Pinoy rock, or Filipino rock, is the brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. It has become as diverse as the rock music genre itself, and bands adopting this style are now further classified under more specific genres or combinations of genres like alternative rock, post-grunge, ethnic, new wave, pop rock, punk rock, funk, reggae, heavy metal, ska, and recently, indie. Because these genres are generally considered to fall under the broad rock music category, Pinoy rock may be more specifically defined as rock music with Filipino cultural sensibilities.
Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan is a Filipino rock musician and record producer. His first name is often misspelled Raymond or Raimond though he personally prefers to spell his name as Raymund. The breadth of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene. He was the drummer, vocalist and lyricist alongside bandmate Ely Buendia of The Eraserheads, and the current keyboard/synths player for Pedicab, former rhythm guitarist and now frontman of Sandwich, current drummer of Cambio, vocalist of Project 1 and the man behind Squid 9. Currently, he holds bass for his newest band, Gaijin. Aside from writing songs and being a musician, he is also a record producer, voice actor, TV host and product endorser.
The Itchyworms is a Filipino rock band. The band is composed of Jazz Nicolas on lead vocals and drums, Jugs Jugueta on co-lead vocals, keys and guitars, Kelvin Yu on bass guitars, Chino Singson on lead guitars, Weckl Mercado on guitars, and Mikey Amistoso on guitars and keys. The group made their name in the OPM scene in 2006 with their second album, Noontime Show, with songs such as "Akin Ka Na Lang" and "Beer".
Asin is a Pinoy folk rock band from the Philippines. They started as a trio in the late 1970s before becoming a quartet, and was originally known as the Salt of the Earth. "Asin" means salt in Filipino language.
Rocksteddy is a Filipino rock band signed to 12 Stone Records.
Manila Sound is a music genre in the Philippines that began in the mid-1970s in Metro Manila. The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s during the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country by being the forerunner to OPM.
Joseph William Feliciano Smith was a Filipino-American singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist. Known by his stage names Joey Smith and Pepe Smith, he gained prominence as drummer / lead vocalist of Speed, Glue & Shinki from Japan, and drummer / co-lead vocalist of Juan de la Cruz Band from The Philippines, which became pioneering figures in original Filipino rock music or "Pinoy rock".
Razorback is a Filipino hard rock band formed in 1990. Originally known for being regulars at the now-defunct Kalye, a club in Makati, the band has performed at full-scale concerts and opened for Silverchair, Rage Against the Machine and Metallica.
Shampoo Ni Lola is a 90s indie band from the Philippines.
Kapatid was a Filipino rock supergroup fronted by Karl Roy, the brother of Kevin Roy of Razorback. He was also the vocalist of bands Advent Call and P.O.T.
Speed, Glue & Shinki was a Japanese psychedelic rock power trio supergroup formed in 1970 by guitarist Shinki Chen and record producer Ikuzo Orita.
Michael Abarico Hanopol, also known as Mike Hanopol, is a Filipino rock singer, guitarist, recording artist and Messianic religious leader. He was a former bass guitarist for the Juan de la Cruz Band. He is a pioneer of rock music in the Philippines active in the 1970s, along with Pepe Smith and Wally Gonzales.
Wally Gonzalez was a Filipino bluesman, guitarist and proponent of Pinoy Rock. Gonzalez formed and led the Juan de la Cruz Band which, with the collaboration of bassist-vocalist Mike Hanopol and drummer-vocalist Pepe Smith, rose to unprecedented national prominence as a power trio.
Hagibis is a Filipino disco group best known for their macho image, on-stage costumes, and macho songs about women. Originally formed by Juan dela Cruz Band singer and bassist Mike Hanopol and Vic del Rosario, they are cited as the "First Boyband in the Philippines" and later were coined the title "Village People of the Philippines", a title they still hold to this day. Their original line-up were composed of Sonny Parsons, Bernie Fineza, Mike Respall, Joji Garcia and Mon Picazo.
We Love OPM: The Celebrity Sing-Offs is a Philippine reality music competition show on ABS-CBN network hosted by Anne Curtis with Eric Nicolas and mentored by Jay-R, Yeng Constantino, Nyoy Volante, KZ Tandingan, Erik Santos and Richard Poon. It premiered on ABS-CBN nationwide and worldwide on The Filipino Channel on May 14, 2016. It aired on ABS-CBN every Saturdays after MMK and Sundays after Rated K.
Siakol is currently a 5-piece Filipino rock band who is one of the several groups who spearheaded the 90's Philippine alternative rock explosion and known for their hit songs "Lakas Tama", "Peksman", "Kanto", "Biyaheng Impyerno" and "Bakit Ba". Founded by Noel Palomo, Wowie Flores, Miniong Cervantes, Oyie Bunao, and Wally Gaspar in 1994, the band was a prominent fixture of the Tunog Kalye era and very popular to college & high school students in the Philippines during the 90s.
The following is a list of notable events that are related to Philippine music in 2019.
Hagibis is the debut self-titled studio album by the first Filipino boyband Hagibis formed by leader, songwriter/composer and producer Mike Hanopol of Juan de la Cruz Band. Released on Blackgold Records
Wolfrando Lavalan Jr., professionally known as Jun Lopito, was a Filipino guitarist. He worked with most of the Philippines' rock bands and singers such as Pinoy rock legend Pepe Smith and ethnic singer Grace Nono.
Ang Himig Natin(English: Our Hymn) is a song by Filipino Rock band Juan de la Cruz composed by Pepe Smith and was credited to mark the beginning of Pinoy rock music in the Philippines. The song was released and included in Juan de la Cruz's groundbreaking album Himig Natin in 1973 and was said to be the start of the origin of the term Pinoy Rock.
