it was penshoppe's 20th anniversary and as part of their celebration they are giving out free concert tickets depending on how much you have availed on their clothing products.

my cousin is really a big band fan... and knowing i like pinoy bands too she bug me to go with her on the penshoppe denimlab rockfest ( music and fashion for the love of denim ) this was held at the big dome araneta coliseum last sept. 01.

it was indeed a lot of fun and music and clapping and growling and shouting and cheering hehehe.. its was really really FUN.

20 bands are there plus echo rosales and heart evangelista... yey!

among the 20 bands are the hot ones right now... starting with kamikazee ( parang love ko na tong bandang to hehehe ) syempre pa ndi pwedeng walang "narda" and parokya ni edgar, hay papable talaga si chito who sang buloy, mang jose and the order taker..

trivia: parokya ni edgar and kamikazee band are real good friends, in fact the song "narda" was written by chito miranda, and becauase chito somehow felt that his voice doesn't fit with the song, he gave it to Jay Contreras ( Kamikazee's vocalist )... and then presto.. a big hit for the kamikazee with "narda".

back to araneta rockfest... 6 cycle mind sang very known songs "sandalan", "i" and "sige" at may bonus pa nalaglag sa stage yung vocalist hehehe... pero daming palakpak when they were on stage galeng kasi eh and they have really good songs... alive na alive and araneta!

imago with their lovely vocalist aia and songs "tara lets, tara-tara-tara lets!" "akap" ... then mojofly danda ni lougee... pati yung drummer papable hehehe, araneta was making some noise kapag focus yung papa na drummer..

among the bands that the crowd go crazy talaga were...

hale ( loveu papa champ! hehehe ) sang their new hit blue sky ( new album ) ang kahit pa....

sandwich in their "sugod mga kapatid. tayo ng magsama-sama, iwagayway na ang bandera, rock and roll hanggang umaga"... *sabay headbang at talon* hehehe....

sugarfree with "tulog na mahal ko..." and "hari ng sablay".....

itchyworms with their latest single "beer light" ( ganda nyan promise ) and "akin ka na lang" iingatan ko ang puso, akin ka na lang wala ng hihigit pa sayo.... ( the best! )

pupil ( si papa ely buendia naman ) with "nasaan ka?".. mahahanap din kita, mahahanap din kita... kung may langit nga ba...

sponglecola was not so good that night... kakainis si yael eh, OA ang performance puro growl pa, ndi naman bagay sa kanya...

other bands that were present that night were mayonaise, protein shake, juana, pedicab, kala, callalily, up dharma down, dicta license.

and of course last but not the least... tadaaaaaaa.... BAMBOO!! sobra, stading obation at talagang dagundong ang buong araneta..... syempre ndi mawawala ang "hoy!! pinoy ako, buo aking loob may agimat ang dugo.. hoy!! pinoy ako, may agimat ang dugo ko... ".... and the very famous.... "halleluiah"...

sabay rampa sina echo at heart... at ang nakakagulat.. nadapa si heart... everybody was in shocked, walang maka-react and to make it worst, 2 times cyang nadapa... sakpla diba. sabay takbo si papa echo para alalayan si mama heart... pero professional talaga si heart, kahit medyo ika na sa paglakad.. rampa pa din and she was welcomed with loud of applause during her ramp on the catwalk ...

well accident really happens sometime, i think there something wrong with the stage, siguro medyo madulas or could be ndi nya ma-balance yung wings nya ( angel look kasi ) and she is wearing 6 inches high heel...

all in all, it went well... minus the mishap the event was very successful and very fun!

way to go penshoppe! and rock on! ;-)