Speaking of negative reactions, the band mentioned that the most memorable memories they had were also the most painful. After the release of the first album, the challenge was how to keep going despite the negative reactions of the snobby public to their music. The cost of album production is no laughing matter these days so that’s on top of their challenges.Īnother great challenge was coming up with Bisaya songs that people could relate to, considering this has never been tried before so it was quite a big risk. This means they have to invest on their own studio time, recording, album production and all that stuff. Of course, money has always been a big challenge considering they are an independent band. Prior to their “fame” (a word which urged Insoy to say- ha? Fame dyud? followed with laughs), they also had their challenges as a group. It was that same year that they released their first self-titled album, Missing Filemon. ![]() He brought in some friends and the band was formed. That led him to Ian Zafra of Sheila and the Insects. Insoy Ninal, the vocalist/guitarist of the group wrote some demo songs and approached some people in the music scene in Cebu during that time. So, why not write songs in our own dialect, too, right? Comparing Cebu to Manila, they wondered why bands there can make really good rock songs in Tagalog and they appreciate it. The band was formed in 2002, when they observed there were no bands who wrote and recorded rock songs in Cebuano. Through their music, the band hopes to bring back that time and make Cebuanos, especially the youth, sing Bisaya songs again. Sadly, today’s generation “misses” that experience. The band’s name is derived from the popular Visayan Folk song-Si Filemon ( Si Filemon, Si Felimon, namasol sa kadagatan… are you singing it?) They considered that song as a representation of a time in the Cebuano history when people sang Bisaya songs and are actually proud of it. We at iSTORYA.NET have high respect for these artists. Sure sure, the band members and even some of you may say that I have set the pedestals too high but Missing Filemon, together with Cebuano rock bands, is synonymous to the upbringing of Cebuano rock music. Needless to say, you may be able to be beside them in your favourite nghohiongan or beer tambayan without knowing that they are indeed actually members of Missing Filemon. Despite having won a Famas award for their hit song, SineSine (one of my personal faves together with Suroy-Suroy and Englisera), these artists do not let fame get into their heads. To make the long story short, what my friend is trying to say is that these guys act so normally that they blend in the crowd. Dumbfounded, this common friend said, “Day? Sure?!” ![]() Laughing, Clarence simply replied, Missing Filemon. My friend asked him, what’s MF (even jokingly associating it to a famous cuss word). Clarence simply mentioned he has an event with MF. They have been schoolmates way back highschool and one time he and Clarence were casually having a talk. He was able to mention Missing Filemon, particularly bass guitarist Clarence Mongado. I was just hanging out with one iSTORYAn friend and we were talking about people who remain humble no matter what they achieve in life. It was funny how this interview came about.
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