Candy (Malaysian band)

Last updated

Candy
Origin Kuching, Sarawak
Malaysia
GenresRock
Heavy metal
Hard rock
Years active1996–present
Labels Life Records
MembersPatricia Robert
Nancy Graggory
Anis Kalisa
Bulan Terry
Past membersJacqueline Chong
Kim Herrin
Mary Morss
Cornie Sangid

Candy is an all-female Malaysian rock band formed in 1996. Originating from Kuching, Sarawak, they were recognised by the Malaysia Book of Records as the first all-women band in Malaysia.

Contents

Candy found fame with their first album Candy [1] which went platinum when the hit single Akan Ku Tunggu [2] was released in 1997.

Candy's best-known line-up comprised Patricia Robert (lead vocals and guitar), Mary Morss (lead guitar and vocals), Cornie Sangid (drums, percussion and vocals) and Nancy Graggory (bass guitar and vocals). [1] [3]

History

Pre-Candy years (1988–1996)

In 1988, in her hometown of Kuching, band founder Mary persuaded her younger sister Cornie to bring together a group of friends to form a band. The original line-up consisted of Mary (guitars and vocals), Cornie (drums), Magdalen Julita Tom (bass guitar), Veronica Ng (vocals) and Marilyn Ryne (vocals). They called themselves The Sapphire Gals.

Though essentially an all-female band they were joined by keyboardist Rodney Hughes who was the only male member of the band. Rodney left in 1989 and the band was without a keyboardist. Marilyn Ryne and Veronica also left the band around this time and Meggry Graggory took over the vocal duties.

In 1990, keyboardist Yolanda Entika joined the group and the band's name was changed to D'Rozza. Around the same time, Magdalene Julita left and was replaced by Nancy Graggory, the older sister of Meggry. Cornie split her time between playing drums in the band and recording a solo album in Iban.

In 1992, Casaphia Studio took them under its wing, and the band changed its name to G-Saphia. The "G” stood for "Girls". Keyboardist Danita Ng joined the band for a short stint. Within the same year, her younger sister Janice took over from her but even Janice did not stay long and left before the year was over. Around this time, Meggry also left the band and was replaced by Patricia Robert who was an Iban language recording artist and a singer attached to the Sarawak State Ministry of Social Development and Urbanization.

In 1994, keyboardist Ophelia June joined G-Saphia. Ophelia is the younger sister of Rodney Hughes.

The band, under the names of Sapphire Gals and G-Saphia, performed in private and public functions around Kuching and other towns in Sarawak. The functions included events such as the Malaysia Day celebrations and Police Day.

Peak of popularity (1996–2004)

In 1996 Ophelia June left the band, and the four remaining members left their hometown of Kuching and moved to Kuala Lumpur to record their first album. The band also changed their name to Candy.

Candy (now made up of Mary, Cornie, Nancy and Patricia) relocated to Kuala Lumpur in 1996. Patricia took up the second guitarist role and continued as lead singer. Under the guidance of producer Edrie Hashim [4] Candy spent 1996 recording their first album Candy, and released it in 1997. The single Akan Ku Tunggu became a radio hit, thanks in part to a catchy video. [5] [6]

In 1998 Candy recorded their second album Hot with producer Mat Noh Hendrix at the helm. Mat Noh was chosen for his experience in performing, recording and producing in a heavy metal band – he was a member of the heavy metal band Rusty Blade. Unlike the first album, Patricia did not do all lead vocals as Nancy sang lead vocals for Warisan, Emansipasi, Puas Hatiku and Taufan Yang Kecewa, while Resah had Cornie singing lead. Singer Royce Sa'yan sang the backing vocals [7] in the song "Emansipasi". The album also contained a cover of the Iron Maiden instrumental piece "Transylvania". [8] [9]

Nancy left Candy in 1999, citing personal reasons. She was replaced by Jacqueline Chong, who had previously played bass for The Beads. Jacqueline played during Candy's live shows from 1999 to 2004 but never recorded an album with them.

