Color It Red

YEARS ACTIVE: 1989 – PRESENT

Member: COOKIE CHUA, BARBI CRISIT, MARICAR FLORENDO, BOPIP PARAGUYA, GP EVARISTO, MINCO FABREAGAS

90’S HITS: PAGLISAN, NA NAMAN, A HAND-PAINTED SKY, SA DIYOS LAMANG, PERSLAb

The Filipino alternative pop/rock band Color It Red formed in 1989 after three schoolmates were inspired by a teen film. Originally consisting of Cooky Chua (vocals), Barbi Crisit (rhythm guitar), and Maricar Florendo (keyboards), Color It Red eventually added Mike Villegas (lead guitar), Hank Palenzuela (bass), and Edison Javellano (drums) to the lineup. Taking their name from a crossword puzzle, Color It Red became a fixture at colleges and universities.

In December 1989, Color It Red performed at the RJ Pinoy Woodstock concert after winning a talent contest. During their early days, Color It Red covered classics by the Doors, the Pretenders, and U2. In the early '90s, the group's numerous appearances at the acclaimed Club Dredd, renowned for exposing adventurous Pinoy rock artists, carved a significant fan base. In 1994, Javellano departed from the band, initially replaced by drummer Jet Brosas. Brosas didn't last and percussionist Minco Fabreagas took his place. Villegas left Color It Red for Rizal Underground, and G.P. Evaristo of Sonic City Zoo became the group's lead guitarist. Palenzuela also split from the band, so Color It Red hired punk bassist Bobip Paraguya of Discant X. Color It Red's debut album, Hand Painted Sky, was released in 1994 by Alpha Records; it went platinum. In 1995, Color It Red was voted Best New Artist at the Awit Awards, the Philippines' version of the Grammys. Since then, Color It Red has established themselves as one of the Philippines' most popular and critically praised alternative acts.

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Da Pulis

YEARS ACTIVE: THEIR TWO ALBUMS WERE RELEASED 1996 & 1999 RESPECTIVELY
GROUP ROSTER (KNOWN MEMBER/S): GABE MERCADO
90’S HITS: POGI, MUKHANG PAA, SUNGIT QUEEN, TAE SONG, BASTED, REMEMBER M
 Philippine band fronted by comedian/actor Gabe Mercado (the fat one from Yakult commercials). Name an obvious allusion to The Police. Known for making humorous and tongue-in-cheek songs such as Tae (shit). Albums: Parakenroll (1996) Pulis Heart (1999)

In 1996, Philippine rock trio DaPulis (DaPolice) released their first album, Parakenrol (no translation). The band's sound is rooted in rock, but it's also novelty-based, intended to deliver a lot of jokes, both spoken and sung. However, DaPulis also lays down some hard-edged rock as well-spirited, acoustic-based rock. 

The album's first song, "DaPulis Anthem" ("DaPolice Anthem"), delivers both comedy as well as searing rock & roll. It starts on a chord progression reminiscent of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me," and the vocalist borrows from Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll." There are plenty of original DaPulis aspects as well. "Dajam" is a blues-based tune. Playing rhythm guitar is local guest artist Perf De Castro, founder of Triaxis and a known blues proponent. A revelation here is the searing lead guitar of DaPulis' Jay Ignacio.

"CH4" features several high-profile guest guitarists, including esteemed veteran Wally Gonzales as well as Manuel Legarda of hard-rock band Wolfgang, and David Aguirre and Tirso Ripoll of rock group Razorback. These songs may not be of the highest caliber, but they have enough spirit to sustain one's interest. "Thoughts" utilizes the forward momentum of acoustic-based rhythm guitar. The singing on these numbers is somewhat exaggerated and rough in parts, probably because of the comedic aspect, but the songs still have gusto. However, the album's remaining pieces, including "Christmas Is Tomorrow" and "Santa Klaws" ("Santa Clause"), are mostly platforms for silly comedy routines.

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Put3ska

YEARS ACTIVE: 1995 – NO IDEA
GROUP member (KNOWN MEMBERS): MYRA “SKARLET” DAVID-RUARO, BING AUSTRIA, WESLU GUIANG

90’S HITS: MANILA GIRL, MY BOY LOLLIPOP, SIRANG ROMANTIKO, BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY

 Put3ska was a Filipino ska band formed in 1993. The band's name is word play, combining the Filipino phrase, putres ka ("damn you") and "ska". The band referred to itself as a "60s to 2-tone ska-oriented , 90s ska band, influenced by both Jamaican and British ska".

Albums and awards

The band released their first self-titled album eponymous Put3ska in 1994. The album carried the hit single Manila Girl, which earned the group a gold record award. That same year, the band was voted Best New Artist, Best Live Act and Myra Rauro voted Best Vocalist during the 1995 NU Rock Awards; the music video for Manila Girl was also nominated at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards as Viewers' Choice For Asia.

The second album, Manila's Finest was released in 1996. It featured original material, some in the Tagalog language, as well as a cover version of the classic ska hit My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small and a Northern Soul Classic Tainted Love by Gloria Jones.

