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| Born | Alfonso Yanga Miranda Jr. February 7, 1976 Manila, Philippines |
| Other names | Buloy Mamaryman Edgar Boy Duwal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Relatives | Francis Pangilinan (uncle) |
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Alfonso "Chito" Yanga Miranda Jr. (born February 7, 1976) is a Filipino singer and songwriter, best known as one of the founding members and lead singer for the band Parokya ni Edgar. [1]
Miranda attended grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University where he met Gab Chee Kee, Vinci Montaner, Jeric Estaco, and Mikko Yap. They formed a garage band during their high school years.
The group was known in school to be class clowns. Normally in shows, they would show up in women's clothing to entertain victims of earthquakes and typhoons and sing off-key in poetry readings.
They eventually landed the role of front act band for the locally well-known Filipino alternative rock band Eraserheads. Later on, childhood friend Buwi Meneses and schoolmate Dindin Moreno joined as bassist and drummer, respectively. When they graduated high school, Estaco and Yap decided to leave the group to pursue other interests. Shortly thereafter, Darius Semaña (lead guitar), Meneses's former bandmate, joined to complete the sextet.
Originally Parokya ni Edgar was called 'Comic Relief'. However, they decided to change the name in homage to a Noli me tangere joke in their student days.
Later on, Parokya ni Edgar performed regularly in Club Dredd, one of the famous clubs in Manila during that time. The band slowly gained popularity during the height of the Filipino rock explosion, with the local rock community opening up to the influence of foreign grunge acts such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
Eventually the late managing director of Universal Records, Bella Dy Tan and Alexis Tan signed them as contract artists after witnessing one of their performances at Club Dredd. The band garnered a triple platinum award for their first album Khangkhungkherrnitz .
Miranda was born to Alfonso Miranda, a first cousin of senator Francis Pangilinan. [2]
Miranda is good friends with fellow artists Kamikazee vocalist Jay Contreras, and rappers Gloc-9 and Francis Magalona. Miranda is a member of the Alpha Kappa Rho fraternity in Ateneo de Manila University batch 1994. Miranda is also notable amongst the public as a fishing and shooting sports enthusiast. Known to be a heavy smoker since high school, Miranda quit smoking after undergoing an executive health check-up in late 2013. [3] [4]
Miranda was in a relationship with actress Kaye Abad which lasted until 2009. In 2014, Miranda married actress Neri Naig twice: in a civil ceremony on December 13 [5] and in a formal wedding in Tagaytay the following day. [5] [6] In August 2015, Miranda confirmed that Naig had suffered from a miscarriage, which would have been their first child. [7] Their first child, a son, Miggy Alfonso was born in November 22, 2016. [8] Their second child, Manuel Alfonso aka Cash, was born in October 8, 2021. [9] As of December 2021, the couple are also in the process of officially adopting a Pia who is Naig's niece. [10]
On August 3, 2013, video clips of Miranda having sexual intercourse with Naig and two other women on three occasions appeared in YouTube. [11] The video snippets with the other two women were taken down on the same day, but the one with Naig became viral on social media. On his Twitter account, Miranda said his room was recently robbed. Among those stolen was his hard disk drive, where photo and video files were stored. [12] [13] Miranda expressed his sadness on the leaking of the private video and apologized. [14] The following month, another video featuring Miranda and Naig was uploaded on Facebook. [15] [16]
Parokya ni Edgar is a Filipino rock band formed in 1993, composed of Chito Miranda, Gab Chee Kee, Buwi Meneses, Darius Semaña, Dindin Moreno, and Vinci Montaner. The band is known for its original rock novelty songs and often satirical covers of popular songs both foreign and local. The band is adept at playing in various musical genres.
Kamikazee is a Filipino rock band formed in 2000. The band, originally known all throughout its career as a quintet, is currently composed of Jay Contreras, Jomal Linao, Led Tuyay (guitar), Puto Astete (bass), Bords Burdeos (drums), Jian Lubiano (guitar), and Mikki Jill.
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Gabriel Ignatius Juan Chee Kee is a Filipino guitarist, singer, songwriter and one of the founding members of the band Parokya ni Edgar.
Darius Gerard Laluna Semaña is a Filipino musician. He is the lead guitarist of the band Parokya ni Edgar and is the oldest member of the group.
Buhawi "Buwi" Francia Meneses is a Filipino bassist for the band Parokya ni Edgar, and formerly for Franco.
Khangkhungkherrnitz is the debut studio album by Filipino alternative rock band Parokya ni Edgar, released in 1996 under Universal Records.
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