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| Bands are everywhere in the Philippines! Included in what is categorized as OPM (Original Pilipino Music), rock bands and artists have made their presence known to the local music industry while continuing to leave their mark. This is a wonderful time in OPM and it's a pleasure to listen to the radio. As recent as a few years ago, Filipinos didn't have as many acts as they enjoy today, and it could even be said that there was too much of the usual pop acts, cute novelty songs, boy and girl groups and balladeers. Or in other words, too much patweetums going on. At the time, there were many bands continuing to grow and establish themselves, but they were doing this "underground." But today, bands are everywhere, on the radio, in the shopping malls, blaring out of jeepneys and even their songs being used in Filipino television shows. They even use Filipino hit rock songs as theme songs for Filipino or foreign-but-dubbed soaps and shows. The standards have risen because of the high level of talent being displayed everywhere you go, even as far as fooling their own countrymen into thinking that the new song that they enjoy and are humming to is by a foreign band...that is until their albums, music videos and live performances reveal that they are indeed native children of the Philippine Islands. Even as Filipino artists continue to show their creativity along with their Filipino and outside influences in the music produced, the final product produced still sounds Filipino. The songs still have the Filipino character approach in song, a rich sound of old heartfelt barrio hispano-filipino/harana/ballad/filipiniana roots with strong hooks of laidback simplicity and even native influences that touch the listener both in the ears and the heart. We must also remember that this new era of bands is carrying on what previous Filipino rock bands of earlier eras have provided us with. But when you listen to the work produced by these new bands, it sounds distinctly Filipino. |
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| hale who: Champ Lui-Pio - vocals/guitar Roll Martinez - guitar/vocals Sheldon Gellada - bass Omnie Saroca - drums for fans of: calm rock that still rocks, thoughtful modern rock, melancholy moods, rock music that can be played in a lounge setting and used for relaxation sound: coldplay-staind (but good) elements-joey ayala-singer-songwriter formula-power-pop distortions signs of stardom: - band is household name to any juan de la cruz and all kinds of Filipinos and age ranges - Hale has a Nescafe commercial where they act and sing the slogan - their songs are either sung and whistled by many people everywhere you go and out of nowhere, from an office worker to an sm saleslady album: Hale |
| cueshe who: Jay Justiniani - vocals Ruben Caballero - vocals/guitar Jovan Mabini - lead guitar Jhunjie Dosdos - keyboards Fritz Lobrado - bass Mike Manaloto - drums for fans of: straightforward rock n roll with pop sensibilities, anthemic/sing-a-long tunes and choruses sound: creed-hair metal without hairspray-arena-rob thomas before he went for the neglected look- with pinoy ballad touch signs of stardom: - just like Hale, they are a household name throughout the country - again, just like Hale, the songs of Cueshe are either sung and whistled by people in an everyday setting - as the musical act, Cueshe played live and serenaded the semifinalists at Binibining Pilipinas 2006 by performing a medley of their big hits album: Half Empty, Half Full |
| spongecola who: Yael Yuzon - vocals/guitar Armo - guitars Gosh - bass Chris Cantada - drums/vocals for fans of: alternative rock that jumps from heavy to campfire acoustic sound: 70s hard rock arena riffs-bon jovi-guns n roses-90s grunge-band at friend's party sound signs of stardom: - constantly one of the headlining bands at many big concerts throughout the country album: Palabas |
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| Cueshe. photo by yehey.com |
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