BisRock

BisRock
Stylistic origins	Pinoy rock, Visayan music
Cultural origins	1980's Cebu, Philippines
Typical instruments	Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar and drums
Mainstream popularity	Generally popular in the Visayas and Mindanao from 1980's to present, minor popularity elsewhere in the Philippines.

BisRock is the subgenre of Pinoy rock, propagated by the Cebu rock music industry in the Philippines. The term comes from the Cebuano words Bisaya, referring the Visayan language, and rock, for rock music. The term was coined by Cebuano writer Januar E. Yap in 2002 and was first applied to Missing Filemon's first album.

Earning wide reception among the young in the Visayas and Mindanao, Bisrock is a fairly recent cultural phenomenon. The style started around the 1980s, when Cebu's rock scene was beginning to be labeled as "Bisrock". During this time, a group of musicians from the University of San Carlos coined the local music scene as Bisrock in support of patriotism for the Cebuano music scene. However, this genre is debatable as Bisrock seems to be popular only in Cebu. As it is, the movement died down around 2009, as even Missing Filemon themselves distanced itself from the term "Bisrock."

Notable BisRock bands

Cebuano rock bands popularizing songs written in the Cebuano language include:

• 1017
• Enchi
• Missing Filemon
• Scrambled Eggs
• Kanteen
• Palagot sa Kontra

Other BisRock bands

• The Ambassadors
• East Armada
• Aggressive Audio

See also

• Yoyoy Villame
• Max Surban

External links

• The Bisrock Observer
• Bisrock Rules
• BisRock Cafe
• Handuraw Jamroom
• B!SDAK CENTRAL - local online social community dedicated to all bisdaks around the world.
• Combolata - Proudly Bisaya Musicians and Listeners