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Slapshock

YEARS ACTIVE: 1996 – PRESENT
GROUP Members: JAMIR GARCIA, LEE NADELA, JERRY BASCO, LEAN ANSING, CHI EVORA

90’S HITS: AGENT ORANGE, EVIL CROWN, MADAPAKA, PSYCHO LOVE, SICK CURTAIN

Slapshock is a Filipino heavy metal band. They were formed in 1997, originally as a rap metal act, with their early musical style being compared to Korn. They have since shifted towards a metalcore style.

The group was formed on February 14, 1997 by several students at UP Diliman, with original vocalist Reynold Munsayac; he was soon replaced with guitarist Jerry Basco's cousin, Jamir Garcia. Heavily influenced by American East Coast rap, they played in clubs in Manila in the 1990s before signing to EMI Philippines (now PolyEast Records) and releasing their debut album, 4th Degree Burn, in 1999. The group has released six albums and been met with sustained commercial success in the Philippines, particularly with their third album, Project 11-41. They were nominated for Band of the Year at the NU107 Rock Awards in 2001 and 2002, and in 2003 were nominated for Best Artist by MTV Asia. Bassist Lee Nadela was also named Bassist of the Year at the 2001 NU107 Rock Awards.

The band was featured in Rivermaya's first live album, Live and Acoustic, filmed and recorded on May 18, 2002 from the "Double Trouble: Akoustik Rampage" concert held at the Music Museum, Greenhills, San Juan.

In 2007, Slapshock released their 2nd compilation album, "Recollection" - a collection of their greatest hits and includes a new track, "Sigaw" (Shout).

Slapshock released their 6th album entitled "Cariño Brutal" in 2009

They made music videos for their second single "Like Eskimo" and "Cariño Brutal" from their 2009 album of the same title.

They were the guest VJ artist of MYX for the month of August 2010.

Kinse Kalibre, their 7th studio album was released in 2011 with its lead single Ngayon Na which topped the Myx Daily Top 10 for 3 straight days. Their second single for the album was a hard rock song called Langit.

In 2014, they signed with apl.de.ap's label BMBX Entertainment.

Members

    Jamir Garcia – lead vocals

    Lee Nadela – bass guitar

    Lean Ansing – lead guitar

    Chi Evora – drums

    Jerry Basco – rhythm guitar / back up vocals

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Mojofly

YEARS ACTIVE: 1999 – 2008
90’S Members: KITCHIE NADAL, RICCI GURANGO, JUNJUN REGALADO
90’S HITS: MINAMALAS, ANOTHER DAY, HALF-WISHING, RUNAWAY ANGEL 

MOJOFLY is a now defunct pop-rock band from the Philippines.

 

Formed in '99 by bassist Ricci Gurango after his departure from Hungry Young Poets, MOJOFLY reeled in mainstream and alternative crowds alike with the debut album Birth Day (1999) and follow-up A Million Stories (2002), both released under Sony BMG Philippines. Then-lead singer Kitchie Nadal helped propel singles such as Another Day and Scooter Boy to national recognition. But in May 2003, Nadal left the group to embark on a solo career. 

Mojofly then introduced Lougee Basabas as the band’s new frontwoman in only a matter of days. By year’s end the group joined the “indie” bandwagon with their self-titled EP, sold-out despite being available only in gigs. Because of Mata and the revived, revv-ed up Lougee-version of Minamalas, MOJOFLY (EP) showed the new sound of their group. 

The band went on to release an LP aptly entitled MOJOFLY Now (June, 2005), still under independent label luKas Music of artist manager and music publisher Karin Araneta. This time distributed nationwide by EMI Music Philippines, Lougee took over the reins in songwriting and gained MOJOFLY “street cred” through her novel, cutting-edge compositions. Currently promoting MOJOFLY Now Special Edition (August, 2006), the 2-disc package marries the original ‘05 full-length and an A-VCD featuring live tracks from their first major concert at the Music Museum (September, 2005) and the 3D-animated music video of Tumatakbo. 

MOJOFLY is the first local artist to venture into full 3D animation in Philippine music video history. The work was previewed at the 19th Singapore International Film Festival (April, 2006) and won Best Animated Video and Favorite Indie Video at the MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards 2006] (August, 2006).

Apart from once garnering the much-coveted slot for MTV Lokal Artist-of-the-Month (March, 2005), MOJOFLY also boasts a list of celebrity endorsements from Del Monte Pizza Sauce to Penshoppe and Cream Silk Conditioners. The theme song Choose and vast multi-media exposure from the Cream Silk “Girl Power, Pink Power” campaign brought MOJOFLY’s sound and Lougee’s vivid image into every household.

On 2008, Ricci Gurango, the last original member of MOJOFLY, left the band. The remaining members took in Richard Carandang and Ace Evangelista to play the bass and lead guitar. With the new members, the band decided to rename their group as Delara.

