Sandwich is a Filipino rock band that was formed in 1995 by Raimund Marasigan and Diego Castillo for the purpose of fulfilling their mutual desire to work together. Castillo recruited former band mates (from The Aga Muhlach Experience) Mike Dizon (of Teeth) to play drums and Myrene Academia to handle bass duties. Marasigan was a judge at a contest where Marc Abaya jammed to a Beastie Boys song with his band, Shirley Beans. He was then recruited by Marasigan to be their vocalist.
They signed with Sony Music, and released their debut album, Grip, Stand, Throw, with much success, thanks to its carrier single, “Butterfly Carnival.” The band won three awards at the 1999 NU 107 Rock Awards: Album of the Year, Best New Artist, and Song of the Year. They released their second album, Four-Track Mind, in 2000; it was awarded Album of the Year at the Rock Awards in 2001.
In late-October 2006, their songs “Sugod” and “DVDx” became available in the online music game O2Jam. The video for “Sugod” won five major awards at the 2006 MTV Pilipinas Video Awards including Video of the Year, Best Director, and Best Editing. Recently, Sandwich members Mong Alcaraz and Myrene Acamedia respectively won the best guitarist and best bassist awards in recent NU Rock Awards 2006. DVDX also won the best music video award for 2007.
In 2007, Sandwich sang “Zaido” from the former fantaserye action series, “Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawan” was formerly aired on GMA 7. That song was composed by Raimund Marasigan.
The band welcomed 2008 with their new album “< S > Marks The Spot” and as a celebration to their 10th Anniversary. Their music has much evolved overtime from heavy and underground sounds like grunge, hard rock, and rap-rock from their early albums to a more youthful and dynamic music since “Five On The Floor”.
Other Information
- Origin : Philippines
- Genres : Indie rock, Post-punk, Alternative rock, Grunge (early), Punk rock, Rap rock (early)
- Years active : 1995 – present
- Labels : Sony Music (1999 – 2002); PolyEast Records(2004 – present)
- Associated acts : Eraserheads, Kjwan, Pedicab, Squid9, Imago, Cambio, The Teeth, Chicosci, Limelight, The Aga Muhlach Experience, Sun Valley Crew, Project 1, Taken by Cars
- Website www.sandwich.com.ph
- Members:
- Raimund Marasigan – lead vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar
- Myrene Academia-Marasigan – bass, back-up vocals
- Mong Alcaraz – guitars, back-up vocals, occasional keyboards
- Diego Castillo – guitars, back-up vocals
- Mike Dizon – drums
Discography
Studio Albums
- 1998 : Grip Stand Throw
- 2000 : 4-Track Mind
- 2003 : Thanks To The Moon’s Gravitational Pull
- 2006 : Five on the Floor
- 2008 : <S> Marks the Spot
Compilations
- The 2 in 1 Series: Sandwich
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