Astarus BAND MEMBERS: Jan Chin - guitar/vocals Glenn Dacua - guitars Juno Pegarido - bass Rol Plan - drums Bio: 1993 September – drummer Jan Chin and bass/vocalist Pablo Maquiling, Jr. formed ABADDON. 1995 March - ABADDON broke up. April - Chin and Maquiling joined JOE MARKUS, an old school hard core band. July - Chin joined RED VETTE together with ABADDON guitarist Ray Soco. August to October - RED VETTE joined contest gigs like JAG ROCK BIVOUAC and RJ Battle of the Bands among others. November - RED VETTE broke up. December - Chin and Maquiling teamed up with Arman Gabia from Hanz/RED VETTE to form LAPIDA which will later be known as NEVERMIND. 1996 January - Chin and Maquiling left LAPIDA. - Gabia continued with LAPIDA and submitted a demo entitled “BUDHI NG ALAK” for 99.5 RT’s BUGS II. - He is joined by bassist Mark Bascones and drummer Jose dela Victoria III from JOE MARKUS. Bascones changed their name to NEVERMIND. May - Chin and Maquiling formed back ABADDON with a new name under NOSFERATU. - The band’s name evolved several times from NOSFERATU to KUNDINADO until finally settling with ASTARUS in later years. - They were joined by guitarists Carlo Jaca of ASTAROT/RED VETTE and Louie Sarcon of ASTAROT/AMNESIA. December - Jaca is fired from ASTARUS and was replaced by SIGNOS/ABYSS guitarist Glenn Dacua. 1997 July – Maquiling left ASTARUS and was replaced by Enrique del Mar, Jr. of the original KUNDINADO. December - ASTARUS first out-of-town concert gig at Tubigon, Bohol. 1998 August – the debut LP “BOUND TO CARRION” is released as a cassette tape with 9 tracks, including the ironic visayan ballad song “PAGDILI SA DRUGA.” 1999 March - ASTARUS headlined “NECROFEAST: A CRACKS THE SILENCE CONCERT” in support of their BOUND TO CARRION LP. May – Chin and Dacua got arrested for drug charges, but were later released the next day. August - del Mar left ASTARUS after being converted to Born Again Christian. 2000 January - Dacua is fired from ASTARUS. February - Cesar Solis of KUNDINADO/BETRAYER filled the slot left vacant by del Mar. March – vocalist Juno Pegarido of 5 LITTLE INDIANS/KUNDINADO joined ASTARUS handling standing vocal duties. May – Maquiling returned to ASTARUS after Pegarido failed to show up for a gig and was immediately replaced permanently. August - ASTARUS played in “METALFEAST: A CRACKS THE SILENCE CONCERT II” with Maquiling handling guitar after a very bad fan of ASTARUS sang for them. September – lead guitarist Bobby Tadlip of KILLER TOMATOES joined ASTARUS making the band a five-piece metal act. 2001 January to December - Chin played drums live with the punk band CLINTON’S BILL and the newly revived JOE MARKUS in different dates of the year. - Chin recorded a 2-song demo with CLINTON’S BILL. The demo appeared in the punk compilation CD entitled “FOOD NOT BOMBS.” 2002 January – Solis left ASTARUS. - Maquiling returned to the bass/vocal duties, setting the band back to it’s original four-piece line-up. 2003 May - A new line-up was considered with Paul Camorro of ABYSS handling bass/vocals after Maquiling relocated to Manila. June – the line-up, however, never materialized after Sarcon was recruited by Camorro to play guitar instead for an RNB band called HARD PART (previously MODE 101). Sarcon later refuses to play live with ASTARUS anymore. 2004 April - OPEN THE CASKET EP is released as a 5-track CD which included a cover version of METALLICA’s Creeping Death. October – With only two remaining members, drummer Jan Chin and guitarist Bobby Tadlip are joined back by singer Juno Pegarido and bass guitarist Cesar Solis, filling the vacant slots for a concert gig at Emall in downtown Cebu City. 2005 July - Tadlip left ASTARUS officially. August - ASTARUS is attempting to join a prestigious global battle of the bands. November – ASTARUS performed at Inilog Grill in Mandaue City for the “LIVE BLASPHEMIES” fund raising concert. This is the band’s contribution for the benefit of CEBU EXTREME MUSIC PRODUCTION (Cemprod). 2006 - ASTARUS continues to participate in concerts, this time CEBU EXTREME MUSIC PRODUCTION is teaming up with ZUGLU PRODUCTIONS, with different venues from Inilog Grill Restaurant to Boss Grill Restaurant. October – the official ASTARUS homepage is created.