cavite = thrash!

So I've been looking around for something nice to post here today at work and I saw this really cool pic of one of the best shows that happened around Cavite in the early 2000's. Most probably around 2001. The show was organized by one of the cool kids there. The venue was their really big house in a semi-posh subdivision in Imus which will soon be sold at auction so he decided to put up a show there before the house got sold. We used the ground floor and the grand staircase for the band and the pit. Some kids even went swimming in the nice pool at the side of the house.

The line-up was awesome. I remember The Beauty of Doubt playing and the kids just went nuts. Dance of Decline was at their peak.F'n A. Beng ruled. Feud was there. Y.F.C. f'n destroyed the crowd. Thrashcore all the way. Forgiveness Denied was supposed to play but his bandmates abandoned Felix (haha). So we put up this makeshift band wherein we played a couple of FD songs and a cover of Point of No Return's 'Centelha' and another one by Congress. That sure made his day.

Definitely one of the best shows I've ever been in. The pic above made it to the cover of 'This is Cavite, not L.A.' which was a compilation of six (6) thrash/fastcore bands from Cavite but we'll get more on that later. Moreover, the pic showed how intense the show was. Clyde, wearing the MP helmet at the pit, giving an elbow right smack into Brian's face while Ronald (wearing a "very rare" Feud shirt) fingerpoints his way to the crowd while they are being blasted into a frenzy. Fck yeah...

So, tomorrow will be the kick-off show of Second Combat at Plaridel, Bulacan and I hope to see everyone there. Led will be there to bring Staid demos so be sure to check it out as well.

Good stuff: Ignite 'Call on my Brothers', Leeway 'Born to Expire/Desperate Measures', Kill Ratio 'everything', Lights Out 'everything', and of course, 'A People's History of the United States' by Howard Zinn