Photo Taken by: Kim Layosa

Yah, Saguijo is one of those sweet spots in the metro wherein famous bands perform and play. It’s like a haven for all the rockers out there. Well, last Jan 19, StereoLalas were there to perform for Joy Division/New Order night and man it was one rockin’ groovy night to say the least.

Just before going to a jam/gig, it has been a habit for me to at least drink a tall/grande cup of signature hot chocolate from Starbucks (gives me the sugar rush i need) I also had my first taste of rice for that day at round dinner time.

We came in there at around 9:50pm (The show started at around 9:30 pm) so it was good for us. Prior to the gig, we had a last minute warm-up/practice at broken chord studios. It was so tiring, probably because the aircon in the studio is having problems giving enough cold air inside the room. So anyways, back to Saguijo….

We were surprised to see some friends and officemates in the place. (we were expecting Jar and squared, former officemates and Kim to be there but Tony? cool!)

So there we were, our turn after “The Christmas Lights” set was done. In the drummers point of view, i can barely see the faces in the audience (lights directly in my eyes… arrghhh) so anyway, we opened up the set with our sound check song titled “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Right from the start, i can feel that this set would be one helluva set… We started with the song “Temptation” when i noticed that the bass pedal isn’t working anymore… oh my god…. not now….

Well, at least the tech guy from saguijo managed to fix it and right before i knew it, i was using the bass pedal again. Time to rock the house! With no time wasted, we immediately played the songs Ceremony, Regret and to wrap it all up, Crystal. The energy that both StereoLalas and the audience had was amazing! After our set, we stayed up a little while before going home. Too bad i didn’t catch Vince Noir Project (which i heard was really great that night) and The Purplechickens.

Overall, it was one memorable night and one rockin night. I have a feeling that StereoLalas will be back in this place to rock the house down. We are still gathering pictures on that great memorable night and as soon as we can find more, i’ll be posting it here

TIll then and hope to see you on the next gig. Again, thanks for all those who came in last saturday at saguijo.

Also, look forward to some original songs from StereoLalas! Can’t wait to play them!