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Throw (band)
Throw is a four-piece hardcore punk band from the Philippines. History The band was formed by Al Dimalanta (the leader and co-founder of the 1980s Philippine punk band Dead Ends) in the year 2000 with Dennis Maniego on bass, Ojie Arcega on drums and Bimboi San Pedro on guitar. This is generally considered the official start of the band despite earlier attempts by Al to form a band with the same name. Throw went on to record its first independently produced album one year later (2001), a self-titled hardcore release (''THROW'') that marked the official return of Dimalanta to the local punk scene. Sometime in 2006, Ojie Arcega and Bimboi San Pedro left the Philippines to work in Singapore. This left Al and Dennis without a drummer and guitar player. The late Luis Guiang of Put3Ska 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-oriented, 90s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcore Punk
Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by Washington D.C. and New York punk rock and early proto-punk. Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically-charged lyrics." Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s, particularly in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York, as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom. Hardcore has spawned the straight edge movement and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Ends
Dead Ends is a punk band from the Philippines that came out during the Philippine punk movement in the mid-80s. Dead Ends released a total of four full-length independently produced underground punk albums in the band's lifetime from 1985-1996 as well as a fifth special edition greatest hits album in 2003. History Al Dimalanta and half-brother Jay Dimalanta formed Dead Ends in 1985 with drummer Rouen Pascual. The band became part of the 80s Philippine punk scene which included other bands like Urban Bandits, the Wuds, Private Stock, Betrayed, G.I. and the Idiots and a host of other bands. Dead Ends had several line-up changes but brothers Al (on vocals and guitar) and Jay (on bass) remained as the nucleus of the band through the years. The band had three drummers: Rouen Pascual (for the band's first two albums, ''Complaints'' and ''Second Coming''), Harley Alarcon (for the band's third album ''Damned Nation'') and Bong Montojo (for the band's fourth album ''Mamatay sa Ingay'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Dimalanta
Al Dimalanta (born Alfred Martin Alcantara Dimalanta) is a Filipino musician, writer, public relations practitioner, photographer, visual artist, and professor. He is best known as the leader, co-founder and chief songwriter of the Philippine punk band Dead Ends (1985-1996) and the leader and chief songwriter of punk-hardcore band Throw 000–2019 considered one of the most important bands in the contemporary Philippine punk scene. Music Al Dimalanta's musical career has spanned several decades, with his foray into punk rock, hardcore and acoustic rock music. Dead Ends Al and half-brother Jay Dimalanta formed Dead Ends in 1985 with drummer Rouen Pascual. The band came out with four independently produced underground punk albums from 1985 to 1995 as well as a fifth special edition greatest hits album in 2003. Dead Ends had several line-up changes but Al (on vocals and guitar) and Jay (on bass) remained as the band's core. Dead Ends' albums, in chronological order, are ''Complain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put3ska
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-oriented, 90s ska band, influenced by Jamaican and British ska". History Put3ska was officially launched in 1994. 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 Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philippine Star
''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution. The newspaper is owned and published by Philstar Daily Inc., which also publishes the monthly magazine ''People Asia'' and the Sunday magazines ''Starweek'' and ''Let's Eat''. As part of the Philstar Media Group, its sister publications include business newspaper '' BusinessWorld''; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet ''The Freeman''; Filipino-language tabloids ''Pilipino Star Ngayon'' and ''Pang-Masa''; Cebuano-language tabloid ''Banat'', online news portals Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Philstar Life and Wheels.ph, and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV. In March 2014, the newspaper wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino Punk Rock Groups
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