Report by my students of Philippine Contemporary Popular Music.

1. Pop, New Wave, Punk of
the 80’s
PREPARED BY: CARAYAG, HALECO, TOBIAS

2. Major Historical Events
◦ Marcos regime. The Martila law started at September 21, 1972, but this was announced two days later. This
then resulted to:
◦ The people power. February 22 to 25 1986, the People Power Revolution took place in order to revolt so
that democracy can be given back to the Philippines.
◦ Ninoy Aquino was assassinated at August 21, 1983
◦ Establishment of the new constitution by President Cory Aquino during October 15, 1986.

3. Marcos Regime
• Marcos regime. The Martila law started at September 21, 1972, but this was announced two days later.
• Ferdinand Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28,1989) was a Filipino dictator who held the title of
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

4. Ferdinand Marcos
He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine house of representative and a member of the Philippine
Senate. He was Senate President from 1963–1965. While in power he implemented wide-ranging
programs of infrastructure development and economic reform. However, his administration was
marred bymassive authoritarian corruption, despotism, nepotism, political repression, and human
rights violations.

5. Ninoy Aquino’s Assassination
• Ninoy Aquino was assassinated at August 21, 1983
In 1983, Marcos’ government was accused o fbeing involved in the assassination of hisprimary
political opponent, Benigno Aquino Sr. Public outrage over the assassination served as the catalyst
for the People Power Revolution in February 1986 that led to his removal from power and eventual
exile in Hawaii.It was later discovered that he and his wife Imelda Marcos had moved billions of
dollars of embezzled public funds to the United States, Switzerland, and other countries, as well as
into alleged corporations during his 20 years inpower.

6. Ninoy Aquino’s Assassination
• This resulted to:
• The people power. February 22 to 25 1986, the People Power Revolution took place in order to revolt so
that democracy can be given back to the Philippines.

7. Establishment of the new constitution by President Cory Aquino during October 15, 1986.
Corazon Aquino took her oath of office as the new president of the Philippines. The simple
ceremony was held at Club Filipino, Greenhills, Metro Manila. Thus, Mrs. Aquino became the first
lady president of our country. President Aquino appointed a new Cabinet and restored democracy.
She set free all the political prisoners. On March 25, 1986, she proclaimed a temporary “Freedom
Constitution.” she swept away the old constitution and government of the Marcos dictatorship.

8. Establishment of the new constitution by President Cory Aquino during October 15, 1986.
The New Constitution President Aquino appointed delegates to a new constitutional commission
(Con-Com) to make a new constitution. The Con-Com delegates met from June 2 until October 15 ,
1986. the president of the Con-Com was Mrs. Cecilia Munoz Palma, retired Supreme Court Justice.
The new constitution was approved by the people in a free plebiscite on February 2, 1987. On May
11, 1987, new senators and congressmen were elected to the new Congress. It was one of the most
peaceful and honest elections in Philippine history.

9. Establishment of the new constitution by President Cory Aquino during October 15, 1986.
. The officers of the new Congress were Jovito Salonga, Senate President and Ramon Mitra, Speaker
of the House of Representatives. Local Government was also returned to democracy. They voted
their new governors, mayors, and councillors. They also elected their new barangay officials.

10. Socio Cultural Events
◦ In terms of what was going on in the country, people were more agitated for change. Hence they decided
to revolt against the Martial Law in order to give back the democracy that the Philippines used to have.
◦ Marcos’ Regime had given the Filipinos the will to change things as the people of the Philippines. Revolting
for their own rights as humans.

11. Sociocultural Events
• In terms of what was going on in the country, people were more agitated for change. Hence they decided to
revolt against the Martial Law in order to give back the democracy that the Philippines used to have.
The martial law was initially supported by most Filipinos and viewed by some critics as a change
that would solve the massive corruption in the country. Indeed, it ended the clash between the
executive and legislative branches of the government and a bureaucracy characterized by special
interests. The declaration, however, eventually proved unpopular as excesses, continued
corruption, and human rights abuses by the military emerged.

12. Sociocultural Events
• Marcos’ Regime had given the Filipinos the will to change things as the people of the Philippines. Revolting
for their own rights as humans.
The Marcos era was clearly an example of how a centralized government can fail because of its
insistence on protecting the interests of the few in power. Filipinos ultimately paid the price in
bailing out large companies and literally paying for the debt from which only a handful of people
benefited.

