Tuesday, August 05, 2008

The Rise and Fall of a Band Named Rakista

It started with three ladies sharing an apartment in downtown Chicago. One loved to sing. One loved to play the drums. The third one... well, she wasn’t much into rock music but she played the guitar now and then. Looking for a full time guitarist, they obtained the services of this third roomie’s love interest. The band was called Rakista and they entered the Chicago music scene playing around in certain places and earning fans here and there.

Looking to boost the band’s popularity, they added a hunky* singing phenom* to the group. He was too hunky* though that his tight fitted shirts were too distracting and so they let him play the bass in the background instead.

It was a decision that worked as the band earned more fans. More fans meant more money and so the group decided to play in New York, Boston and even Los Angeles. Fans grew from the hundreds to the thousands and everything seemed to go right.

It always does… until comes a series of unfortunate events and bad decisions.

One time, without the lead guitarist, the group tried some new and harder songs and these were met with boos from the crowd. The band also tried some new twists to their existing playlist and they struggled and lost more fans. They found it rough and the bassist started playing while lying down on the floor – bored. More and more fans left and the band was going nowhere.



The bassist, sensing that he would do better as a solo artist, left Chicago for the Philippines and started his own band with him as the front man. He bought a mirror and realized that his tummy was just too big (that’s why his shirts were tight fitted).

The lead guitarist, still frustrated with how he’s being ignored by his love interest, left Chicago as well and flew to the Philippines where paparazzi photographers caught him having dinner with another certain someone. He quit the music business.

The drummer, continued to rock on and is now reportedly “radioactive hot”. She recently arrived from her tour in Toronto.

The lead singer, continued her career but without a band, she focused on learning how to play the piano from lessons posted on youtube. She was physically with this band but her heart is in another.

A sad story for a once promising band. They released no albums and made no money yet their legacy continues:




Don’t you just love playing Rockband?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

HAHAHAHA! Ayos a! =P nalimutan mo e mention pre na the band at one point had to make some..ummm.."wardrobe upgrades"..to get more fans HAHAHA!

Anonymous said...

WALA NAMAN SANANG LAGLAGAN hehehe...

nyways, you forgot to mention that we recorded a quadruple platinum cd which contains hit songs like Maps, Blitzkrieg Bop a.k.a. Si Norman Chiong and the official soundtrack of gay bars, Black Hole Sun. Wehehehe =)

Also, when the lead guitarist and the bassist went home, the drummer became the lead guitarist while the vocalist became the drummer/vocalist and bought her own set of instruments. She will be starting a new band as soon as she gets back to the Philippines. Un ang huli kong balita wehehehe

Arn said...

Actually Norman, ayoko na imention kasi nagkasipon yung band lalo na si Susan. =P