Harley Alarcon: Piece Of This

 Piece Of This

Harley Alarcon

My introduction to Harley's work was via Dead Ends third installment "Damned Nation" , it was a pivotal album for me to say the least, it was an amazing album, Aggressively and Technically .  It became also a gateway to discovering local punk music and on a broader perspective appreciating our homegrown talents. 

Harley had a different vibe and feel , but nonetheless aggressive. by this time , it was the early 90s , and an amazing times for resurgence of the whole band thing. which Harley became a big part of.

Shortly after, i learned that he was part ( founding members) of local alternative band Rizal Underground. (along with former  Runaway Boys frontman Stephen Lu and Dead Ends Bass Wizard Jay Dimalanta) which released the now classic "Alert Level : The Album" and the band's debut album which spawned hits like "Rollers On Her Hair" and the awesome remake of "Sabado Nights".

His best works though would come around the mid 90s. with the formation of the amazing all star line up funk Rock band P.O.T. as the album would recieve a generally amazing rave reviews, and recognition for his amazing work capping out with taking the 1997 NU Rock awards album of the year and Drummer of the year ( Mally Paraguya also Bagging the Bassist of the year).

and not to forget his contribution on Eddie Siojo's Betrayed, album "Again" which was Siojo's comeback album, which was nothing less more than a great album, releasing an album after the debut album released during the Punk music revolution in the mid 80s.

 Such an impressive resume. With different types of music and contrasting styles, it's easy to say Harley has became a solid force behind not only his bands music , but significantly with the music that was happening around that time.