Research Center of Iloilo: The History Of Iloilo Chapter 15 - Rockin' 80s

Chapter 15

Rockin' 80's

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The atrocities of  national politics was declining as President Ferdinand Marcos lifted the Martial Law in 1981. The atmosphere in Iloilo was calm and technologies are starting to arrived in Iloilo. Since the Iloilo Electric Company (ILECO) program of electrification of Iloilo in 1977, power continue to expand its coverage. It gave rise to introduction of foreign media through TV.  TV series were so popular entertainment, video games and cassette tapes which help spread American Pop Cultures from dance, songs and fashion. There was a shift also of watching movies from the theater to home movies upon the introduction of Betamax and VHS players.

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Disco hit Iloilo as the rock and roll music fades away and considered obsolete by newer generations. From I Love The Night Life of Alicia Bridges in 1978 , Lipps Inc and their " Funky Town" meet in 1980, Flirtations rocked the world with Earthquake in 1983, Everylyn Thomas did the same thing with " High Energy" in 1984. Hazell Dean with Searchin 1983, Bacarra and Fantasy Boy in
1988. Makeshift were built to provide a seemingly outdoor for  dancing. Sound System provides disco balls and LED lights.

Discotheque appeared

Club Tiboli Disco - provides a computerized  psychedelic lighting system and disco balls frequented by older Ilonggos. DJ mixes music with no corresponding rap.

Barracks Bar - a mock replica of military base highly appealing to the young was bursting at the Friday night.

The Base Disco

Vega Disco house - with the dancers and the DJ who mostly played acid-house.

Convan - located in Lapaz oftentimes a place of brawl and gang-wars.

Calzada - equipped with fog and bubble machine and LED lighting systems.

Soon the merriment of these disco places were gone and remembered no more.

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