Nevertheless, Slapshock's 1999 debut album, 4th Degree, did well. Older fans who believed they were blatant bandwagon-jumpers ridiculed them. When Slapshock opened for the alternative metal group Wolfgang during its Serve in Silence tour, the band generated excitement amongst angst-ridden teens in the Philippines as well as scorn from conservatives who felt such bleak, blisteringly noisy music was a bad influence on youth. The band was quickly lumped in with two other almost interchangeable Filipino acts - Cheese and Greyhoundz - who pounded listeners into submission à la their foreign counterparts. The group built up a following in Manila's underground clubs. While in America, Garcia had a band called Bruce Lee's Curse and was familiar with the East Coast hardcore rap scene his background greatly contributed to the direction Slapshock would quickly take. ![]() Wanting to alter their sound, the group dropped Munsayac and replaced him with Basco's cousin, Jamir Garcia, who had just returned from the U.S. Nadela, Ansing, and Munsayac met at college they were all attending UP Diliman in the Philippines. ![]() Slapshock formed in Manila, Philippines, on February 14, 1996, with vocalist Reynold Munsayac, bassist Lee Nadela, guitarists Leandro Ansing and Jerry Basco, and drummer Chi Evora. ![]() Slapshock is usually compared to Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Slipknot, as the band combines hip-hop and heavy metal to feed the market's appetite for brutal, in-your-face rap-rock. Slapshock produces music as loud and violent as its name.
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