Guys... this is my (over-due) interview with Gosh Dilay, Spongecolaís bassist.

Enjoy reading... (fyi, I'm not really a fan... just intrigued on the level of fame they're enjoying right now... )


01. Ok.. To start with, what's your whole name?

Reynaldo Recto Dilay

02. How on earth did "Gosh" be your nickname?

umm...familiar ka ba sa bubble gang dati? may portion dati si ogie alcasid wherein isa syang dorky looking guy playing the piano
singing along weirdass songs about chewing gums, turtles, o di kaya naaliw lang sa play of words kasi chinese sounding(remember "'tong kantang to?")at may expression syang "gosh! bang! bang! bang! bang!"
gayang-gaya ko raw sya noong gradeschool days and people then remembered me as that started calling me that astig nga yung effect pag may nakakarecognize sakn napapa-"gosh!" sila pag nakita nila ako
hehe ok lang naman saken kasi i never really liked my real name
isipin mo na lang 3 syllables yun! masyado pang pormal ang dating
at hindi madaling isigaw pabalik as a reply when someone asks my name.

03. Who basically infulenced you to play the bass guitar in the first place? Was there an abstract force that compelled you to play?

si yael, nung patapos na yung 3rd year days namen
medyo binanbalak na rin yung pagbuo ng banda
at gusto ko sana nun
guitars din instrument ko
eh kakatuto ko lang, di ako magaling
nirecommend nya na lang na magbass ako
madali naman syang matutunan
naaliw naman ako

04. What bands have infulenced you a lot so far?

eraserheads saka rivermaya noong peak pa nung band breakout sa pinas
sobra medyo later ko pang nadiscover yung likes ng smashing pumpkins, silverchair, nirvana, radiohead, at iba pang foreign acts

05. Fav. Smashing Pumpkins album/songs? Why?

album? MCIS...
bakit? double CD yun so sulit
songs dun include thru the eyes of ruby,
tonight tonight, 33, 1979, saka yung song na kumanta
si james at darcy (forgot the title na)
gusto ko rendition nila ng landslide,
likes ko rin untitlted, saka try try try sa machina II

06. How'd you react upon knowing they broke up?
panghihinayang syempre...

07. What other genres of music do you indulge in?

naaaliw ako sa bossa nova, latin saka mga classical lalu na yung mga naituturo saken ni armo

08. Fav. Filipino band? Why?

rivermaya sana pero ayoko na sila simula
nung umalis si nathan at naghire sila ng bagong
members
ummm...yung eheads dati?

09. How did Spongecola come about?

si yael ayaw nyang maging solo artist
so mga hired guns kami noon
pero nagstart akong mag contribute ng songs,
so as the other members contribute their ideas as well
isa na kaming group...

10. How do you guys write your songs anyway? Do you have to have a certain activity to phsyche you up first?

wala naman sa part ko, sa akin nakatoka supposedly yung mga
tagalog na kanta... ako inuuna ko yung chord progression
or yung melody ng song then saka ako magfifill ng words na
aakma sa mood or imagery nun

11. Did you ever think of quitting the band.... kahit konti?

noong miyembro pa namen yung dating isang gitarista,
di ako makasabay sa trip nya eh

12. How'd the recording of your EP go anyway?

ang hilig mo sa anyway ahh...haha
medyo ni-rush...pero maayos naman kinalabasan eh

13. Hehehe! Why didn't you put the cover songs in it?

di naman amin yun eh.. saka mahal din yung rights nun

14. What do you think about the fact that a lot of my classmates (and a lot more wherever) actually play your band's cover of "crazy for you" to death almost every day?!

umm...nagustuhan nila yun?!? medyo lang bastardized
at pang-tamad na version yung sa amin eh...
biruin mo ginawa naming A-E-F#m-D buong song
na dapat ay E-B-A-E-C#m and so and so at maraming pang
chords...

15. Will you guys ever play it again sometime?

sa mga debut, pag ni-request ng debutante

16. What's the disadvantage of being in Spongecola?
labeled ka na sa school kahit di ko man ginusto

17. What names did you guys go thru first prior to coming up with "Spongecola" as a name?

sponge, last minute na naisip ni yael noong
first ever gig namen sa poveda... sa kasamaangpalad ay meron nang unang nakaisip ng pangalng iyon, isang detroit based na alternative
band, at meron pang spunge pa we just thought of addign na lang one more wordwith sponge since medyo kilala na rin kami noon as
such

18. What does it mean anyway? Any connection with
Spongebob?

anyway nanaman...hahaha
isang malaking wala lang...
isa pa yun si spongebob, iniisip tuloy ng mga tao
na nakikiride kami sa fame nun pero hindi...

