Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro was born on December 31,1971 and is a Filipino musician who was the lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, a Filipino alternative rock band in the 1990s.
19 Facts About Marcus Adoro
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Marcus Adoro is known by the stage name or band name Markus Highway.
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Marcus Adoro is a member of Pi Omicron fraternity at University of Philippines - Diliman.
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Marcus Adoro would compose one song per album, which were usually album fillers, like "Punk Zappa" in the album, Circus, and "Southsuperhiway" in the album, Natin99.
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Marcus Adoro's style of lead guitar was a very significant piece to the Eraserheads' sound, and to a greater extent, using takamine, Gibson and Yamaha the sound that came to define Pinoy alternative rock.
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Marcus Adoro's "less is more" method resembles that of many guitarists from Manila's '80s underground punk scene, particularly Bobby Balingit and Resty Cornejo.
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Marcus Adoro says that Kamonkamon "is a highly philosophical work," so he declined with the condition.
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Marcus Adoro was not the first Eraserhead to produce his own solo project.
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Marcus Adoro wrote the songs in 2003 after three years of surfing.
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Marcus Adoro recorded and released his work on major labels, and has now shopped for a deal with Warner Music.
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Marcus Adoro explains that "Markus Highway" is just a rock and roll name that he likes and he wants to keep at the moment.
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Marcus Adoro reveals that most of the Eraserheads album titles came from him.
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Marcus Adoro had changed his stage name or band name quite often since 2001.
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Marcus Adoro said that he had been backed by artists such as Mano-manu and Sunflower Day Camp.
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Marcus Adoro unexpectedly appeared in "LivELY: A Fundraising Concert for the Benefit of Ely Buendia" on January 28,2007.
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Marcus Adoro then borrowed Mike Elgar's guitar and played a reggae rendition of the Eraserheads song, "Huwag Mo Nang Itanong", and a song from his new album.
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Marcus Adoro is based in La Union and he enjoys his new life as a local surfer.
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Marcus Adoro has been making documentaries about surfing since 2002.
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Marcus Adoro directed the short film "The Artist Is In" which premiered along with Ely Buendia's short film "Waiting Shed".