Career as ChicoSci
Always trying out new things, but the band continued to work on redefining their sound. Shifting their musical direction to a more melodic style, they sought Raimund Marasigan for guidance in working with their second album. True enough, both audiences and critics embraced the new sound of ChicoSci. Method Of Breathing included several hits such as "Glass is Broken", "Rolento", and "Paris". The latter holds the record for the most number of weeks a song (foreign or local) has stayed in a countdown. It stayed in the NU107 Midnight Countdown for more than 52 weeks and gave Chicosci the Song of the Year award at the 2002 NU 107 Rock Awards.
In 2004, the band released their third album, Icarus , under Viva Records. The band again enlisted the help of Marasigan, who brought along Buddy Zabala, to produce the band's most experimental album. In May 2004, the band gained media recognition by becoming MTV's Lokal Artist of the Month. The songs "Theme from Conversation with Fire", "Shallow Graves", and "An Argument", enjoyed media airtime, also went into the NU 107 Midnight and Year-end Countdown.
On June 6, 2006, ChicoSci released and launched their self-titled 4th album. Having been in the studio for more than a year, the band boasts it as being their best work to date. The self-produced album features catchier melodies and more synth playing from Alcaraz. At the same time, there is minimal screaming and more focus on Chavez's singing, the most obvious change on the self-titled album. On March 2, 2007, the repackaged edition of the self titled album were released. [2]
With the release of their carrier single "A Promise", ChicoSci gained more popularity as their market grew. ChicoSci went on to play in Malaysia and Singapore as well as local hot spots like Cafe Saguijo. The album has spawned four singles, "A Promise", "Seven Black Roses", "ChicoSci Vampire Social Club" and "Last Look". The music video for "ChicoSci Vampire Social Club" won the Favorite Rock Video at the 2008 Myx Music Awards. The band released their fifth studio album, Fly Black Hearts in 2009. [3] the band's carrier single "Diamond Shotgun" was premiered at the NU Rock 107.5 FM on June 29, 2009. [4] and a music video was premiered on MYX Channel on September 13, 2009. [5]
ChicoSci also covered EMF song "Unbelievable" from the various artists album, 90's Music Comes Alive in 2012, the same year, the band also covered their first Tagalog song "Magasin" from Eraserheads from The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album.
ChicoSci had a new single in 2012 or 2013 entitled "Raspberry: Girl" from their album This Is Not A Chicosci Record. [6] [7] Their first music video of this song was the Tower Sessions and the second music video is their official music video of this song.
ChicoSci has a new song in 2014, "Iyong Araw" for Colgate Fresh Jam. This is their first original Tagalog song. [8]
