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ON Feb. 6, 2024, I received a call from Eraserheads manager Day Cabuhat, asking me to become one of the resource persons to a new retrospective documentary on the Philippines' greatest rock band, which was released in cinemas last weekend as "Eraserheads: Combo on the Run." At first, I hesitated to accept because although I am a casual fan who enjoys most of the hits, I felt some other diehard fans deserve more to be there. During their heyday, especially by the time of the album "Cutterpillow," their music was not for me, although I love "Ang Huling El Bimbo." I was influenced though by one of my bandmates in high school in 1997 to appreciate their album "Sticker Happy," and I even sang "Kaliwete" with them in one high school fair. So, I was a late bloomer in terms of the Heads.
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