Offshore Music joins forces with award-winning illustrator and comics creator Rob Cham for a special limited-edition merchandise collection to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Eraserheads’ acclaimed fourth studio album, Fruitcake.
Fans of Cham and the OPM rock legends can enjoy the world of the album through a limited-edition T-shirt that pays tribute to and reinterprets the original Fruitcake universe.
“I wanted to do my take on the storybook while also keeping it something that people would see and be curious about what the album is about,” Cham shares in an official statement.
“I wanted to make other fans of Fruitcake happy and tried to capture the energy that the album has. While working on this, I listened to the album nonstop, reread the book, and looked up all the old music videos to get in the headspace. There are so many crazy characters and visuals and pure imagination in the album and storybook, and I wanted to make people feel as excited as I was when I first learned about the album,” he adds.
With the commemorative celebration of the album, Cham hopes the merch release encourages longtime fans to revisit the album and inspires new listeners to discover it for the first time, saying, “I hope people give the album another listen and reconnect with their memories of Filipino Christmas.”
“For those discovering it for the first time, I hope they experience it from start to finish and piece together the story. I hope they find something new they hadn’t noticed before, and wear this shirt with love for this album. More importantly, I hope it becomes a meaningful part of their collection,” he adds.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fruitcake, revisit the album below:
Originally released in 1996, Fruitcake is widely regarded as the Eraserheads’ Christmas concept album, becoming a cult favorite among fans. The 22-track record, which features the anthemic title track and the beloved “Lightyears,” was recorded entirely in English and follows the journey of a young girl through the fictional community of Fruitcake Heights.
The merch line launches at the Offshore Music Bazaar on June 26, 2026, at Thai Mookata in Makati City, coinciding with Fête de la Musique’s The Indie Stage.
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Fruitcake is the Eraserheads’ fourth studio album, released in 1996. A 22-track Christmas concept album recorded entirely in English, it follows a young girl through the fictional Fruitcake Heights community and has since become a cult favorite among OPM fans.
2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Fruitcake’s original 1996 release. Offshore Music is commemorating the milestone with a limited-edition merchandise collaboration featuring award-winning illustrator and comics creator Rob Cham.
Rob Cham is an award-winning Filipino illustrator and comics creator. For the Fruitcake 30th anniversary, he designed a limited-edition T-shirt that reinterprets the album’s storybook universe — drawing from the original music videos, characters, and visuals while adding his own artistic perspective.
The collection launches at the Offshore Music Bazaar on June 26, 2026, at Thai Mookata in Makati City, coinciding with Fête de la Musique Philippines 2026’s The Indie Stage.
Fruitcake includes 22 tracks, among them the anthemic title track “Fruitcake” and the fan-favorite “Lightyears.” The album is widely regarded as the Eraserheads’ definitive Christmas record and remains one of the most celebrated OPM concept albums of the 1990s.
