here are very few all-female bands in the Philippines.
Being a woman myself in a profession where I have to stay out at all
hours taking pictures of rock stars, I know firsthand how it feels to be
stereotyped. It can be both a benefit and a disadvantage.General Luna
lived this from the get-go.
Vocalist Nicole Asension gets lost in the music.
When
they were first signed to Warner Music in 2009, there was talk about
the image of the band preceding the music they would make. So, I was a
bit skeptical.
Yet, the few times I crossed paths with them in those early years, I
saw a fire in them that I knew would come out at the right time. They
were eager to play their own songs, but as relative unknowns, they knew
they had to compromise.
Beyond bodies and faces
Guitarist Audry Dionisio said they've been pitching music video
concepts that would go beyond the usual marketing scheme of constantly
showing their bodies and faces.
For General Luna, it's really the music that matters more than anything else. But they know that they have to earn
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