LIPSLIDE, an all Filipino hardcore punk unit based in Dubai, UAE, will be participating in the upcoming PILIPINAS THRASH DETONATION tap. They contributed two songs and for more background info on these guys, here's a short q and a i had with their vox, Hiraxx Mike today. Enjoy!
1. who makes up lipslide? why did you choose to make such noise in the middle of the f'n desert?
*lipslide is janjan-guitars , mckie-bass , pj - drums , mike - vox , we formed the band(janjan and me) when we're hangin out at the skate spot somewhere in Deira , nothin formal, we just thought of what if we form a band similar to what we have in the phil. back in the days, and maybe play 1 show here in an all filipino production called blacksheep, just one show and that's it,with our pinoy skateboarder friends and just have fun.. until recently we found out that there is actually a punk scene here in dubai,composed of bands like gandhi's cookbook,public refuse etc,.. there we got involved and the rest was history :)
2. how many shows have you played so far? is it hard to organize shows in dubai?
*we played 3 shows in blacksheep so far, a backyard punk show,a metal gig series called "annihilation"(which i think has the shittiest crowd,they like moshing, but hates it when they get hurt or somethin, tsk.arab kids..) , and the best show we had so far is the album launch party of our friend's band A BLESSED Aftermath , full-on proper hardcore/punk gig :) , ... it's very hard to organize shows here, it's either you have a big backyard as a venue and should have a time of 3pm till 8pm only ..or pay a bar expensively to make your show legal..or else you'll definitely be detained by the police,especially if they knew your not a white guy..
3. i was told there's a pretty big skateboarding community there. tell us about it.
*yeah skateboarding is very big here,not to mention too mainstream.. there's lots of good spots so you can see skaters almost everywhere,there's even a Bowl inside a skateshop in one of the biggest mall here.and lots of pros visiting the country almost every month just to skate the world famous street spot WAVE PARK in corniche,abu dabhi . the cool thing is, filipino skaters have they're on community here and it's gettin stronger and stronger and is also starting to get known here in UAE ..
4. just curious, what jobs do you do there? what interesting stuff do you guys do in your spare time?
janjan is a graphic designer, mckie is in office works, and im a full time tattoo artist working with an australian guy, pj holds millions of UAE money in the palm of his hands and he's the one putiing it in all atm machines here hahaha..
there's not much to do here in dubai actually, just work,home,skate weekends,and sometimes playin at shows .. and playing modern warfare2 online hehe
5. is it true that you're planning on setting up a tattoo shop when you get back? can i get a discount? haha.
*yeah i want to set it all up before this year end, i'm so eager to open it as soon as possible, and i got just the right guys to be the regular artists there since i can't be home yet till next year..all i need is a good place in malolos , you can get a discount of course,as long as you help in advertising it when it's opened hehe
6. one of your songs is dedicated to peter of as a whole. what impact did he have on your lives?
*yeah, it's actually a cover of pennywise "bro hymn" , and our song "the path you take" , janjan and pj are from mindanao(iligan and davao/gensan), and they're both close friends with peter for quite a long time, and me also, since i stayed in gensan for 3 years i have been friends with peter and everytime i stayed in davao we are together with chi,von and the rest..we help build a good hardcore scene in gensan and then in davao.so the songs are more of a tribute to him :)
7. thanks man. that would be all. any final words?
if we pursue recording this july(HOPEFULLY) xthinkpositivex will be distributing our cd/ so guys who are interested just contact them :)
Currently listening to: BULLDOZED 'Demo', Integrity 'The Blackest Curse'
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