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Sugarfree

– January 13, 2010Posted in: Band

Sugarfree is a popular pop-alternative group that was formed in 1999. Their sound is heavily influenced by the likes of Popsicle, Oasis, and Radiohead. The initial line up had Mitch Singson on drums. Singson left the band in August 2006 for personal reasons. Quisumbing immediately took place. It was a slow and onerous start for the band. They were signed to Viva Records but their album was shelved. By 2003, thanks to the help of Tracks Studio’s Angee Rozul, their freshman offering was picked up and released by EMI Philippines (now known as PolyEast Records).

Sugarfree has worked with a some of the Philippines’ premier record producers such as Angee Rozul and Rico Blanco for Sa Wakas (2003), Buddy Zabala and Raimund Marasigan (members of the Eraserheads) for Dramachine (2004), Robin Rivera (also an album producer of the Eraserheads) for Tala-Arawan (2006), and Buddy Zabala and "Sancho" Sanchez for "Mornings and Airports" (2009). These albums have produced more than a handful of hit songs. "Hari ng Sablay" and "Makita Kang Muli", in particular, are the songs that brought Sugarfree into every home.

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Tags: Cambio, Ciudad, Sugarfree, Twisted Halo, Wolfmann

The Dawn

– January 11, 2010Posted in: Band

The Dawn is a Filipino rock band which achieved commercial success during the late 1980s in the Philippines. The band broke up in 1995 with lead vocalist Jett Pangan forming another band, the Jett Pangan Group. The Dawn reunited in late 1999.

The 1997 reunion at the ULTRA brought the band back on-stage and, for the first time, the band employed two guitarists: Matsuura and Reyes. They did another reunion show at the now defunct ABG’s along Pasong Tamo, while they were discussing a comeback release through Sony Music Philippines (now Sony BMG Music Philippines). In 2000 they reunited with both Francis Reyes and Atsushi Matsuura on guitars and performed on GMA Networks’ 2000 Global Millennium Day Broadcast in Ayala Avenue in Makati City. That year, they also recorded Prodigal Sun, an album that, much like the parable of the Prodigal Son, symbolized their return to the music scene.

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Tags: Afterimage, Buddy Zabala, Cambio, Cicada Band, Eraserheads, Garlic, JB Leonor, Jett Pangan, Jett Pangan Group, Kenneth Ilagan, Mah’tiggahz, Project 1, Rivermaya, Sun Valley Crew, The Dawn, True Faith, Twisted Halo, Wolfgang

Raimund Marasigan

– January 11, 2010Posted in: Composer, Musician, Singer, Song Writer

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.

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Tags: Cambio, Eraserheads, Pedicab, Project 1, Raimund Marasigan, Sandwich

Buddy Zabala

– January 11, 2010Posted in: Musician

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.).

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Tags: Buddy Zabala, Cambio, Eraserheads, The Dawn

Pedicab

– January 9, 2010Posted in: Band

Pedicab is a Filipino rock band formed in 2005. This another project band of Marasigan already released two album entitled “Tugish Takish:” and “Shinji Ilabas Mo Na Ang Helicopter” under MCA Music. They call their music “dunk music”. Pedicab is managed by Soupstar Entertainment Inc.

Around August 2004, Raimund Marasigan formed another project, a band he called Pedicab. They did their first gig in September that year. On 2005, the band released their debut album entitled Tugish Takish under Vicor Music. The name was taken from the onomatopoeia of the drum’s banging sound. Containing 12 tracks, the album’s singles include Dizy Boy, Dito Tayo Sa Dilim, Konti Na Lang, Bleached Streaks etc. Its videos were directed by its own member RA Rivera. Prior to that, they released a two-track sampler dubbed as “For Hire” with tracks Bago Pa Mag Pasko and Pa-Experience.

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Tags: Cambio, Chicosci, Eraserheads, MCA Music, Pedicab, Project 1, Sandwich, Teeth, Twisted Halo

Sandwich

– January 9, 2010Posted in: Band

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.

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Tags: Cambio, Chicosci, Eraserheads, Imago, Kjwan, Pedicab, Project 1, Sandwich, Squid9, The Teeth

The Eraserheads

– January 9, 2010Posted in: Band

Eraserheads, or E-Heads was a prominent Filipino rock band of the 1990s, formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro. The band is one of the most successful, critically-acclaimed, and significant bands in the history of Original Pilipino Music, earning them the accolade, “The Beatles of the Philippines.” Eraserheads are also credited for spearheading a second wave of Manila band invasions, paving the way for a host of influential Philippine alternative rock bands.

The band released several singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was most evident in the release of their third album Cutterpillow, which achieved platinum status several times. Eraserheads are one of the best-selling musical acts of all time in the Philippines, paving way for an international career that earned them the “Moon Man” in the MTV Video Music Awards.

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