Chris Cantada (born 1985) is a Filipino musician, vlogger and cosplayer best known as the former

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and

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of the band

Sponge Cola Sponge Cola (sometimes spelled Spongecola) is a Filipino rock band formed in 2002. The band is composed of Yael Yuzon on vocals and guitars, Gosh Dilay on bass, Armo Armovit on guitars and drummer Tedmark Cruz. One of the most popular rock ...

. He was featured in the music video of Sponge Cola's "Tambay" in a cameo guest appearance per post band departure. Cantada released his first solo album ''Heartbeat'' in 2011 with the carrier single of the same name. The music video for "Heartbeat" shows Cantada played all musical instruments for the song.

Career

Sponge Cola

The band made up of

Yael Yuzon Ysmael "Yael" Yrastorza Yuzon (; born November 22, 1983) is a Filipino musician, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band Sponge Cola. Early life Ysmael Yrastorza Yuzon was born on November 22, 1983, in Manila, Philippines. His eld ...

(vocals, guitar),

Gosh Dilay Reynaldo "Gosh" R. Dilay (born February 6, 1985) is a Filipino musician best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and the primary composer & lyricist of the band Sponge Cola. Early life Dilay attended high school at Ateneo de Manila University ...

(bass),

Erwin Armovit Sponge Cola (sometimes spelled Spongecola) is a Filipino rock band formed in 2002. The band is composed of Yael Yuzon on vocals and guitars, Gosh Dilay on bass, Armo Armovit on guitars and drummer Tedmark Cruz. One of the most popular rock ba ...

(lead guitar) and Chris Cantada (drums) were all college buddies from the Ateneo de Manila University.

's debut album

Palabas ''Palabas'' is the debut studio album by Filipino rock band Sponge Cola. It was released on October 18, 2004, undeSony Music Philippines This album contains some songs that the band members made even before the group was officially formed, and inc ...

, was released in 2004 under

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, spawning radio hits like "KLSP", "Gemini", and "Jeepney".

's acoustic live cover of the

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classic " Crazy for You" gained popularity among fans and casual listeners after it became an Internet download favorite. Right after finishing college, the quartet released their second record,

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, under

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in 2006. The album helped the group become more focused after the popular radio singles like the "Bitiw", "Tuliro" and "Pasubali".

also was featured on two successful tribute records: The Eraserheads' ''Ultraelectromagneticjam'' where they did a cover of "Pare Ko" and the APO Hiking Society's two-volume disc

Kami nAPO Muna ''Kami nAPO Muna'' is a tribute album to the 1970s Filipino musical group, APO Hiking Society. Released in 2006, the album features covers of APO Hiking Society songs, performed by a number of Filipino bands and artists. It was followed by a ...

("Nakapagtataka") and

Kami nAPO Muna Ulit ''Kami nAPO Muna ULIT'' is the second tribute album to the 1970s Filipino musical group APO Hiking Society. It was released in 2007, and is a follow-up to the previous year's '' Kami nAPO Muna''. Like the prior album, ''Kami nAPO Muna Ulit'' f ...

("Saan Na Nga Ba Ang Barkada"). Sponge Cola's eponymous third album under

was released on September 19, 2008 and launched on September 26 at Eastwood in Libis Quezon City. Cantada's departure however was done gradually because he was still in the band's forthcoming videos and TV appearances meant to promote new records.

hired session drummers to fill in Cantada's slot during live gigs, until Tedmark Cruz was officially announced as the new drummer in 2009.

Departure statement

This was a message from Erwin "Armo" Armovit (lead guitarist) in a certain fansite:

Solo

After leaving Sponge Cola for three years due to health problems, Cantada released his solo debut album entitled ''Heartbeat'' (all songs written by Cantada himself), distributed under

and co-produced by Yael Yuzon. The music video of his carrier single also titled "Heartbeat" was released in 2011. Cantada's music video of the song "Jillian" was released in 2013. Sponge Cola was a featured artist in the music video with Cantada on guitar and vocals, Yael Yuzon on drums, Gosh Dilay on bass, Armo Armovit on guitar and Tedmark Cruz on percussion. The song title is a reference to Cantada's wife Jillian Gatcheco-Cantada. "Jillian" was first featured in Sponge Cola's debut studio album ''

'' which was released in 2004 and was written and sang by Cantada himself in the album. Cantada is also a known

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and

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under the name Chris Cantada Force.

Discography

With Sponge Cola

*Albums **''

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'' (2006) **''

'' (2008) *

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**''Sponge Cola EP''

Solo

*Albums **''Heartbeat'' (2011)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantada, Chris 1985 births Living people 21st-century Filipino musicians Ateneo de Manila University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Universal Records (Philippines) artists