Edgar and Yano.

The band released more than several different singles,
albums, and EPs that reached number one.
This commercial success was most evident in the release
of their third album Cutterpillow, which achieved platinum
status several times.
The Eraserheads are one the best-selling musical acts
of all time in the Philippines, paving way for an
international career that earned them the "Moon Man"
in the MTV Video Music Awards.

Their music is very diverse, working both in the
underground and mainstream scenes of the Philippine
music industry. By fusing different musical styles,
such as alternative, pop, rock, reggae, and synth rock,
the Eraserheads helped change the sound of Pinoy rock.



Ely Buendia->After leaving the Eraserheads,
Ely Buendia, under the stage name, Jesus "Dizzy" Ventura,
joined guitarist Jerome Velasco (of then disunited band, The Teeth),
bassist Yan Yuzon, and drummer Bogs Jugo (of the indie pop band 
Daydream Cycle) to form the band, The Mongols. After putting out
an underground E.P. A Fraction of a Second, the Mongols decided
to have their self-produced album distributed by the major
label VIVA Records. The result is a thirteen-track album
called Buddha's Pest.
The Mongols' singles did not get the kind of airplay that the
Eraserheads' songs used to get, partly because of the band's
leanings to underground music.

When Jerome Velasco left The Mongols to study abroad,
the other members of the band added The Teeth bassist Dok Sergio
to their lineup and renamed their band Pupil. In November 2005,
Pupil released an album entitled Beautiful Machines under Sony
BMG and label Musiko, with the song, "Nasaan Ka?" as its first
single. The song got fair airplay and became quite popular.
Pupil's music is relatively more mainstream than The Mongols'.

Buendia also had a broadsheet column entitled "CURSOR,"
which was published weekly in the Entertainment Section
of The Manila Bulletin newspaper. Due to Buendia's busy
musical career, CURSOR had ended and was last published
during the first Saturday of September 2006.


Medical Condition
On Sunday, January 7, 2007, Buendia suffered a heart attack
or acute myocardial infarction secondary to arterial blockage.
Buendia was reportedly in the middle of a song during Pupil's
gig in Laguna when he felt a sudden pain in his chest and left arm.
He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors performed an emergency
angioplasty on him. Buendia's condition was confirmed stable the
same night.
A second angioplasty operation was conducted on Buendia on
January 10, 2007. The operation was successful, and he is
reportedly secured from having heart attack recurrence.

Buendia's former bandmates expressed concern over his health.
Buddy Zabala and his wife, Earnest, visited Buendia in the hospital,
but Buendia missed the opportunity to talk with them because he
was asleep during that time. The couple, however, were able to
talk to Buendia's mother.Dr. Day Cabuhat, former manager for
the Eraserheads and one of the managers for Pupil, replied in CIRCUS --
The Eraserheads Mailing List," buddy and earnest visited around
8am the morning after the surgery, ely was asleep, he was given
a sedative post-op... marcus, as we heard, is on his way from
la union." On January 28, Marcus Adoro performed live on stage
for LivELY, a fundraising concert for Ely Buendia. Raimund Marasigan
reportedly sent a text message to Buendia.

Diane Ventura, Buendia's wife and Pupil's other manager,
gave thanks to everyone who expressed their concern
for Ely's condition, especially to local musicians such
as Yael Yuzon, Francis Magalona, Chito Miranda,
Rico Blanco and Buddy Zabala. She also thanked the
two former Eraserheads members, Zabala and Adoro, in her
message.

This event also prompted rapper Francis Magalona,
longtime friend of the Eraserheads, to state the following
on his personal blog: "Fast forward to right now, 9:58 am,
Jan. 9, a lot of what ifs scenarios pop in my head. What if
the E-heads members are back, like long-lost blood brothers?
What if "the most significant OPM band of Pinoy Rock" would be
in one room, what would happen?" And in postscript he adds, "Para sa
akin panahon na para mag-reunite ang E-heads. Sugod na mga kapatid...
rock & roll na hanggang umaga." which roughly translates,
"For me, it's time for E-Heads to reunite. Let's go brothers...
rock & roll until morning."



Raimund Marasigan->After Buendia and Adoro left the Eraserheads, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Kris Gorra-Dancel's group was renamed "Cambio," adding Diego Mapa to their lineup. They came out with an album called Derby Light. Marasigan started "Planet Garapata" also in 1996, a short-lived hip-hop and electronica project that featured Eraserheads bassist Buddy Zabala, Eraserheads sound engineer Mark Laccay and Jeng Tan. The project debuted in Francis M's 1996 Happy Battle album and featured Marasigan's early rapping skills. Marasigan's band, Sandwich, was formed in 1996 with his girlfriend Myrene Academia (from the band Imago) on bass, Marc Abaya on lead guitars and vocals (later replaced by Mong Alcaraz of the band, Chicosci), Diego Castillo on rhythm guitars, and Mike Dizon (from The Teeth) on drums. Although existing simultaneously with the Eraserheads, Sandwich built up their own fan base. Abaya left the band in 2005 to concentrate on his own band, Kjwan, and Marasigan has since taken over as the sole vocalist and lead guitarist. They have released five albums: Grip Stand Throw, Four-track Mind, Thanks to the Moon's Gravitational Pull, Five On The Floor, which saw Marasigan handle vocal duties in lieu of former singer Marc Abaya, and their latest release, S Marks the Spot. Marasigan also has a hip-hop influenced project band called Squid 9. In early 2005, Marasigan once again formed another project band called Pedicab. The band is composed of artists in their stage names, Marasigan as "Sugarraims" on synths and backup vocals, Mike Dizon as "Masterbeat" on drums, Jason Caballa (of Twisted Halo and Blas Ople) as "J. Sonic" on guitar and backup vocals, and Diego Mapa as "Daddy Maps" on lead vocals. They call their music "dance-punk." Pedicab’s first album. Tugish Takish, was released later that year.
Buddy Zabala->Zabala currently plays bass for another legendary Pinoy rock band, The Dawn, as well as for Cambio, Twisted Halo and Sun Valley Crew. For his bass work for Cambio ("Derby Light") and Twisted Halo ("In Loving Memory of the Fearless Exploits of the Bolo Brigade"), Zabala was awarded the 2004 NU Rock Awards "Bassist of the Year". He also helps produce albums for other local bands such as Boldstar, Twisted Halo, Itchyworms, Fatal Posporos and Sugarfree.
Marcus Adoro->After Buendia left the Eraserheads, Adoro also decided to quit a few months later. He then moved to La Union and was unheard from until the April of 2005. An email from him was sent to PhilMusic.com about a new project he was working on, called "Belma en Luis". The EP turned up at a shop called "Sarabia Optical" in his former collegiate school, UP Diliman. It became available in different album covers and titles: Urfer Magazine (Mag:Net Café), Duckdive (Bigsky), American Gurl (United States version), and Submarine (Marikina version). Adoro, Zabala, and Marasigan performed for an event at the Millennia Club called "Marooned," a production of UP bands from past and present. Buendia was invited to the gig, but did not attend. The song, "Batch 88" from "Belma en Luis," was one of the songs that was jammed by the trio. Adoro was interviewed by GMA 7 newscaster Jessica Soho on her show, "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" about La Union, which is now popular for all beach surfers in the Philippines. Adoro now enjoys his new life as a surfer in La Union. Marcus Adoro has a new band named Markus Highway under Warner Music Philippines, their first album "Behold, Rejoice! Surfernando Is Hear Nah." was released on February 2008.