This Pinoy Motorcycle Club Ends Up on Foo Fighters' Latest Video

"Thanks for taking us on a ride through your beautiful countryside. Can't wait to rock out in person!!!"

The official Foo Fighters social media pages—Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube—punctuated that last sentence with triple exclamation points as they posted a music video of the Anghel ng Lansangan motorcycle club cruising to their latest single "No Son of Mine." Yup, you can bet Pinoy fans everywhere were shocked to say the least.

Also caught off guard was the music video's director, Michael Eijansantos, who had no idea that a ride that he filmed and directed would end up being featured by one of his favorite bands' social media pages.

"Kakilala ko na 'yong grupo na 'yon, which is one of the oldest motorcycle clubs sa Philippines," said Eijansantos, who is a Spin.ph correspondent as well as an avid surfer and motorcyclist. His brother-in-law is actually part of the club, and he knew the founding members, the Malapitan brothers.

It just so happens he is also friends with a representative from Sony Music, the Foo Fighters' label, and one day, said friend simply called him up and asked if he was free to do a motorcycle-related project with Anghel ng Lansangan.

There wasn't much in the way of a brief. "Ang gusto lang nila doon sa shot, magmukha siyang raw. Ayaw nila ng masyadong staged," Eijansantos recalled. "Ayaw din nila ng masyado siyang parang pilit na magmukha silang biker gang, ganoon. Raw lang talaga."

With a 4 a.m. call time, the La Union-based Eijansantos borrowed a Ducati Scrambler from a friend, then threw a camera, a gimbal, and a drone inside a backpack, and roared off to the meeting point in Bocaue, Bulacan. "One-man team ako," he said. "Wala ngang lights. Compact. Sanay naman tayo sa compact shoot eh."

The location of the shoot was at Doña Remedios Trinidad in Bulacan, a place Eijansantos has ridden through before. He describes the place as "one of the best alternative na motorcycle destinations." Adding, "Maganda 'yong trail doon. Maganda rin 'yong road going there."

It took a whole day to shoot the club. To get the shots he needed, Eijansantos would sometimes ride on the pickup of the Sony Music rep who tagged along. Sometimes, he would also backride with one of the club members to get up-close shots, especially of one of the founders, Boying Malapitan, whose salt-and-pepper beard is a striking fixture in the music video. 

It was only when he got to the editing bay that Sony revealed that he would need to score the music video to the Foo Fighters track "No Son of Mine." Eijansantos hadn't heard the Foo Fighters' new album before—which had just dropped in February—but as he started cutting the clips, he found himself digging the vibe of this song. "Saktong-sakto talaga 'yong tono, 'yong artistry nung song, saktong-sakto talaga sa ride," he said.

What he didn't know is that the band itself would promote the video on their pages.

"It's a big break," said Eijansantos, who has been shooting freelance adventure videos for more than a decade. "Plus, 'yong legacy. Kasi forever na 'yan andiyan eh. 'Pag matanda ako, pwede ko pa rin balikan na, uy, kami gumawa niyan. Pwede kong mapakita sa mga anak mo, na na-associate ka with the Foo Fighters."

This story originally appeared on SPIN.ph. Minor edits have been made by the SPOT.ph editors.

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