00:00 So that's it.
00:01 It's like, "Okay, let's be a band and let's formally announce our name, Mayonnaise."
00:06 Why Mayonnaise?
00:07 Because...
00:08 I've always wanted to be a band since I was a kid.
00:16 I mean, there's something about guitars for me.
00:19 I was inspired right away.
00:20 As early as grade 6, I really wanted to be in a band.
00:24 I was lucky because during my time, which was like middle of the 90s, bands were popular.
00:31 Razorheads were popular, and Vermaya was local.
00:34 Foreign bands were popular, like Nirvana.
00:37 When Kurt Cobain left, Foo Fighters became popular.
00:40 So the supply of music and inspiration was never-ending.
00:45 I wanted to be in a band since grade school, high school.
00:48 When I was in college, I didn't want to study anymore. I just wanted to play.
00:54 I can't say if I was lucky or unlucky that I was surrounded by musicians.
00:59 That's why it was easier to pursue that career.
01:03 I can quit school and just be a musician for the rest of my life.
01:08 ♪ And if I die, remember these lines ♪
01:13 ♪ I'm always here guarding in life ♪
01:19 I had a semi-independent career when I graduated high school.
01:24 My batchmates and my schoolmates knew that I was in a band.
01:28 Even in the village, they knew that if there was a league,
01:34 they needed an intermission. I played guitar, and I carried on.
01:39 So when I was in college, people knew that I was into music, I was into bands.
01:44 I wasn't just playing music, I was also a soloist.
01:47 I was the type of person who would give mixtapes during my time.
01:52 Mixtapes or mixtapes.
01:54 With friends, I would say, "Hey man, I discovered this band, check them out."
01:58 I was that kind of friend at the time.
02:01 That was my passion for drinking.
02:04 And then, because of that, they knew that I was in a band.
02:08 So that's how I got around.
02:12 And then I had a good friend from high school
02:16 who was also in the same college.
02:18 When I was in the college, it was Pagamanica.
02:22 He also had a classmate, Lee Manigas.
02:27 They were both in music production.
02:30 We have a common friend, the three of us.
02:33 Martin Rebong.
02:35 That's where it all started.
02:37 So what we call the "garage band" or just bands,
02:42 became a game because of those people.
02:46 So I think it was in second year college that the Mayonnaise band was formed.
02:51 The first lineup was me, Paga, which is my school friend.
02:55 Then Lee Manigas, Paga's classmate.
02:59 And Sean Regalado, who is also a common friend of ours.
03:02 Martin Rebong, who is also a common friend of mine.
03:05 Paga and Lee.
03:07 So that's how it started.
03:09 "Okay, let's be a band and let's formally announce our name, Mayonnaise."
03:15 Why Mayonnaise?
03:23 Because Smashing Pumpkins has a song called Mayonnaise,
03:26 which is a single N.
03:28 The reason why I used that song is because when I first heard the song,
03:32 it best describes the sound that I wanted to create when I was a kid.
03:36 Which was guitar-based, very noisy guitars,
03:41 drowned with feedback and everything.
03:45 But melodic.
03:47 It still has pop sensibilities.
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03:53 It just became a carryover.
04:03 Because when I was in high school, that was the name of my band.
04:06 So when Paga, Lee and Sean and I got together,
04:09 I said, "Let's just retain the name instead of changing it."
04:13 Because it was popular.
04:16 There was a sandwich, cheese, it was easy.
04:21 I didn't think that something would happen to us.
04:25 I just thought that we would easily be remembered because of the food.
04:28 So that's why the band's name became Mayonnaise.
04:32 Had I known that something would happen,
04:35 I would have thought of a more hype name.
04:38 But no regrets.
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04:43 [applause]
04:45 Hi, I'm Montev Mayonnaise.
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