19. Haha! Describe Yael...

sobrang mushy

20. Eh si Armo?

prom king...haha

21. Chris?

pwede nang magsulat ng sariling book on how to loose
36 pounds in 2 months...

22. Uhh.. change topic again; I actually have this band.. we're collectively known as "and more". I play the drums. You see... it's sort of a twisted case of wordplay. If you're familiar with all those
posters, you'd often see that "and more" is always at the last part, am I right? So there.. What do you think ot it? Corny ba?

naalala ko tuloy dati, may sideband ako for a while with my blockmates dati at dapat pangaln namen ay "free beer." opinyon ko lang to ha
kung fun-fun lang kayo, ok lang... actually, ganyan yung tipong names na hindi siniseryoso eh yung papalitan kapag medyo may direksyon na kayo

23. What advice can you give us? What do you think about us covering Stacie Orico's "More to Life" (kahit hindi mo pa naririnig)??

wag kayong mahiyang mag-orig!
isipin mo na lang kami dati,
unang sabak pa lang
orig na kaagad...hehe
more to life? ummm...mas gusto ko yung stuck

24. What technical (or whatnot) advice can you give our bassist John?

umm...enjoy lang
im not even technical myself
ayy meron pala...have yerselves
always equipped w/ tuners!
d best talagang pakinggan yung mga instruments kapag
nasa tono! at hindi dependable yung ears alone
lalu na kung binging-bingi na kayo
on the sounds that you produce mismo!
this applies to the guitarists as well

25. Thanks. How's college so far? What course are
you in?

hindi sya kagaya ng hayskul
na kahit nasa counterstrike palagi
everyday after skul eh
madali pa rin mag-honors...
lalu na't BS ECE course ko ngaun

26. Anong advice ang mabibigay mo sa mga incoming
college freshmen?

enjoy nyo na buhay nyo, habang madali pa
yung buhay eskwela...

26. Ok.. what can you fundamentally say about mainstream music?

mainstream.
kung maapreciate mo sya eh di ok...
kung hindi, bored ka lang na gusto mong
makahanap ng bago

27. Ok.. Isn't it disappointing that many young people make having a band a fad? Or more concretely what's your stand on bands who've overdone songs like "Swing Swing" and whatever poprock song out
there?

pabayaan mo na lang sila...
ayaw mu nun, kapag overplayed mas madaling pagsawaan,
in 2 months or so mapapalitan na...
tribute to the artist kung talagang naapreciate
ng mga bandang tinutukoy mo yung songs,
kung maganda naman talaga, they deserve it
kung nakikiuso lang, parang mga showbands lang ang
labas nila na wala talagang identity

28. Why'd you guys cover from Finch?

baket hindi?
magaling sila... maganda ang pagkaincorporate nila sa
paggamit ng sigaw sa melody ng mga songs nila...
nakakaraise ng energy sa stage... ok din syang
pantapos ng set.

29. Ano pinaka-sablay nyong gig so far? Bakit? Eh best gig?
sa Poveda prom?
sablay? karamihan acoustic, lalu na kapag wala
maayos na sound systems...
when we have to share one mike to amplify 3 guitars
at open space... oh well
best? oo poveda prom... maganda yung moment,
astig yung thought na
maraming sumyaw sa mga kanta namen,
nabigyan kami ng reason para tumugtog
as well as kami sa crowd to be remembered

30. Don't you ever find it off-putting when people actually brand your music as "pang-chicks"?

feeling ko nga eh di talaga nakikinig samen yung mga
taong nag-label samen as such...

31. Favorite Hangout place?

school library.

32. Anong magandang gawin kapag depressed ka?

magbasa ng "nausea" ni jean-paul sartre

33. Fav. McDo combo meal?

mcspaghetti meal

34. Uhh.. if you weren't in Spongecola, what on earth would you be busy
doing?

studies, ano pa ba..

35. Ano tingin mo sa Rampqueen?

astig rhythm section nila...
gusto ko yung thought na by group silang
gaumawa ng kanta

36. Ano yung Pinkfist?

familiar ka ba sa bandang abyss?
tie up kami, colaboys saka sila...
si yael drums, ako bass, tapos yung iba sila na...
punk kami supposedly

37. Typical question: What would be the 3 albums you'd bring with you on a deserted island far away?

actually, ito lang pinakikinggan ko nowadays
1. absolution-muse
2. diorama-silverchair
3. great expectations soundtrack...

38. Wow. Ako rinÖ astig yung diorama na yun eh. UhhhÖ What's your fantasy?
final...mwehehe corny

39. Hehehe! Is your life good so far?

"there's gotta be more to life..."

40. Ah Ok... to end, what is music for you?

basta masarap syang i-enjoy...
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so yan na interview mo! thanks din sa initiative ng
pagtanong saken...
der wille zur macht!_

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