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Pennies4Jane

OS: How are you doin today?

P4J: We’re doing great. Just wasting time with our day jobs/review and other non-sense stuff. :p

OS: Pennies 4Jane,Howd u guys come up w/ a name?

P4J: Well we just eventually came up with that name. :D That time, most of bands in naga have a “one word” kinda stuff name, so we decided to

have a different one. :p Besides when we do out of town gigs we are paid only in Penny (pamasahe lang) and almost all of the time we do it for free, up to this time though :P

OS: When and How did you guys start playing music?

P4J: We started P4J sometime between 1998 and 1999 (old school) :p But even before P4J, all of us have been playing in different bands. It was in Ateneo (in Naga) days when P4J was formed.

OS: Can u tell us your music influences before you started a punk band?

P4J: We listen to a lot of bands, Metallica, Megadeth, Ramones, Sublime, Ugly Kid Joe, Goo Goo dolls, Trixter, Pantera, Danger Danger, GNR, Poison, Sepultura, Rage Against the Machine, Jimi Hendrix, Collective Soul, Rush, I Mother Earth, Skid Row, Korn. To name a few :p

OS: Who are the people behind Pennies4Jane?

P4J: P4J was the idea of Bompo, with his cousin Pipo, who happened to live just across Bryan’s house. Bompo Pipo, Peepen, Bryan and Cyrus were the original line-up of the Band. Brent also had a stint with the band playing the drums. At first, we do a lot of Jimi Hendrix Songs, Ramones, Collective Soul, Ramones and LIVE songs, that was the early days of P4J.

Then, Cyrus, Peepen left the band and Bryan took his review in Manila. Don took over Bryan’s place in the vocals, Pipo plays the bass (from Cyrus), Meek (from Peepen) and Bompo in the guitars and Lloyd in Drums, this is when P4J decided to write and play punk songs. The first album was released independently in Naga.

Recently, Bryan is again doing the vocals with Don in Singapore, Meek in guitars (with bompo going to the military), Pipo and Lloyd still doing the bass and drums respectively. Don is planning to take his vacation this October, so he can still play/record some songs in our 2^nd album.

OS: How long have u guys been playing in shows?

P4J: We’ve been playing since 1998. Up to now, we still do :p And I guess, until we’re old to piss in our pants :p

OS: How do u guys work on your songs/lyrics?

P4J: Lyrics usually start with Don and/or Bryan. As to the melodies/songs, it’s a collective effort from all of us.

OS: Since you are from Naga, are there other punk bands that you're playin with? How do u describe the scene in Naga?

P4J: There are only a few punk bands in Naga but we usually play with Footpump, Dirty knobs, Burn Again and sometimes H.U.F.U. But Naga’s underground music scene in general is at boom right now, a lot of gigs and stuff happening around the city. Some of the local radio stations are also playing songs of local indie bands in Naga.

OS: Do u guys have any favorite band/songs? how about movie? :D

P4J: I think it is much appropriate if you ask for Bands not band ;P Goldfinger, Rancid, Blink182, Pennywise, NoFx, ALL, Bad Religion, MxpX, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake… etc.. Movie? I can’t think of one, Porn movies? Does it qualify? ;p

OS: Can u tell us the things that u guys enjoy together aside from playing music?

P4J: We usually play GULP! GULP! (Beer, Beer, Beer, Hik!) :p Meek being the starter. Hahaha.

OS: Do u have any future projects?

P4J: We’re currently writing songs for our 2^nd album. We already have about 6 or 7 songs, some were already recorded and in the mixing stage and about two songs still for recording. We are planning to add three or four more songs. We are hopeful that we can finish it before the year ends :p

OS: Thank you for sharing your music with us, Any parting words?

P4J: Life is full of shit and surprises so, Punk and Roll!!! Thanks Overtune!!

OS: Cheers!

Myspace Link: Pennies4Jane

Genre: Punkrock

Location: Naga, Philippines

Towards the End

OS: First, Why Towards The End? Howd u guys come up w/ a name?

Mel: First and foremost, good day to all the readers, this was my first time to be interviewed in a zine so don’t bother my silly answers lol. Well the the band before was named Fastest Kill ( it’s a cockfighting term), my father used to own a farm, then popped up my mind to name the band Fastest Kill haha it was crazy.. That first show we’d played was in San Pablo, we are totally nameless!! Then we decided to changed it up to Towards the End after our original drummer left and make a serious time with the band. We have a hard time picking up band names, Call to Arms, Hands on Stance to name a few, Peter suggested to us we named towards the end, i think its in a positive way naman, then we all agreed. I don’t know what does it suppose to mean but it sounds good. haha.. then we just get used to it.

OS: When and How did you guys start playing music?

