My 5 Pinoy IdOL bAndZ!!

BAMBOO 

          Francisco "Bamboo" Mañalac serves as the band's frontman. Contrary to popular belief, the band is not named after him. According to Ira Cruz, the guitarist, the word bamboo relates to strength and durability with an island feel to it.Also, it's very Filipino and Asian at the same time. Their first priority for a band name during 2000s was "Audio Barangay" which means "Audio Neighborhood" in English. However, they realized that its a bit hard to pronounce and it is not that catchy compared to just "Bamboo." They also dropped the name "Audio Barangay" because Audioslave was formed roughly the same time during their band's formation, to avoid confusion.

        Two of its members, Bamboo Mañalac and Nathan Azarcon, were formerly part of Rivermaya. The other two members, Ira Cruz and Vic Mercado, were former instrumentalists of another band, Passage. Ira Cruz and Nathan Azarcon were also former members of the band Kapatid during that time.
Four years after their departure from Rivermaya, Mañalac and Azarcon caught up again with each other, during which Azarcon introduced him to Ira Cruz and Vic Mercado.

 

ERASERHEADS 

                 They are a prominent Filipino rock band of the 1990s. The band is one of the most successful, critically-acclaimed, and significant bands in the history of Original Pilipino music.
They were accolade as "The Beatles" here in Philippines. Their diverse music worked both in the underground and mainstream scenes of the Philippine music industry. They are into alternative, pop, rock, reggae, and synthpop. Eraserheads helped change the sound of Pinoy rock.
They are Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro and they are called E-Heads or Eraserheads.

  

PAROKYA NI EDGAR 

         It is a Filipino Band that was formed in 1993 by a group of Ateneo de Manila High School students. The band is famous and most lauded for its original rock novelty songs and often satirical covers of famous songs.

They are into alternative rock to pop rock, funk to rapcore, and so on - while providing comic relief to their listeners.
This band originally consisted of three vocalists - Alfonso "Chito" Miranda, Jr., Jeric Estaco, Francis Vincent "Vinci" Montaner, and two guitarists, Miko Yap and Gabriel Ignatius "Gab" Chee Kee.
Well, in english translation they are called Parish of Edgar. but they are known as Parokya ni Edgar.

  

SPONGECOLA 

                Sponge Cola (often spelled Spongecola) is a Filipino rock band formed in 2002. The current members are Yael Yuzon, Gosh Dilay and Erwin Armovit. Unofficial members include Wendell Garcia of bands Archipelago and Pupil, and Tedmark Cruz who plays drums for bands Happy Meals and The Out of Body Special fill in as sessionists. Drummer Chris Cantada left the group due to his worsening health
condition.

  

 CUESHE

                On March 2005, the group decided to push through the "rock capital of the Philippines", the city of Manila which has led their career to rise. Hit singles ("Stay", "Sorry", "Ulan", and "Can’t Let You Go"), a double-platinum album ("Half Empty, Half Full"), accolades (Favorite Artist, Favorite Rock Group and Favorite Song for the song "Sorry" at the 1st MYX Music Awards; TM Texters’ Choice Hitmaker of the Year at the 2006 MTV Pilipinas Awards; Band of the Year at 2006 SOP PasiklaBand Awards; Best Rock Artist at 2005 SOP Music Awards), Perfect Music of the Decade Award, and sold-out gigs and concerts—all achieved in a span of one year.
            Less than a year later, the band released its second album, "Back To Me". This album validated the band's status as pop idols as they release ten new tracks, all of which were written by the members themselves. Their first single was of the same title, and their second single was "Borrowed Time". Being influenced by The Beatles, they also did a re-make of the John Lennon hit single, Jealous Guy.
Cuesh also made a contribution to the tribute album to The Eraserheads, "Ultraelectromagneticjam", in which they sung their own rendition of "Hard To Believe".

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