Masaharu Fukuyama is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, actor, radio personality, and photographer from Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture.
Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan or simply known as Raimund Marasigan, is a rock musician and record producer in the Philippines. Oftentimes, his first name is misspelled as Raymond, Raymund, Raimond and other variants. The breadth of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene.
He was the drummer, vocalist and lyricist alongside former bandmate Ely Buendia of The Eraserheads, and the current keyboard/synths player for Pedicab, former rhythm guitarist and now frontman of Sandwich, current drummer of Cambio, vocalist of Project 1 and the man behind Squid 9. Aside from writing songs and being a musician, he is also a record producer, voice actor, tv host and product endorser.
Hector "Buddy" Avacena Zabala is the bassist of Filipino hard rock band The Dawn, indie band Cambio, and widely known as the bassist of the now disbanded alternative rock band, The Eraserheads.
A few years after the dissolution of the Eraserheads, Buddy Zabala continues to be a prolific musician. He plays bass for The Dawn and, of course, the renamed Eheads, Cambio. Intervening bands in which he was played were the Sun Valley Crew (together with fellow Eraserhead, Raimund Marasigan) and Twisted Halo (with Vin Dancel, Jason Caballa, Joey Odulio, and Mon Lopez.).
Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro is the former lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, one of the most popular bands in the Philippines during the 90′s alternative rock explosion. He currently goes under the stage name or band name, Markus Highway.
After the band released their 8th and final album, Carbon Stereoxide in 2001, Adoro started working on a solo project called "Kamonkamon," which tells the adventures of his pet dog with the same name. The compilation of songs were mixed and produced by Marcus himself. Ranging from electronica, dance, to folk, and alternative music, most of its tracks were collaborations with artists, such as Pinoy rock legend Pepe Smith, Dong Abay, and an artist named Dangwa.
Ryan Cayabyab, born Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab but affectionately known as Mr. C, is a Filipino musician and was the Executive and Artistic Director of the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. He was also a resident judge for the only season of Philippine Idol in 2006.
His works range from commissioned full-length ballets, theater musicals, choral pieces, a Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to commercial recordings of popular music, film scores and television specials.
Rico Blanco is a Filipino singer, songwriter and musician. As a solo artist and with his former band, Rivermaya, Blanco has so far recorded, written and produced more local and regional number one hits than any other musician since 1994; and has sold over a million albums in the Philippines and Southeast Asia during the period. Rico was one of the founding members of Filipino rock band Rivermaya, in varying roles as vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist, and main songwriter from 1993 to 2007.
In 2003, Blanco was the first solo musician tapped to be a Pepsi ambassador when the brand decided to enlist local endorsers. The success of this bold and unprecedented move started a trend in musicians becoming endorsers for major brands. Blanco also previously endorsed HUMAN, a clothing label where he had his own line of shirts.
Cariza Yamson Seguerra better known as Aiza Seguerra is a Filipino actress, singer and guitarist. She traces her roots from Calauag, Quezon. Aiza started out as a contestant in Eat Bulaga!’s Little Miss Philippines 1987 and later a child star. After a few years of acting and a string of movies under her belt, her appeal as a child star lessened. She later made a comeback with her single, Pagdating ng Panahon (When the Time Comes). She is openly lesbian.
Aiza won the The Singing Bee on July 8, 2008 after Rachel Alejandro gave up her throne as defending champion due to other engagements. She defeated her co-contestant singer Bituin Escalante. Seguerra won P 1,040,000 for a second time on July 10, raising her total winnings now to P 2,080,000. Seguerra’s new 10-track album features revivals of old hits – “Open Arms,” “Time After Time,” “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” “At Last,” “Vincent,” “Smooth Operator,” “Home,” “Journey,” and “Longer.” Aiza had also performed in Singapore for the Singapore Repertory Theatre presentation of the stage play “Avenue Q.”
Ringo Shiina , born Yumiko Shiina, is a Japanese singer-songwriter born on November 25, 1978. She works both as a solo musician and singer as well as a member of the band Tokyo Jihen.
On the Nekoyanagi Line website, she described herself as “Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya (新宿系自作自演屋, a person who performs in her own Shinjuku-style play?)”. She currently promotes herself as singer of light music and mood-songs, She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan’s top 100 musicians provided by HMV in 2003.
Keisuke Kuwata (born February 26, 1956) has gained fame as a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All-Stars.
Kuwata is known for his willingness to experiment with differing genres of Western music as well as J-pop music in his native Japan. As a musician, Kuwata performs primarily as lead guitarist and vocalist, although he has experimented with playing in a variety of positions, and released one album in which he played every instrument on the record. Kuwata is ranked #12 in a list of the top 100 musicians in Japan in 2006.
Kim Hyo Jin or simply Jea is a South Korean Singer, She’s the leader of South Korean Girl group Brown Eyed Girls.
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Your Christmas Girl (Album)
Run Devil Run (Album)