Mel: Well, we were total strangers absolutely. Allan Dayco from Youth for a Cause Collective who is an active scenester in San Pablo has this idea of putting up a new active hardcore band in our area, since the San Pablo scene is lackin on active hc bands, then that’s where all started. Introduced us to one another. Started playing hardcore in shows the last thing I know we were releasing some materials lol, .. We’ve played also a couple of good shows, and made a lot of friends. But the other members were no-newbie in the scene. Our first drummer Odeng used to play drums in Fall Face First/Ludra, Peter then was a guitarist in Lipa’s Hardcore-outfit Strength from Within, As well as Carl(Condemned, Revolver), Emak also played bass in San Pablo’s short-lived hardcore outfit Waterpump, the second drummer, Friedrich/Sinangag, who is a sessionist drummer of San pablo’s Pathogen. He also got this Death metal band, Children of Badeth, that fuckin prick was always intoxicated while in the set hahaha I was just kidding.

OS: Can u tell us your music influences before you started a hardcore band?

Mel: We are all into hardcore ever since the band was formed. Except for Sinagag who was into metal stuff, but eventually, he was able to relate. We were always pushing him to listen hardcore, I guess that thing worked out. Peter, Mel as well as Carl, was into some hardcore/metal stuff like Hoods, Death Threat, Strength for a Reason, Point of No Return, Merauder etc. Emak was into old school straight edge hc bands bands like Warzone, Floorpunch, Black Flag, Better than a Thousand, to name a few.

OS: If you want to describe the band with just a few words to someone who has never heard about it, what would you say?

Mel: I think Guns Up! From Boston, they got some fucking talents!! Sad thing this guys just broke up.

OS: How long have u guys been playing in local UG shows?

Mel: We started rehearsing last November 2006,then a month ago was our debut show, Ung nagtour ung Myproof sa San Pablo, hehe we are a little bit fucked up that night, but the show was ok. Months later, our original drummer left and did his own thing(he was a sick drummer!!). The band was in silence in months. We were all busy that time I was still studying, all members had their work haha, Peter runs this Honeybee and furniture business, Emak was working in Manila, Carl was about to enter the medical school. After all the busy scheds, we still managed to put up the band together and decided to scout for a new drummer and take the band seriously, we decided to change the name to Towards the End and fortunately, we were able to play some couple of good shows with fellow Laguna hc bands like Mihara, Ground Zero, Piledriver, Eight Ounce. Isvarah, Magnum, Tame the Tikbalang, Bystorm etc from Manila. And also with some foreign acts like War All the time, Myproof, Magnicide, Magrudergrind and tonight with Driven Fear. Fortunately, this all thing worked out after all financial, some personal and schedule conflicts.

OS: Could you list top 5 in your playlist today (local/international)?

Mel: - Black Friday 29 – “The Escape”- Tame the Tikbalang – “Forever Shall Be”- Allegiance – “Overlooked”- Guns Up – “Outlive”- Strength for as Reason – “Shove and Prove”

OS: What are the feelings and reaction is your band and your lyrics supposed to suggest?

Mel: The lyrics were positively written, as simple as staying true to your friends and family,some personal matters, getting up their asses and start to make a difference in life and everything that has to do in improving one’s self??haha

OS: how do u guys work on your songs?

Mel: We tried to sound like some old school stuff but the ideas of members just got mixed up, Peter and Emak were always in charge in doing the riffs. We tried to put some beatdowns and some new school style, well I guess it all worked out. Mel and Emak were in charge in lyrics.

OS: Its great knowing Towards the End are active in local shows, any last words?

Mel: Thanks for the interview Sheng!! It a pleasure for having us here. To all hardcore enthusiast out there, just take it easy and have some fun!! Mosh it up, its a good exercise!! Thanks to all the bands we've played with!! BTW, Peter sends his regards, haha he completely lost your number lol. Watch out for our year-delayed EP release, this year......AGAIN! hehe.

OS: Youre welcome man, keep it up guys!

Myspace Link: Towards the End

Genre: Hardcore

Location: San Pablo Laguna

K.D. Sistema: ChemiKiLL

OS: What’s the significance in naming the band K.D.Sistema? Can you comment on this?

Hi!... K.D.Sistema is actually short for Kolapso Do Sistema which is the Portuguese word for System Collapse. We went by the name System Collapse during the first few weeks/months of the bands existence, but we decided to change it to K.D.Sistema just to have it more complexed, the name is a representation of what we’re feeling right now as an individual and as a group. For us we refer to the present situation, the government and ourselves as the system…and aside from that…wala lang…trip lang… boring daw kasi yung System Collapse eh. Now here's our interview with KD Sistema.


