Mindanaotoday.com | Pinoy rock band ‘Teeth’ to ‘rock’ CdO on Saturday
By: Jack Biantan
CAGAYAN de Oro City, Misamis Oriental — They were famous in the Philippine music scene during the 90’s when the internet was on its infancy stage, when there were no smart phones yet, and when social media were still in our dreams.
‘Teeth’ rock and roll band ruled the airwaves when the Generation X and the Millennials rockers were the youth of those days.
So, we expect them to troop the UST-P gym on Saturday night where they will highlight the show of local bands.
The local bands will go up the stage and show their wares staring at 2 p.m. while the Teeth performance will follow. Tickets for the show are all available at Cham’s store all over the city. Tickets are reasonable at P1,000 for VIP seats, P700 for Gold and P500 for Silver seats.
Among those local artists who have signed to show up are Bloodflowers, Cyber Band, Nobel, Southrace, WLKMAN, Inside City, Bukski, Jackals, Midnight Kwago, Nephilim and Starpatvills.
An after concert RAVE Party with DJ Ragmac Salz, will end the night.
The advent of You Tube, has allowed Teeth to gain many followers among the younger generations. Just check their greatest hit song, ‘Laklak’. It has millions of views.
‘Laklak’ has been the theme song since the 90’s of drinkers during parties. It is a fave among the beer lovers in the karaoke joints..
The song is about of young people in excess and has been an anthem for drinkers.
The track topped the charts of the Philippine alternative rock station LA-105 for 12 weeks according the Wikipedia.
Teeth was formed in 1993 by Glenn Jacinto (vocals),Jerome Velasco (guitars), Doc Sergio (guitars), Peding Narvaja (bass and Mike Dizon (drums).
The band got signed by Warner Music Philippines and released their self titled debut album in 1995. The record went double platinum. Laklak
was voted Song of the Year at the 1995 NU 107 Rock Awards.
Their single ‘Shooting Star’ which was released in the “I Was a Teenage Tree’ album in 1999 got the Song of the Year award at the NU Rock Awards in 2000.
The band went into hiatus from 2003-2014 due to personal reasons of the members. Teeth has been back on stage and has been reunited since May 15, 2014.
The Cagayan de Oro performance is the first in the city. It will also be the groups’s second gig here in the island of Mindanao after their successful
concert in Davao recently.(jackbiantantambok@gmail.com)
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