NUNO BETTENCOURT!!

you may think that washburn and yupangco maybe crazy to give a free concert of NUNO BETTENCOURT AND THE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE in manila. and boy, am i glad they are crazy!!!

yes. yes. nuno was here. june 9, 2005. it was supposed to be a guitar clinic of some sort, but he admitted himself that he 's not into teaching and stuff. the only way he can get his music across is well, to play them. so what i expected to be a clinic was a FREE CONCERT. whooooah! it was a blast. oh i'm tellin' you! an hour of waiting in line outside the yupangco building in jupiter street was worth the wait. another couple of hours standing during the show is -- bliss!

i didn't get the best spot in the house though. see, i was standing behind this camera man who's standing on a monoblock chair. (i was close enough to see the rivermaya guys minus rico blanco though). so i had to bend a little to watch him. this was the best shot i got.

that black thing on the upper right hand corner is the camera man's elbow! darn.

here's a better picture of them. that's nuno bettencourt, 2nd from left. the others are members of the near death experience. just seach their names on the net if you want. nakakatamad na magtype eh. hehe.

baka naman isipin niyo, nuno ako ng nuno dito, hindi niyo naman pala sha kilala.. hehe. he's the former guitarist of extreme. yah, yah. more than words. pero ngayon ang music niya ay rock. super galing mag gitara! charmer pa, he let a woman sit on a chair on the stage kase yun ale pinagsisiksikan yun sarili niya sa maliit na space sa floor in front of the stage. he was kind enough to let a fan jam with him (in get the funk out) and use his guitar pa. he was giving out the picks he's been using. basta basta! nakakatuwa! you should've been there. hehe.

so.. they played gravity, monkey paw, midnight express and get the funk out, to name a few. i had to leave before the last two songs kase i had somewhere else to go to.. pero i heard he played the live, full band version of more than words.

nuno said their album's release here in the philippines is already under negotiation. hopefully he could also perform in a real concert here din soon. so ayun. there were rockers, long-haired guys with goaties around me. nakakatuwa yun gabing yun. thanks for my brother, he was the one who registered my name in yupangco.

hay. NUNO BETTENCOURT! MARRY ME!!!!