Line-up changes and third album (2004–2011)

In 2004, Jacqueline left Candy to continue her studies and Nancy rejoined the band.

After 10 years, Candy finished recording their third and final album titled Absolute, which was released under the CD Baby label.

The album was released in January 2009. The album had 10 songs, 6 of which are English songs, marking the first time that Candy recorded in English, while the rest as well as Malay language songs. This album is also the first album to contain English-language songs.

Candy hiatus and revival (2012–present day)

Candy received the DAMA (Dayak Artist Music Association) Special Award on 24 November 2012 which was presented by DAMA chairman Snowdan Lawan in the presence of the Minister of Social Development, Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom.

Candy again experienced member changes in 2016, during which time original members Mary and Connie left the group to be replaced by guitarist Anis Kalisa and Kim Herrin on drums.

Candy performed at the Tribute Concert for the late Search drummer Yazit Ahmad on 6 and 7 December 2019 at the Anniversari Theatre, Kuala Lumpur. The concert featured hundreds of native singers and musicians, including Hattan, Aris Ariwatan, Ekamatra, Man Kidal, Nash, Dayangku Intan, Hujan, Kugiran Masdo and many more.

In 2022, Candy announced that drummer Bulan Terry had joined in place of Kim Herrin. [10] The new line-up of Patricia, Anis, Nancy and Bulan began recording with their long-time producer Edrie.

Meanwhile, in March 2023, the band was part of a record-breaking performance involving 80 female musicians at a concert in Port Dickson. [11]

On Sept 29, 2024, Candy released a new music video for a song called Setia2U. [12]

It was the band’s first release in more than 10 years.

Discography

Albums

  1. "Akan Ku Tunggu"
  2. "Persada Harapan"
  3. "Jaringan"
  4. "Suara Hatiku"
  5. "Bebas Semula"
  6. "Dunia Baru"
  7. "Bagaikan Permata"
  8. "Akukah Yang Bersalah"
  9. "Osmosis"
  10. "Abadi"
  1. "Warisan"
  2. "Racun Pujangga"
  3. "Emansipasi"
  4. "Inikah Keadilan"
  5. "Ikrar Perwira"
  6. "Puas Hatiku"
  7. "Transylvania" (instrumental, Copyright Controlled – Steve Harris)
  8. "Taufan Yang Kecewa"
  9. "Biasalah Beb"
  10. "Nyanyian Zaman Buaian"
  11. "Tong Kosong"
  12. "Resah"
  1. "Kerana Dia"
  2. "Creep"
  3. "Terasing"
  4. "Still in My Life"
  5. "Takkan Pernah"
  6. "Leave Me Alone"
  7. "I Still Want You"
  8. "The Chase (On-On)"
  9. "Let Go"
  10. "Nyanyian Alam"

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Cars</span> American pop-rock band

The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes (keyboards), and David Robinson (drums). Ocasek and Orr shared lead vocals, and Ocasek was the band's principal songwriter and leader.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Widespread Panic</span> American rock band

Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring. The band's original guitarist and sometime songwriter, Michael Houser, died of pancreatic cancer in 2002, and the original drummer, Todd Nance, left in 2016 and died in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gilby Clarke</span> American guitarist

Gilbert J. Clarke is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for having a three-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour, and also featured on "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993). Following this, Clarke went on to forge a solo career as well playing guitar with Slash's Snakepit, Kat Men, Heart, Nancy Sinatra, Kathy Valentine, MC5 and forming his own group Rock Star Supernova with members of Metallica and Mötley Crüe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dayang Nurfaizah</span> Malaysian singer

Dayang Nurfaizah binti Awang Dowty is a Malaysian singer and actress. Her debut self-titled album was released in May 1999 and it was recorded in the pop and R&B genres. The album's lead single, Hakikat Cinta introduced her to the local music industry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alan Parsons</span> English audio engineer, musician, and record producer (born 1948)

Alan Parsons is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer.

