Guess who met Gary V last night at Mag:Net Bonifacio High Street. Guess!

And to think that I almost didn’t go. I had very nearly favored sleeping after my busy day. But, remembering that three of the bands I’m following were going to be there, and that it was a Gary V night, I decided to go.

Thank God I did.

There was a lot of people, but there was still enough space to move around in, and it’s fairly easy to take photos, videos, and go around to chat with friends and the bands.

We had our photo with Gary (twice, because we lost our first copy—along with Judd’s shos of Archipelago—due to camera fault), and he was very accomodating and fun to talk with. The man is awezummmmmmmm!

Anyway. On to the bands.

Archipelago started the night off with MRI (which I positively love, by the way). They had a bit of technical difficulty somewhere in the middle of the set, but they just went on playing as if nothing was wrong. I barely realized that Yan wasn’t holding his guitar. Haha! Nice one, guys. Their Gary V song was When I Hear you Call.

Next came Sinosikat. I must admit that it was my first time to watch them. They’ve got nod-worthy sound… reminds me of Yosha, Up Dharma Down and Chillitees. They did a sultry, groovy version of Gaya ng Dati, which I should have recorded on video. Boo.

Itchyworms did Yokonakitamakita and Gusto Ko Lamang Sa Buhay before doing a great version of Gaya ng Dati. After that, they did the dancers’ (and non-dancers’) favorite, Freak Out, Baby. Gary danced in the last chorus! Haha! Love it.

Brigada was a surprise band. We didn’t know they were coming! They played three awesome perc songs. And Gary did Hataw Na with them! Awesome, I tells ya!

During the break, I saw two friends I haven’t seen in a long time, so we were squealing like high school girls, which is embarrassing in itself… But when I turned around, it was even more embarrassing because Ely was right behind us. Nyaaaaaaa. So I did what a normal, semi-sane fangirl would do: I whipped out my copy of Wanted Bedspacer and have him sign it. Lol.

And then Pupil came to the stage. After Different Worlds, which is always a good set opener, Yan introduced Dok to be the vocalist for the next song. I thought he was going to sing Sumasabay. But then Ely took off his guitar, and Dok began telling people how the next song was going to be his favorite Gary V song! He says it’s always his karaoke piece (haha!) and that they weren’t able to practice the song for that night… And then when he started singing, I almost didn’t recognize the song until I heard the start of the lyrics. The new Pupil arrangement rocks!

Ely came back to the mic to sing Animal Lover, and then their finale was the song that I just knew somebody was going to sing that night: Growing Up! WIN! Haha! It was a bit strange to see the stoic Ely singing “I’m growing up, getting down!” but it was super fun. Especially when he did the dance move. Haha! After that, the people asked for an encore, so the band indulged the crowd and played Disconnection Notice, but only when Gary came up to the stage and jammed with them.

The last band was Spongecola, who did Ayt with Gary, and also a heartful version of Sana Maulit Muli.

Again, happy birthday, Gary. You da man!

More photos at shootdelay.