OS: How do you describe your music to others that haven’t heard you?

It’s very hard to describe the music that we’re doing right now… see we all have different musical influences and what we’re trying to do is to incorporate all those in the songs that we make. We want the songs to represent us as a person and mostly as a group. But we often find ourselves flirting with Hardcore, D-Beat and Grind…hehehe…

OS: What bands were you listening that influenced your sound as a band?

Bands… there’s a lot!... A.D.A, Discharge, From Ashes Rise, Skitsystem, old Napalm Death, Iskra, Dropdead, Dead Ends, Ramones, Refused, Throwdown, Misfits, Weezer, Johnny Cash, and Woody Guthrie to name a few…

Jhon:Huh? That’s few?!

OS: How about your lyrics, what does it suppose to suggest?

The lyrics usually depends on the current issues (political/environmental), our personal struggles, and dealing with our personal demons.

OS: Can you describe the people behind K.D.Sistema?

K.D.Sistema consists of four totally different guys that has different musical tastes and point of view but has the same passion, with members from Cavite, Cainta, Makati and QC. Working class members and we are also from different bands…

Jhon – SetToDestruction, The Squat
Ryan – TRA, Happy Rabbits
Carl – Happy Rabbits

OS: How do you guys work on your songs? I mean, when I heard em, panalo!

We always make it a point that everyone contributes to a single song that we make. Every time we practice and make songs we always have something with us… a chord, a beat, lyrics, ideas, food and beverages.

OS: Do you guys have future projects/recordings?

Yes…absolutely… we are planning to have our second demo cd or a full length by September or early October… we’re working on some new songs and also working on some stuff with our other projects/bands.

OS: Man, thanks for sharing us yer music and being part of overtune… any last words?

Thanks Overtune for checking us out!... Let’s support the local UG Scene, everyone who’s contributing to make the scene a hit in the head, zines, blogs and let’s support one another. .. Visit us at myspace. com/kxdxsistema..... Orayt!

Tenk you Overtune!!!!

Myspace link: KD Sistema
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Location: Cavite/QC

Substance32: The Resurrection

Here comes a hardcore band coming out of Cebu, Philippines. 2 songs are included in Vol.5's compilation project, which they did a great job. These songs are "Ashes" and "I love Mama Mary" . My interview with Substance32's frontman Mitch said it all.

M: Hi sheng! this is mitch how you doin!?im gona be answering for these questions for your blogspot :)

OS: Im gud, been busy with stuffs at work, heres the first question. how'd you get the band's name Substance32?
M: the name just came out from nowhere,all i remember way back in highschool, me and my buddy buch did that during a boring chemistry class. WURD!! LOLZ

OS: If you want to describe the band with just a few words to someone who has never heard about it, what would you say?
M: for someone who have never heard about it!? hmmmmm..(thinking deeply)SUBSTANCE 32 IS EVIL!!!

OS: Wohowww! Could you describe in brief what kind of people are involved in yer band ?
M: hardworking and really dedicated to what were doing.and were glad to say that in our current line up right now everything is going smoothly in making songs.

OS: That's good to know. By the way what are the feelings and reaction is your band and your lyrics supposed to suggest?
M: Unleashing the anger within oneself.

OS: I agree that must help. I read that you guys ended at 2008 but back again? what can u say about this?
M: yah! true, the previous bassist we had quit for no reason,and we struggled for a couple of months to get a bassist that could really keep up with jiji's ideas. thankfully we found sugar(new bassist) and i could tell were slowly ressurecting and ready for another round of mayhem and destruction in stage! YEAH!!!!!!!

OS: how do u guys work on your songs?
M: just making it as heavy as fast as we could, and also as original as it can be.

OS: Yes I heard. You guys did an excellent job. Could you list top 5 in your playlist today?
M: 5. PARKWAY DRIVE 4. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 3. BLACK DHALIA MURDER 2. LAMB OF GOD 1. MISFITS!(undying)

OS: One last question though, this sound may be crazy. If given the possibility to change something in the world what would it be?
M: if we were only given a chance to change the world!!? i dunno i guess for the guys at substance 32, i guess we would change the drinking age limit from 18 to 10! HAHAHAHA! lolz

OS: Haha! I can understand that! :D Thanks Mitch! And to the rest of the band, cheers!

Myspace Link: Substance32
Hardcore/Thrash

Taking the World BYSTORM

Bystorm hardcore machine Mic (Bass), Crisanto (guitar), Dangie (vox) and Denver (drums) formed their group back in 2003-2004 as a side-project and eventually became full-time. They had numerous shows locally and recently been to Singapore/Malaysia Tour. I am proud of these guys, and I am grateful that they are part of Overtune’s 5th volume. Here’s my interview with Mic.

