Rock-and-Roll emerged as a defined music lifestyle as far back as the 1920’s where its elements were seen in the rhythm and blues records. Nowadays, some might question the whereabouts of rock-and-roll. Is it dead or just in hiatus? Well, Rock N Roll is still around only it is currently shadowed by newer genre's of rock music. It has diversified and influenced all sorts of music genres like soul, punk, jazz, heavy metal and even hip hop.

Rock-and-Roll is broad and its boundaries are loosely defined. Inspired by the likes of Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Guns n’ Roses, Sonic Youth, Led Zeppelin and Pinoy Rock, a Filipino Rock-and-Roll band was born sometime in 1999, going by the name of THE BLUE JEAN JUNKIES. They are practically one of the country’s very few that still carries, with great pride, the banner of Rock-and-Roll.

The Blue Jean Junkies’ very first gig was in December of 1999 during the Tuesday show of Cousin Hoagee’s “The Crossroads” on NU 107. This led the group to gigs in Puerto Galera, Palawan, Baguio, Boracay Island, Cebu, Jams in the Parisian Seine River/Amsterdam Street Busker Jams and in bars all over Metro Manila. Aside from live performances, the band also guested on TV promotions with a very unforgettable appearance on Late Night With Martin Nievera, then onto MTV Lokal & Performances at MYX with a serenading interview.

In 2002. The Blue Jean Junkies released their self-titled album when the five men of “Loose Lips” (including Tirso Ripoll and Manuel Legarda) heard the bands self produced debut CD. The album was eventually packaged and was the first independent group to be distributed by Sony Music International. Incidentally, bassist Louie Talan plays on all the tracks of the album. The band’s third Boracay performance in the breeze of 2004 was well appreciated and applauded by keen, incessant listeners on the island, coming from different cultures, and different parts of the World.

In 2008, the Blue Jean Junkies were active on the scene and had played a whole series of gigs including major productions such as the Strawberry Woodstock Festival in Benguet and Fete Dela Musique where they played the rock stage opening for Greyhoundz. They've also been part of the bar scene playing bars like Alchemy for the Zombie-on-Fire Nights, Pinoy Soul Movement, Als Bar and Magnet High Street to being part of productions such as Kerplunks monthly Saguijo Nights.

2009 has already taken the band on a 3 night tour of Saigon, Vietnam where the band had a very successful run and were a huge hit to the audiences there! Head founding member Nino Mendoza (on vocals, harmonica n’ slide guitar) is the only one left from the band’s original roster of members and is now joined by more committed members, Niko Dinglasan (on drums), Miggy Matute (on bass), and Nathan Manansala (on guitar). With the trivial coming and going of band members, the now more cohesive members are going to continue pursuing their passion of spreading songs about everyday life through their music. The direction of the band is to finish the second album, which is currently being recorded at various studios and will likely be released by 2010. Now, with such vivid members, with shared dreams and passion… the music, the journey, the name and the legacy of The Blue Jean Junkies continues.