Anugerah Industri Muzik, commonly known by the acronym AIM, is an award ceremony which celebrates the Malaysian music industry. The award is organized by the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) and was first held on 15 December 1993. It is Malaysia's equivalent of the Grammy awards. The award is not only focused on Malay-language music produced in Malaysia, but also English, Chinese, and Indian-language music. Separate awards were introduced for the latter two language music subcategories in 1999 and 2013 respectively. One of these, known as the AIM Chinese Music Awards, was held in 1999 and 2001 before encountering a twelve-year hiatus due to insufficient funds.)

Ungu is an Indonesian rock band formed in Jakarta in 1996. Its previous names were Glasses (1992-1995) and Glover (1995-1996). The group comprises vocalist Pasha, guitarists Enda and Onci, bassist Makki, and drummer Rowman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anugerah Juara Lagu</span> Song contest in Malaysia

Anugerah Juara Lagu, commonly known by the acronym AJL, is a popular annual music competition in Malaysia, organised by TV3 since 1986. It features the best musical and lyrical compositions of each year it is held. Nominees are derived from a list of mostly Malay-language songs which have garnered the most public votes in Muzik Muzik throughout the year, and then progress into the semifinals, from which twelve songs will be nominated by a panel of judges to become the winner of Juara Lagu.

Cradle is a popular Malay rock band from Singapore that was formed in 1995 by four well-known musicians in the music industry at that time. The group was well known on both sides of Singapore and Malaysia for being the Malay equivalent of American grunge bands back when grunge music was popular.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jaclyn Victor</span> Malaysian singer

Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a Malaysian singer, actress and businesswoman who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol, Ikon Malaysia, Gegar Vaganza Season 9 & Gegar Vaganza All Stars. As the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. She represented Malaysia in the first Asian Idol and Ikon Asean. She has been dubbed "Asia's Divette" for her vocal prowess and a legend in Malaysia.

<i>Setia Ku Di Sini</i> 1995 studio album by Ziana Zain

Setia Ku Di Sini is the third studio album by Malaysian singer Ziana Zain. It was released through BMG Music (Malaysia) on July 24, 1995. The songs were composed mainly by Johari Teh, Salman, Idzahar, Saari Amri, Jay Jay, X.Boy, and Aidit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Estranged (band)</span> Malaysian alternative rock band

Estranged is a Malaysian alternative rock band that formed in Damansara, Kuala Lumpur in 2001. Currently comprising vocalist Rich Gimbang –who was known as a contestant in the 4th season of Akademi Fantasia–, lead guitarist Nor Hanafi and rhythm guitarist Din Hormatov, the band have released three full-length albums: In Hating Memory (2004), Remain Unknown (2008), Anugerah Hidup (2013) and an extended play (EP): Sepenuhnya Vol. 1 (2016). The band also have released a song called "Odoi" in 2018.

Raden Nike Ratnadilla Binti Raden Edi Kusnadi, better known as Nike Ardilla, was an Indonesian singer, actress, model, and philanthropist of Sundanese descent. Usually referred to as the Lady Rocker and the Queen of Rock by the Indonesian media, Ardilla was instrumental in the return of teen pop rock to the country's music scene and had a dominant presence during the first half of the 1990s. At the height of her career and fame in 1995, she was involved in a traffic incident that took her life at the age of 19 years, 2 months & 20 days. Her death prompted an outpouring of nationwide grief. The media regularly refers to the fact that she is the only musician in the country whose death continues to be mourned even after more than 25 years, and hailed by many as one of the most successful figures in Indonesia's entertainment industry.

Kotak is a rock band from Jakarta, Indonesia, formed in 2004 through a talent competition "The Dream Band". The band currently consists of vocalist Tantri Syalindri Ichlasari, bassist Swasti "Chua" Sabdastantri, and guitarist Mario "Cella" Marcella. The band's name, "Kotak", represented four different characteristics of its first formation members that were bound by music.

Mohamad Hafiz bin Mohamad Suip is a Malaysian singer, who won the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia, receiving 46 percent of over 4.2 million votes. His debut album, Masih Jelas, was released on 14 July 2009.