13. Technological Developments
The Betamax was introduced since more TV’s
started being sold in the market, this invention
allowed playing recorded videos through the
television. And since movies were also growing
rampant during that time, making Betamax
tapes a product for movies became a huge hit
because it made so that anybody can watch it at
the comfort of their own home.

14. Betamax

15. Betamax

16. Boom Box|Walkman |Vinyl
The Boom box radio also gained much popularity in
terms of listening to music. So was the Walkman
that played tape cassettes for music that can be
played for private listening so that loud music
wouldn’t bother anyone, it was also portable. The
Vinyl records and the turn table also improved in
terms of its construction and it’s distribution. So
that many may be able to experience its way of
producing music

17. Boom Box

18. Walkman

19. Vinyl Records

20. How did these
influence Pop, New
Wave, Punk rock?

21. Theme/Moods
◦The common themes back in this time was protest.
In relation to the Marcos regime, music was one of
the outlets to let the message out towards the
people. New Wave became popular with bands like
“The Dawn”. These were instant hits DWXB-FM
102.7. Most of these bands are local and unsigned.
More examples of these are Deans December,
Ethnic Faces, Identity Crisis, and Violent Playground.

23. Theme/Moods
Punk bands like The Jerks, Betrayed, GI and the Idiots,
Urban Bandits, WUDS and the GOONS. They were all
in a subculture where rebellion was a big thing in order
to be considered a punk band.

24. Topics
Most of the topics revolve around non socially
aware lyrics. It was against the mainstream
ideas of song writing like Aguilar’s “Bayan ko”.

25. Form/Structure
The typical punk rock instrumentation contains
two electric guitars, an electric bass a drum set
and a vocalist. These songs tend to be shorter than
any usual song.

26. Forms/Structure
New wave had a more twitchy and agitated feel
compared to the usual rock n roll and blues.
Although this is closely related to punk since
this genre was rooted from it, New wave
however incorporates electronic and
experimental music.

27. Manny’s point of view
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28. Significant events
• In the late 70's, England's Punk scene exploded as loudly as its clamor for jobs and political woes.
Across the Atlantic, the New York underground scene began flourishing, with its epicenter emanating
from CBGB, a club that catered to these bands, which spilled into the early 80's.
• Locally, 70's Pinoy Rock icons Juan Dela Cruz, Maria Cafra, Sampaguita and the like were joined by a
new breed of local Punk and New Wave acts such as The Jerks, Chaos, The Zoo, College, Betrayed,
Wuds and others.

29. Significant events
• Internationally, there was a so-called "British Invasion" where bands like Eurythmics, Culture Club,
Duran Duran etc. gained massive popularity, thanks mostly to the emergence of MTV, yet another
milestone that began in 1981.
• Though the aforementioned local Punk and New Wave bands were not supported by major record
labels, they gained their own popularity in the underground, mostly from TRC (Twisted Red Cross) an
underground record label run by Chaos guitarist Tommy Tanchanco.

30. Technology
• Primarily, the vinyl LP record was the main medium for music from 1980-1987, until the introduction of
the CD.
• Record companies made millions through sales, both internationally and locally, through record sales,
which included cassette tapes as well. With the introduction of CD's, the market evolved and slowly,
the vinyl record and cassette formats were eased out.
• There was a brief attempt at other mediums, such as the DAT (Digital Audio Tape) sometime in the late
80's, but failed to take off, much like the Mini-Disc, which came sometime in the early 90's as a more
compact and mobile alternative to the CD, which also did not gain much ground. The technology was
excellent, but competing with the CD proved to be difficult.

31. International labels
• Internationally, labels such as Columbia, which later merged with Sony, Virgin (owned by Richard
Bramson) were major record labels.
• US radio stations are too many to mention, but significantly, 102.7 KISS-FM (in Los Angeles) and WHTZ
Z-100 (in New York) were very popular radio stations stateside. In England, it was BBC 1 and notably,
John Peel.
• Producers, again too many to mention. Of note, Hugh Padgham, Rick Rubin, Bob Clearmountain to
name a few.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_Philippines_(1973%E2%80%931986)
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Pinoy_rock
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