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Triaxis

YEARS ACTIVE: 1995 – LATE 90’S
GROUP Member: PERF DE CASTRO, WENDELL GARCIA, CLAIRE SOBEJANA, KING BALDOZ* (*King replaced Claire at bass)
90’S HITS: PMST, SAY WHAT YOU MEAN, I FOUND YOU, ASA KA PA, MUKHA

Even in this day and the age of electronic dance beats, Perf de Castro, still defiantly embodies the axeman image. His name goes haywire whenever he's on stage, his fingers run up and down the fretboard with high-speed abandon, yet he never forgets to inject sensitivity and soulfullness into every blistering note he picks. All the while his jam unit, Triaxis, proves to be a solid rhythm section.

Aggression and soulfullness are only two of the key words that can be used to describe this band's second album, WHO WE ARE. Triaxis resurrects he elementary power trio format to churn out soulful, hookdriven songs that put more emphasis on melody than technique.

Along with drummer Wendell Garcia and bassist King Baldoz, Perf has been leading Triaxis through extensive bar tours and a number of major gigs around Metro Manila for the past three years. Of course, most people might know Perf as the former lead guitarist of River Maya, a band he left for what was described as "musical differences."

Triaxis was initially the idea of De Castro and Wolfgang bassist Mon Legaspi. "Our idea with Mon was to put up a band where all the members sing," recalls Perf. Wendell - who used to be the drummer for a band called a River Brocolli - hung around a lot in Perf's music studio in Sucat, Paranaque (aptly named, of course, Perfect Music Studio) and was called to do a drums.

The initial line-up was able to play in several school concerts and sets in 70's Bistro in Proj.2, Quezon City. Everything went well until Legaspi had to leave the band as Wolfgang got bigger and bigger. Enter Claire Sobejana (who was introduced to Triaxis by Legaspi), a student at the UST Conservatory of Music.

Not too long after its demo, Triaxis' 12-song debut album FURTHER DOWN THE BEND was finally released under Sony Music. The record reflected the group's various influences, as can be heard on cuts like "PMST' (nominated for Best Video at the 1997 NU Rack Awards), "Perf's Boogie" (which won Best Instrumental Performance and Best Instrumental Composition at he 1997 Katha Music Awards), "Lights Fell Down," and the blues extravaganza "running Water Blues." However, Sobejana left the band shortly after the albums release - a big loss, according to Perf. King Baldoz took up where Sobejana left off, proving to be able replacement by injecting his own bass grooves to the songs.

But the pluses don't just end there. As a unit, Triaxis is endowed with an abundance of other qualities - which include inexhaustible energy (they produce, arrange, rehearse, clown around, etc.), and unwavering attitude ("this is who we are, take it or leave it," etc...) - that warrant them the title; Revolutionary Rock n' Roll Messiahs.

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Advent Call

YEARS ACTIVE: LATE 80’S – PRESENT
Members: KARL ROY, HENRY VITALLI
90’S HITS: PUTING ILAW, MEMORIES OF OUR DREAMS

Karl Roy (May 25, 1968 – March 13, 2012) was a Filipino rock/funk singer. He was the lead singer of the groups Advent Call, Kapatid and P.O.T.

Karl Roy was the elder brother of Kevin Roy, the lead singer of the band Razorback, and the first cousin of Jose "Judd" Roy III, one of the defense lawyers of the impeachment trial of Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona. Roy's other siblings are Ralph, Keith, Krys and Kathryn. He was also a cousin of Jack Roy Duavit. His late grandfather, Jose Roy, Sr. was a Senator in the Philippines.

Roy began his career in the early 1990s as lead singer of the alternative group Advent Call, but did not become well known to the general public until after founding another rock band, P.O.T. in 1996, when the group had hits with "Yugyugan Na" ("Time to shake"), "Panaginip", "Overload" and "Have a Piece of This". Roy was one of the most influential Filipino artist of his time."Yugyugan Na" was a cover of the song by the band The Philippine Advisors. P.O.T. officially disbanded in 2005. Two years prior, he formed a new group named Kapatid together with Nathan Azarcon (bass), J-Hoon Balbuena (drums), Ira Cruz (guitar) and Chico Molina (guitar). With Kapatid, he released the albums Kapatid (2003) and Luha (2006). Roy's rock image made him a crowd favorite. He was also popularly known for his eccentric behavior while performing on stage. In September 2007, shortly after returning home from the recording of a TV commercial for San Miguel's Red Horse Beer, Roy suffered a stroke, paralyzing the right side of his body. He recovered, however, and rejoined Kapatid.

Roy had a daughter named Ariana Nicole (born 1994), his only child with his ex-girlfriend Maria Nieves San Diego (Yvette). Roy married Dena Devries in 2000.[3] Roy was also famous for being an avid tattoo and piercing wearer. He had a wide variety of tattoos and piercing collection all over his body.

Karl Roy died on March 13, 2012, reportedly due to cardiac arrest, although he was diagnosed with pulmonary edema. Prior to his death, he was rushed to the Cardinal Rufino Santos Hospital in San Juan City where he was put in ICU. He is survived by his wife Dena and daughter Ariana. Hours after his death, Roy became the top trending topic on Twitter Philippines. His remains were cremated and his wake was held at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine in New Manila, Quezon City. On March 18, his urn was transferred to his family mausoleum at the Loyola Memorial Park as the permanent resting place.

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