BisRock
BisRock is a subgenre of Pinoy rock, propagated by the Cebu rock music industry in the Philippines. The term, which is in the blended form, comes from the Cebuano words Bisaya, referring the Visayan languages, and "rock", for rock music.
The term was coined by Cebuano writer Januar E. Yap in 2002[1] and was first applied to Missing Filemon's first album. Earning wide reception among the young in the Visayas and Mindanao, Bisrock is a fairly recent cultural phenomenon. The style started around the 1980s, when Cebu's rock scene was beginning to be labeled as "Bisrock".
During this time, a group of musicians from the University of San Carlos coined the local music scene as Bisrock in support of patriotism for the Cebuano music scene. However, this genre is debatable as Bisrock seems to be popular only in Cebu. As it is, the movement died down around 2009, as even Missing Filemon themselves distanced itself from the term "Bisrock".I am an avid BisRock fan and this site is dedicated to the growth and expansion of this musical genre.
Bisrocker goes to Olango Island
Bisrock Fan was invited to join an excursion to the oftenly unexplored Olango Island and its neighboring islets.The trip was serene and a trip to remember indeed.
Our benefactors guided us through to the island of Pandanon and a baranggay of Getafe town of Bohol. The island boasts a long sandbar which is flooded by the sea during high tide. Standing on the sandbar while it is high tide is an awesome experience with the sea at about the height of your thighs.
The rest of the island was made into residential space by the islanders and a paved path will bring you around the island. The people of Pandanon island are friendly but they don’t clean the island and throw their garbage and human waste to the sea.
If you do not wish to see the reality of the effects of human population on the island I suggest that you stick to the sandbar part of the island. The island has an entrance fee of 50php for the boat and 250php or 150php (I didn’t hear the collector clearly) if you wish to stay on the sand bar and swim around.
Bisrock @ KOA Tree House for a cause The bisrock bands that we have come to idolize will make their music sound in order to help a fellow musician on a gig labelled “Jam for Iceman”. The proceeds from this event will be for the hospitalization and treatment expenses of IZ (Icarus Zion), son of Smooth Friction’s vocals Val. The kid has been on the ICU for some time now.
