Marcus Adoro
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Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro (born December 31, 1971) is the former lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, one of the most popular Alternative pop/rock bands in the Philippines during the 90's alternative rock explosion.
He was a member of the Pi Omicron Fraternity in UP Diliman.
[edit] As an Eraserhead
During his role as an Eraserhead, Adoro only had a few contributions when it comes to songwriting. He would compose one song per album and were usually track fillers, like "Punk Zappa" in Circus and "Southsuperhiway" in Natin99. The most contributions he had ever given to the band was in the album, Carbon Stereoxide.
The best example of Marcus' lead guitar skills from his Eraserhead years would undoubtfully be in maskara which he played backwards in one take.[citation needed]
Fans of the E-heads often describe Marcus as the funniest member of the band, with a really absurd sense of humor.[citation needed] Jessica Zafra, the band's manager during their first U.S. Tour in 1997, recalled that one of the four was getting on her nerves for constantly yelling out "Pizza Pie paaaahhhh KAIN KAIN KAIN!!!! She was obviously talking about Adoro.[citation needed]
[edit] Other projects
After the band released their 8th and final album, Carbon Stereoxide in 2001, Adoro started working on a solo project called Kamonkamon, which tells the adventures of his pet dog with the same name. The compilation of songs were mixed and produced by Marcus himself. Ranging from electronica, dance, to folk, and alternative music, most of its tracks were collaborations with artists, such as Pinoy rock legend Pepe Smith, Dong Abay, and a man named Dangwa. Its EP version, available only in cassettes at a shop called Sarabia Optical, was released in 2002. Adoro stated, in an interview, that part of the reason why he created the project was to make money that will hopefully be enough to buy himself a surfboard, a sport he picked up during his stay in La Union.[citation needed]
Marcus was not the first Eraserhead to produce his own solo project. (in 2000, Ely Buendia released his album, "Wanted: Bedspacer")
[edit] Belma en Luis
In the same year the EP was released, vocalist Ely Buendia, left the band to form The Mongols. Kris Dancel, from Fatal Posporos, quickly took over as lead singer and months later, Adoro decided to quit. He later moved to La Union and was unheard from until the April of 2005. An email from him was sent to PhilMusic.com[1] about a new project he was working on, called Belma en Luis, with a poster art of a pencil stuck in a person's nose. The EP turned up once again at Sarabia Optical. It is also available in different album covers and titles: Urfer Magazine (Mag:Net Café), Duckdive (Bigsky), American Gurl (United States version), Submarine (Marikina version)
Adoro, who now goes under the name Surfernando, along with former bandmates, Buddy Zabala and Raimund Marasigan recently performed for an event at the Millennia Club called "Marooned", a production of UP bands from past and present. Ely was invited to the gig, but did not attend. "Batch 88"[2], from Belma en Luis, was one of the songs that was jammed by the trio.
