History
One of the first popular Filipino rock stars was Bobby Gonzales, whose major hit was "Hahabul-Habol. " Eddie Mesa, another teen idol from the period, became known as the "Elvis Presley of the Philippines. " Back then, many Filipinos referred to Rock bands as "combos, " many of which used nontraditional instruments like floor-bass bongos, maracas, and gas tanks.
Read more about this topic: Pinoy Rock
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“Both place and time were changed, and I dwelt nearer to those parts of the universe and to those eras in history which had most attracted me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a philosophy of immortality as duplication. It dominates the relation with the self, with the past, not infrequently with the present, always with History and, even, with the European tradition.”
—Umberto Eco (b. 1932)