About Dead Macoys Band
The band is compose of 4 guys of which all are Filipinos. Each and everyone of them came from their own different genre of band before they came up on forming the current one.
History of Dead Macoys
Since they already have their own individual experience of being a member of a band before, and just found themselves together here in Singapore (working on their own each professional career). They put up the idea of forming a new band on which they agreed to play different kind of rock genre music that all of them will agreed as a band.
It was on March 2008 last year, when they also decided to tap their fully new form band to a joint Filipino civic organization for a benefit concert. Together with Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association Singapore, Pinoy Sunday and PinoySG come up with an organized fund-raising mini rock concert and gig to raise funds for a certain charity organization back home in the Philippines.
The event was named 'Rock and Shoot' and was held at Arena in Clark Quay last April 19, 2008. Other Filipino rock band also participated. It was really a successful event, and at the same time Dead Macoys had the opportunity to be publicly heard, and was furthermore invited to other rock concerts, as well as to some worthy fund-raising activities.
They continued to play at famous Bars like Arena in Clark Quay, Timbre at Old School and some well known bars in Orchard Tower.
The band had already established certain popularity among the rock band enthusiast and particularly to the Filipino community here in Singapore.
Name of the Band
Dead Macoys was the idea of the band's drummer Bimboi and somewhat stand as the band leader. Due to his exposure to punk and hardcore gigs, he came up with this name with the famous punk band Dead Kennedys, but using Macoys instead. Macoy is somewhat a nick for 'Marcos', of which is a known former Philippine president and quite known for being a dictator. However they did not intend to use the name politically and just a coincidental for them to come up with it.
Dead Macoys Rocks
The band usually plays some covered songs ranging to classic rock from Jimmy Hendrix, Funky, Contemporary,a little Southern Beat and some Light music by Sublime. As well as some famous songs from famous bands like Red Hot Chilli Pepper, White Stripes and Black Rose.
But however it was a challenge for them to come up with their own original rock song composition which is a mix influences of all the covered songs that they are playing.
They wish to participate on more gigs and music fest as to share with all the rock enthusiast the same passion they have.