OTS: hi mic! sorry for super dooper delay of vol5, i decided to stay in Overtune. been super busy with work, anyhoo, vol 5's internet release will be sometime this week. I just need to upload everything. Here’s few questions, im not really good in making interview questions dude. Hehe. We usually start the question, how did u guys come up w/ a name BYSTORM, can u comment on this? :D

M: When we were starting, I thought that the name "The Storm" would be awesome, especially because I love that song from one of my favorite bands ever, Judge. But then Dangie wanted it to be Bystorm as in taking the world by storm, so there.

OTS: Could you describe in brief the people involved in yer band?

M: The band is composed of me, Mic on bass, Dangie on vox, Crisanto on guitars and Denver on drums. We're all pizza loving, hardcore moshing fanatics..

OTS: Would you mention at least 5 records in your playlist?

M:

Verse - Aggression
Conquest for Death - Front Row Tickets to Armaggedon
Burn - Cleanse
Eskapo - Wind of Hell
Extortion - Sick

pretty diverse, huh?

OTS: Interesting man. Howd u guys work on your songs as a team?

M: We start writing songs when me or Cris comes up with one great riff then try to build on that, develop an intro and outro part. maybe throw in some fast and slow parts to complete the mix. Then Dangie tries to fit in the lyrics. and the funniest part, trying to decide the song titles.

OTS: What bands were you listening to growing up that influenced your sound as a band?

M: I guess the bands that have a heavy influence on how Bystorm turned out to be were Integrity, Catharsis, Ringworm, Judge.

OTS: What are the feelings/reaction is your band and your lyrics supposed to suggest?

M: Most of our lyrics deal with personal stuff that we face in our day to day lives, battling inner demons and sharing it with others. If someone can relate to the stuff that we sing about, then that would be awesome.

OTS: What do you hope to bring to the crowd when playing in shows?

M: Just the raw energy of everything that comes in a hardcore show, whether it would be singing along, jumping 10 feet in the air, dancing hard and of course the message that comes in the songs.

OTS: any future recordings?

M: we're currently writing new material for a future worldwide holy terror compilation and maybe a split with another band. Or a full-length if the materials are enough.

OTS: its great knowing u guys exists in local ug shows, something to look forward to, any last words?

M: Thanks Sheng for taking the time to interview us. Don't give up on this project. I'd like to say hi and thanks to everyone who came out and supported the MAGRUDERGRIND, CRUX and DRIVEN FEAR tours the last month or so. Watch out for MY DISCO, CONQUEST FOR DEATH (ex-What Happens Next?) and SECOND COMBAT (Malaysia Straightedge!) coming soon! And oh yeah, check out the four-way split between KILL RATIO, LA GRITA, ESKAPO and ISTUKAS OVER DISNEYLAND and the RICHARD COLLIER full-length CD coming soon from Take-4!

OTS: thanks mic and the rest of Bystorm! keep it up! cheers!

Myspace Link: Bystorm

Hardcore/ Punk/ Breakcore

Overtune Project Vol 5: Escape from Forecasting Disasters

Thanks to these people who shared their music with us! Kudos!


Type A

bystorm - banal
queen city crew - in memory of
substance 32 - ashes
sauna - expire
execution of terror - all comes to worst
sacrifix - feel the pit- os
kd sistema - stray bullet attack
unheard - disharmony
towards the end - disgraced
nevertheless - melissa
pennies for jane - perfect day
walk me home - broken arrow
DOWNLOAD A


Type B

sauna - when it rains
kd sistema - i'll neglect
unheard - the garden of god
execution of terror - killed or be killed
substance 32 - i love mama mary
bystorm - eternal
queen city crew - justice and truth
twohouses - blankpoint
sacrifix - back off bastard
pennies for jane - hard poem
walk me home - never were
DOWNLOAD B



Links Myspace : bystorm, queen city crew, substance 32, sauna, execution of terror, sacrifix, kd sistema, unheard, towards the end, nevertheless, twohouses, pennies for jane, walk me home

Genre: hardcore/punk/
Location: metro manila/batangas city/sta rosa, laguna/cebu city/naga city/cavite/ san pablo, laguna
Overtune Project Release 2008

Overtune Proj. Vol. 5 Coming Soon!

Still working on Vol. 5, need some time for the front cover grafix as well..

heres the official list for the compilation:

Bystorm(MM)
Sauna(batangas)
Unheard (laguna)
Two Houses
Queen City Crew (cebu)
Pennies4Jane (bicol)
sacrifix
Nevertheless
KD Sistema (cavite)
Execution of Terror (manila)
Substance 32 (cebu)
Towards the End (laguna)
Walk me Home (laguna)

-sheng-