Guitarist quits The Jerks

THE JERKS, arguably the country’s best bar band, is down to its last original member, frontman Chickoy Pura. Guitarist Nitoy Adriano was said to have been fired recently by the band’s manager Monet Pura, who’s also Chickoy’s wife. “Not true. Nitoy simply didn’t show up anymore at our gigs,” Monet told the Inquirer by phone Wednesday night. Pocholo Concepcion