A new breed of young music acts are now taking their cues from the music of The Eraserheads.
Just a fortnight since the Eraserheads finished their ultra expensive but successful reunion concert, bands two decades their junior are now reinterpreting their music.
Pop rock solo music act Ace Banzuelo recently released his reinterpretation of “Ang Huling El Bimbo.” Banzuelo turned the “epic anthem into a spacey jam” as mentioned in the track release PR, adding that Banzuelo “peels back the layers of the original with his brooding, bedroom pop styling.”
Banzuelo said, “It’s great that I’m allowed to give it the sound and approach that I want,” adding that while a lot of the original structure of the arrangement was kept, Banzuela took the liberty of imprinting something new into the 90’s pop rock classic. Banzuelo also said that his take on “Ang Huling El Bimbo” was all the more meaningful for him as he was recording it saying, “I was producing it as if I had written the song.”
Likewise, Of Mercury with Any Name’s Ok vocalist Sof Abrogar and young hiphop act Alex Bruce released their version of “Superproxy” recently. Said track, the opening song to E-heads recent concert (at least as we saw it on the YT upload) is originally a collaboration between the ‘Heads and Pinoy rap icon Francis M.
Genre-bending band Of Mercury said that it was “an honor for us to be able to cover an Eheads song and be able to incorporate our own flavor to it.” Of Mercury added that “Superproxy” was “a pretty tricky song to work on given the genre, but we’re happy with how it came out nonetheless.”
Any Name’s Ok vocalist Sof Abrogar mentioned that she was particularly inspired by the Eheads use of Tagalog lyrics in its songs, saying that the band used “the language in all its richness and strength,” adding that she loves how the band was “unapologetic in writing about our culture, whether (it's about) shallow UP life or large as national politics.” “The band inspires me to root my own music in my own experiences and in empathy for others,” Abrogar said.
For her part, 16-year old rapper Alex Bruce is grateful to be part of the new version of “Superproxy” saying that the song is one of her go-to jams. “Thing song is iconic. I wanted to add a little spice and a bit of contemporary oomph to it. Our reworked version is a fusion of old school and new school.”
Pop rock band Nobita also released their version of “Magasin” as did SB19 who covered the track “Christmas Party” off the Eraserheads “Fruitcake” holiday-themed album.
Sony Music Philippines’ string of Eraserheads singles coincides with the release of five of the band's sonically enhanced albums. Eraserheads classic albums “Ultraelectromagneticpop!” (25th Anniversary Remastered Edition) “Circus” (25th Anniversary Remastered), “Cutterpillow,” “Fruitcake” and “Sticker Happy” all got the full “360-degree spatial sound to give listeners a new immersive music experience.”