Yes, this is what happens when a poet joins forces with a jazz band. Radioactive Sago Project.
The Sound
Jazz + funk + punk + spoken word + some cha-cha
The Birth of Sago
Sometime 1999
Where
Somewhere in Quezon City
How
With the exception of Lourd, most of them met in the UP College of Music, when people still had to kick the Nescafe vendo machine just to get it working. Tupas and Anzano, meanwhile, were hi-jacked from some god-forsaken marching bands in Cainta. Classic Anzano quote: "Sinoh shi Miles Davis?"
Why
Because there was nothing better to do.
Inspiration
Metro Manila pollution, videoke, Project 2 lassitude, highbrow cinema (Tito, Vic, and Joey + Joey Marquez + Chiquito), John Zorn and Naked City, Coltrane, Davis, Monk, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Rico J. Puno, Yoyoy Villame, Black Sabbath, Jorge Luis Borges, Dead Kennedys, Juan dela Cruz Band, Vim Nadera, Yusef Komunyakaa, Kamau Daaood, Hendrix, Squarepusher, Stockhausen, John Leslie, Glen Miller, Tower of Power, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, Stereolab, isaw manok, tokwa, gin pomelo, Tanduay 5 years, afro-cubano/latin grooves, spy film soundtracks, unbridled passion for Red Horse, Emperador, cigarettes, The Simpsons, Esquivel, easy listening, old TRC cassettes, fishball/squidball outside Abelardo Hall, swinging sixties, bossanova, vintage porn, provincial big bands, Barely Legal Vol. 12, Jesus Miracle Crusade, la dolce vita, paranoia, White Flower Eucalytus Oil, pepex, alien abduction, UFO sightings, Satan, etc.
Awards and Recognition
Zero. They've been nominated several times but they always go home empty-handed, and straight to the cheapest beerhouse, nursing terminally bruised egos.
Inspirational Quote
"Para tayong si Izza Ignacio- hindi pa sikat, laos na!" - Jay Gapasin
Members
Lourd de Veyra - vocals
Francis de Veyra - bass
Arwin Nava - percussions
Pards Tupas - trombone
Wowie Anzano - trumpet
Rastem Eugenio - saxophone
Junji Lerma - guitar
Jay Gapasin - drums
Discography
>Radioactive Sago Project
>Before Monkey Jump, Give Him Banana (EP)
>Urban Gulaman
