Entry One: Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC

The production crew of Poptimes Magazine and Soulworks went to Bionic Leg studio in Maryland last Saturday, March 15, to meet and greet with the Rock in the Box 2 artists: PI, Circled Sin and Steel Polly.

Circled Sin also tracked their RTB2 song in the studio through the kindness of Bionic Leg's Marco Galsim and family. The session was overseen by Ted Reyes, Ronnie Lao, Gatchie Ignacio and produced by Jerwin Glorioso.

Meanwhile, The Poptimes Magazine and Poptimes Magazine TV crew of Kristine Glorioso, Richard ' Jonze' Saguirre, Brijo Miguel and Sheryl Garcia-Reyes did the promo work for the upcoming compilation album and the magazine's special edition issue.

View photos by Marco Galsim. More photos to come! 

MARCUS  Adoro is one of the most enigmatic artists in Philippine music history.
It was said that when the Eraserheads decided to call it a day, he lingered on for a bit then drove up to La Union and became a surfer.

As the three other Eraserheads moved forward with new bands: Ely with The Mongols and Pupil, Raimund with Sandwich, Pedicab and Cambio, and Buddy with The Dawn, Cambio and Twisted Halo, Marcus remained in the solace of the beaches of La Union and just caught waves.

 
Pedro Gil 

 IT is a daunting task to even think about the Filipino-American music scene without thinking about Pedro Gil.  The band has become synonymous with the scene itself and has continously inspired new artists to come out and represent.

They are uncompromising when it comes to their music and focused when it comes to their goals.

Poptimes Magazine finally caught up with Pedro Gil and managed to pick their brains for everyone in the scene to share.

While the band had lineup changes in the past, it is important to note that this interview may perhaps be the final interview the band will ever give with their bandmate Mike still in the band. As of presstime, we have been informed that he left the band. No official statement has come from the Pedro Gil camp yet, but we all wish them the best and we hope that they will continue to make music for all of us to enjoy.

Here's the full interview:

Adrian Barrios of Diablo Royale (Photo by Chester Del Mundo) 

The Neuro-scientist Daniel Levitin wrote that the world has no sound. Only humans and some animals perceive it– it is all in the head.
 Sounds exist only in the brain. In the physical world, the sounds we hear are mere frequencies caused by vibrating molecules– no pitch, no timbre– just waveforms of energies.

If things do have a sound of their own, independent of animal perception, how would they sound? No one knows for sure except for the sound of molten steel.
If molten steel has its own sound, it will sound like Diablo Royale– probably the hardest rocking Fil-Am fronted band in Brooklyn.