{"id":276811,"date":"2020-11-27T05:12:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T10:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=276811"},"modified":"2020-11-27T05:15:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T10:15:13","slug":"chito-miranda-joins-in-mourning-for-slapshock-frontman-jamir-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/27\/chito-miranda-joins-in-mourning-for-slapshock-frontman-jamir-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"Chito Miranda joins in mourning for Slapshock frontman Jamir Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The death of Filipino rock star Jamir Garcia came as a shock to many fans and even casual listeners who grew up with Slapshock&#8217;s music and his iconic voice. <em>Parokya ni Edgar<\/em>&#8216;s Chito Miranda is one of those who choose to honor his contributions to the local music scene.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda, in an Instagram post, dropped filters and admitted that he did not like Garcia before.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CIDfjnHh3Wb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Chito Miranda (@chitomirandajr)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always made sure <em>na maging<\/em> (to be a) snob <em>at mayabang sa&#8217;yo<\/em> (be arrogant to you) or&#8230; I would at least try <em>kasi di naman talaga ako ganun<\/em> (because I am not really like that)&#8230; <em>pero gusto talaga kita yabangan<\/em> everytime <em>nagkikita tayo<\/em> (but I really want to be arrogant to you every time we met),&#8221; he wrote, addressing the late vocalist.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he did all these because &#8220;I was intimidated by you, your band, and your crowd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Miranda, all these acts did not have an effect when Garcia was consistent for being kind and soft-spoken with him. He added that admiring him, as well as his band Slapshock, just came naturally because they were professional and hardworking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Malungkot ako na nawala ka agad, pero masaya ako na na nakilala kita<\/em> (I am sad that you had to be gone soon, but I am glad to have met you),&#8221; Miranda continued.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported by the Quezon City Police District on Thursday, November 26 that Garcia was found lifeless in his home in Barangay Sangandaan, Quezon City, around 9:30 a.m. While he was rushed to the Metro North Medical Center and Hospital, he was declared dead on arrival. He was 42.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia carried the frontline of local heavy metal band Slapshock. Formed in 1997, they were known for their songs \u201cAgent Orange,\u201d \u201cSigaw,\u201d \u201cMisterio\u201d and \u201cCari\u00f1o Brutal.&#8221; Aside from being a pioneer of metal music in the Original Pinoy Music (OPM) scene, Slapshock has also touched foreign lands for performing abroad. The group disbanded in October this year.<\/p>\n<p>Following Garcia&#8217;s death, the band&#8217;s official social media accounts chose to go black for its display photos.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewProfilePic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewProfilePic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zP4KPuR2xI\">pic.twitter.com\/zP4KPuR2xI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Slapshock (@slapshock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slapshock\/status\/1331861153924882434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>For anyone who is in need of mental health support and assistance, the Department of Health has a national crisis hotline: 0917-899-USAP (8727) and 0917-989-8727. The Natasha Goulbourn Foundation can also be reached at 804-4673 and \u200e0917-558-4673.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of Filipino rock star Jamir Garcia came as a shock to many fans and even casual listeners who &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":276813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276815,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276811\/revisions\/276815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}