Siksakubur is an Indonesian brutal/death metal band from Jakarta, formed in July 6, 1996 by Andyan Gorust and Ade Godel. The name of Siksakubur was chosen by Gorust that inspired by Brazilian metal band Sepultura meaning 'grave' in Portuguese as benchmark of their musicality. None of the band founders are listed as band members today, but the legacy of Siksakubur was continued by Andre Tiranda. Siksakubur is a band whose career crept from the grave and began with small concerts and events until international scale events has been through. With consistency and discipline, a journey of more than 2 decades has made Siksakubur equal with the top metal bands and as one of the influential death metal bands in the Indonesian metal scene. Siksakubur was also listed as Metal Hammer's "Top 10 Best Indonesian Metal Bands" and awarded The Hammersonic Awards as "Breakthrough of the Year" at The Hammersonic Festival on May 7, 2017.

Malaysian popular music, sometimes called shortly Malaysian pop or abbreviated as M-pop, refers to popular music forms in Malaysia. Although popular music in various languages such as Mandopop are popular and have been produced in Malaysia, Malaysian pop refers to music recorded primarily in the Malay language in Malaysia.

Masterpiece is an Iban rock band, which formed in 2003 as Masterjam in Sibu, Sarawak best known for its hit singles, "Sinu", "Kumang Seari" & "Ngarap Ka Nuan Nikal Pulai". The band comprises vocalist Depha Masterpiece, lead guitarist Willy Edwin, guitarist Kennedy Edwin, bassist Watt Marcus, drummer Harold Vincent, keyboardist Valentine Jimmy and Roslee Qadir. The group was renamed Masterpiece in 2005 after Depha was hired as the band's new vocalist. Drummer Roni, keyboardist Dellender Wilson and Timothy are former members of the band.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bhumiband</span>

Bhumiband is an independent Singaporean Malay band. Formed in 2003, the band consists of lead singers Ard and Awi Rafael, pianist and keyboardist Hang Dimas, drummer Zuher, lead guitarist Athif, bassist Kif, and percussionist Eddy. The band's lineup has remained static during its history, with the only exceptions of the departure of guitarist and co-songwriter Nazri, Ard and Kif in 2005. Hang Dimas would later join the band Hujan in 2008. Awi Rafael also has a successful solo career after Bhumiband. Irfan and Reamie both become official members in 2016.

Haliza Hanim Abd Halim is a Malaysian singer and actress. She is one of Adnan Abu Hassan protégés and is considered one of Malaysia's best singers who dominated the music industry in the 2000s, in line with renowned vocalists such as Siti Nurhaliza, Jaclyn Victor, Dayang Nurfaizah and Misha Omar.

References

  1. 1 2 Candy at MuzikROCK Archived 25 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Biography
  2. ↑ "Akan Ku Tunggu" Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine music video captures from 'MuzikROCK.com'
  3. ↑ Photos at Headhunter Asia A couple of photos of the band
  4. ↑ Edrie Hashim at MuzikROCK Archived 22 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Info on producer Edrie Hashim at MuzikROCK
  5. ↑ Candy Album info at MuzikROCK Archived 22 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Info on "Candy" album
  6. ↑ Candy album at EraRock [ permanent dead link ] Album info and cover
  7. ↑ Royce Sa'yan at MuzikROCK Archived 28 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Info on singer Royce Sa'yan at MuzikROCK
  8. ↑ Hot Album info at MuzikROCK Archived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Info on "Hot" album
  9. ↑ "Short review of the song "Warisan"". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4U2LHRPOOE
  11. ↑ https://berita.rtm.gov.my/~berita/index.php/semasa/59640-negerifm-tersenarai-dalam-mbor
  12. ↑ Life Records Malaysia (29 September 2024). Candy - Setia2U (Official Music Video) . Retrieved 2 October 2024– via YouTube.
  13. ↑ Candy – Absolute Album and band info on tradebit.com
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.