Bamboo Band
Bamboo was a Filipino alternative rock band formed in 2003 by lead vocalist Bamboo Mañalac, bassist Nathan Azarcon, lead and rhythm guitarist Ira Cruz and drummer Vic Mercado.
Francisco Bamboo Mañalac serves as the band's frontman. Ira Cruz, the band's guitarist claimed that the name of the band was not just derived from their vocalist's name but also from the word bamboo, the characteristics of which are associated with strgth and durability with an island feel to it.
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 instrumtalists of another band, Passage. Cruz and Azarcon were also former members of the band Kapatid during that time.
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Four years after their departure from Rivermaya, Mañalac and Azarcon caught up again with each other, during which Azarcon introduced him to Cruz and Mercado.
Where it received positive response from fans and critics alike. The album also won numerous awards at the AWIT Awards, NU 107 Rock Awards, and MTV Pilipinas 2004. and a repackaged version release on October 25, 2004.
This album has a softer sound with both its lyrics and delivery. For this album, the band added more strings and a variety of other instrumts, including trumpets. The band admitted that this album had a personal feel to it. They experimted with several new styles that may please new listers, at the risk of disappointing fans of the more convtional rock of their first album.
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Their third album, We Stand Alone Together, was released on February 16, 2007. It contains covers of local songs such as Buklod's Tatsulok and international songs such as Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, from differt gerations. It also includes bonus tracks like unplugged versions of their hit songs from previous albums such as Mr. Clay, These Days, and Hallelujah. Once again, opting to do away with the convtional rock image that was attached to them, they produced sounds which were more jazzy than expected.
Star Records—backed up by ABS-CBN TV Production and MYX—produced and created the official soundtrack for the tele-epiko Rounin, wherein the title track Argos was performed by Bamboo. A new avue was oped to the band, as Argos is said to be the band's first vture to record a song for a primetime television show. It is also the first time for the multi-awarded band and Star Records to work together.
News circulated on January 9, 2011, that Bamboo had allegedly disbanded. DJ KC Montero of Wave 89.1 confirmed the breakup on Wave's The KC Show
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And via Twitter. Montero clarified that all the members of the band have decided to move on, and that he does not know why they called it quits. The group has not released an official statemt on the issue, according to ABS-CBNNews.com.
On January 11, 2011, Bamboo's lead vocalist Francisco Bamboo Mañalac finally confirmed the breakup of his band in an official statemt posted on the group's website.
A few months after the band disbanded, the group reformed without the vocalist (Bamboo Mañalac) and formed the band Hijo composed of Nathan Azarcon (vocals & bass), Ira Cruz (guitar), Vic Mercado (drums), Junji Lerma of Wahijuara (guitar) and Jay-O Orduña of Cauio (keyboards and backing vocals).
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And via Twitter. Montero clarified that all the members of the band have decided to move on, and that he does not know why they called it quits. The group has not released an official statemt on the issue, according to ABS-CBNNews.com.
On January 11, 2011, Bamboo's lead vocalist Francisco Bamboo Mañalac finally confirmed the breakup of his band in an official statemt posted on the group's website.
A few months after the band disbanded, the group reformed without the vocalist (Bamboo Mañalac) and formed the band Hijo composed of Nathan Azarcon (vocals & bass), Ira Cruz (guitar), Vic Mercado (drums), Junji Lerma of Wahijuara (guitar) and Jay-O Orduña of Cauio (keyboards and backing vocals).
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