The Rise of the Beast
|| What Grows in Yer Garden ||

The tale of the "WOLFGANG" started about 7 years back, when Leslie "Wolf" Gemora met Manuel Legarda at Kalye, a Makati rock club. Mutual friends Razorback holds turf at Kalye and it is drummer Miguel Ortigas who introduced the duo to Sebastian "Basti" Artadi. All three had played with bands before. They had a common craving for 70's rock.....Cream, Led Zep, Sabbath. Around these they formed a bond. After finding a bassist Wolfpack, a name coined by David Aguirre, were alternating with Razorback as resident rockers. Wolfpack soon became Wolfgang, a title that represents the bands fascination with the dark side. Afterwhich, the pack, moved on to Weekends Live at the Atrium while continually changing bass player. When the place closed down Wolfgang sort of drifted around until they found Mon Legaspi, whose approach and personality is much like that of the band. The foursome took it a level higher. Doing cover versions of Come Together...and War Pigs(which I don't get to hear anymore)...and packing the underground clubs of Makati, Manila, and Quezon City. Soon they were doing their own songs and tearing the alternative rock charts apart....to become the band that they are today.

Though having supposedly elitist roots...La Salle tisoys from Alabang, Wolfgang has a wide fan base. Their followers not only come from the A & B class but also include almost anyone else....they've algo got mass appeal....from the grunge-teeny, to the yuppies trying to be in...to the crowd who hang out in kantos and those who frequent Mayric's(the best, IMHO). They take to the stage wearing the same shirts, jeans, sneakers and skate board shorts they wear off the stage. They just plain and simple, rock your ballz off...even if ya don't have one....!right Jevlogz?!?


+ What Grows in Yer Garden +

  • da official WOLFGANG site is up....go check it out...hmmm...it looks really professional.....

  • ' Serve In Silence ', da bands 4th full length album is out....launched with a midnight concert last March 20 at a local Tower Records...da album debuted at number 1....powered by all out promotions from Sony & da constant airplay of da 1st single off da album, Tulisan....ppl who bought da cd at Tower got some pretty neat freebies...stickers, posters.....those who got it from other stores...well, got da cd.....hehe....typical of new releases from Sony Epic, it comes in a cardboard package...same as that used in "Reunion" by Black Sabbath & "Live on 2 Legs" by Pearl Jam....

  • there is now a wolfgang mailing list, it is being managed by jim ayson of philmusic...ye can check it out at egroups...& yes, wolf is part of da list too...

  • da results are in!!!!!....wolfgang has again figured prominently in dz year's NU Rock Awards[da best & only award giving thingie that matters on dz side of da planet]....da wolves are da ARTISTS OF THE YEAR....Wolf & Basti got da Drummer of the Year & Vocalist of the Year awards, respectively.....the Listeners' Choice Award also went to Wolfgang....they performed 'Sanctified'...from wurm.....& 'Man 98'[will be on da next album]...as da award show's final act.......da wolves also won da same awards in 1996, when they released 'weightless'

  • wolves has cut off their ties with mr. pulumbarit...so as to avoid any trouble regarding bookings & other such stuff ye are better off e-mailing wolf directly......

  • Da band just got back from the last leg of their Wolfgang Sanctified '98 nationwide tour...where they performed classic cuts & tried out some new stuff that s'posedly will be included on their next album...one song is 'Man '98' which they also performed on NU 107 Rockology...at U.P. Diliman...

  • already out is an international comic book based on filipino folklore & mythology....STONE....a creation by whilce portacio..... also out, in tape form, is da accompanying CD soundtrack....wolfgang contributed 2 songs....'sanctified'[originally from da 3rd album wurm]....& an acoustic version of 'hell looks' also from da same album.....other artists on da soundtrack are korn, primal scream, our lady peace, incubus....razorback....& a lot more....more details can be found at philmusic & at whilce's STONE page[track list in here too...]...da ost is going to be in enhanced CD form...meaning ye hev songs that can be played on yer CD player...plus multimedia things that ye can see via yer computer....

  • ' RAKRAKAN PARA SA KAPAYAPAAN '......Da WOLVES conquered da city last June 27. Opening for da 1st ever Centennial Rock For Freedom was Piranha....followed by Razorback....then came da main event...Wolfgang!!....i hev da setlist....

  • Plus....'Semenelin'...in its orginal form...[with da 2 tagalog tracks] is gonna be carried by all HMV music stores in the US...da US version...w/c has 'Watermarks' & 'Roadworthy Man'[orginally from da limited single 'Weightless']is available locally at Music 1, in Makati...

  • if ye haven't seen them yet, ye unfortunate one....then ye might wanna take a pick into how it is seeing them in da raw...HELL LOOKS

  • plus here's a sampling of how they sound like....HOWLINGS....just studio versions...until i find someway to pipe in my boots/live recordings into my box.....requires RealPlayer...
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