CHICOSCI
Tattoos, 25-year old boys and a loud rock band, Chicosci was a gathering of high school kids, who are still single by the way, back in 2000. After five major releases and several music awards, the band now includes Filipinos Miguel Chavez for vocals, Mong Alcaraz on guitar and synths, Calde on bass, Ariel Lumanlan on guitars and Macoy Estacio the drummer boy. When I sat them down, the jokes started coming, bringing alive their motto “Funny guys are famous” and Miguel began a string of famous funny people off the top of his head. Their inspiration for music was listening to UHS albums they brought back from the States, MTV, hard rock, and whatever was juxtaposition or an “Ariel assault”. And talking about odd jobs, if they had no band career, Calde would want to be a pet doctor, Ariel a nurse, Mong would have been in an ad agency, Macoy a Silvanas Bakery businessman and Miguel in jail or in another band or a tattooist or a comic artist or having had his own studio. “Listen to your heart,” Mong says to budding musicians and bands while Miguel adds: “Do it for fun, not fame. You’re there when you see the chicks, because comedians get the chicks,” and chicks in the room (including Winnie, Esplanade’s PR) giggle loudly. Harmonious beats though shy belting from the vocals, the guitars work the music to mimic sounds of My Chemical Romance and Green Day. Chicosci has all the appeal of a boy band.
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ONLINE: Myspace.com/chicoscikills
Twitter.com/xchicoscix
WHAT TO DOWNLOAD: Diamond Shotgun (Lock and Load), A Promise
