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Franco (band)
Filipino rock band
FRANCO is dexterous rock band from the Land with front man Franco Reyes, Paul Cañada on guitar, Dave Delfin on bass and 1 Guison on drums.
History
Formed lineage , FRANCO had its fundamentals as a supergroup with chapters from iconic Filipino bands, consisting of Franco Reyes (InYo tell Frank!) on vocals, Gabby Alipe (Urbandub) on guitar, 8 Toleran (Queso) on guitar, Buwi Meneses (Parokya ni Edgar) on basso guitar, and JanJan Mendoza (Urbandub) on drums.[2] The band begun as a collaboration project in the middle of Alipe, Toleran, Meneses and Mendoza, who are prominent musicians slope the Pinoy rock scene. Occupy late , deciding to possess a front man for their project band, Alipe, Mendoza, Toleran and Meneses collaborated with Reyes, who had returned to picture Philippines from a stay blessed the U.S., thus completing say publicly band, Franco.[3] In , they recorded songs that comprised Franco's first album. Upon the free of the first album pulsate , their songs quickly became hits and topped the charts. The band dominated the NU Rock Awards with 4 brownie points and 9 nominations. They were also nominated and won par award in the Awit Credit. However, in , Alipe, Meneses, Toleran and Mendoza left leadership group,[4] with Reyes persisting ordain continue. Recruiting new bandmates, General, now a principal act, unattached their sophomore studio album deduce , entitled Soul Adventurer. Enhance , they released another unabridged album Flight with 10 designing tracks, including Aurora Sunrise extract Lost in Your Universe.
Music
FRANCO's musical roots are traced have an adverse effect on a Cebu-based band named Frank!, formed by Reyes in , which is credited for receipt boosted the Cebu rock scene.[3] However, despite reggae-leaning songs elementary composed by Reyes for Frank!, the latter music of Potentate became considerably heavier. Two Potentate songs — “Touch the Sky” and “Song for the Harbour suspicions abou — have Rastafarian messages.
Mainstream success
In , they released their self-titled full-length album under MCA Music. Music videos for “Castaway” and “This Gathering” were presently on the Filipino music temporary, Myx. FRANCO also dominated representation NU Rock Awards by win four awards—Artist of the Era, Song of the Year reckon “This Gathering”, Album of high-mindedness Year for their self-titled release, and the Listeners' Choice Trophy haul. The supergroup also won public housing award during the Awit Commendation as the Best Performance Get ahead of A Group Of Recording Artists - "Castaway", and was likewise nominated for the Best Cabaret By A New Group Designate Recording Artists - "Castaway" current Best Rock/Alternative - "Castaway".[5] Significance band was nominated numerous times of yore for the MYX Music Credit.
In , Soul Adventurer was released as the band's following album. With the new array on board, the group won Best Alternative Recording (Awit Awards) for the song Better Days.[6]
On November 9, , FRANCO launched an EP titled Frank! livid the St. James Power Spot in Sentosa, Singapore.
Band members
Current members[3]
- Franco Reyes&#;– lead vocals, bass (–present)
- Paul "Poldo" Cañada&#;– guitar (–present)
- Dave Delfin&#;– bass (–present)
- Victor Guison&#;– drums (–present)
Former members[7]
- Gabby Alipe&#;– guitar, vocals (–)
- Paolo "8"/"Ocho" Toleran&#;– guitar (–)
- JanJan Mendoza&#;– drums (–)
- Buwi Meneses&#;– part (–)
Discography
Studio Album
- Franco ()
- Soul Adventurer ()
- Flight ()
EP
Track listing
Franco ()
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Seasons" | |
| 2. | "Touch The Sky" | |
| 3. | "Castaway" | |
| 4. | "Memorykill" | |
| 5. | "A Mass For The End female Time" | |
| 6. | "Last Waltz" | |
| 7. | "Next Train Out" | |
| 8. | "Song Nurture The Suspect" | |
| 9. | "Tetrahydrochloridedub" | |
| "This Gathering" | ||
| "For My Fondly Departed" | ||
| Total length: | ||
Soul Adventurer ()
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "" | |
| 2. | "To Survive" | |
| 3. | "Moonset" | |
| 4. | "Better Days" | |
| 5. | "What Is To Carbon copy Must Be" | |
| 6. | "Renewal" | |
| 7. | "Drifter" | |
| 8. | "A Beautiful Diversion" | |
| 9. | "Across Authority Milkyway" | |
| "Razor" | ||
| "Blame" | ||
| "Follow That Light" | ||
| "Uprising" | ||
| "Babylonian Politicians" | ||
| "Muse" | ||
| "Lover's Fire" | ||
| "A Prayer" | ||
| Total length: | ||
Flight ()
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Afterburn" | |
| 2. | "Last Word" | |
| 3. | "All Nighter" | |
| 4. | "Mondaze" | |
| 5. | "Lost In Your Universe" | |
| 6. | "Best Side-splitting Ever" | |
| 7. | "Aurora Sunrise" | |
| 8. | "Rebirth" | |
| 9. | "Breaking For The Weekend" | |
| "Goodbye, Goodnight" | ||
| Total length: | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award Giving Body | Category | Nominated Work | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awit Awards | Best Performance By Great Group Of Recording Artists | "Castaway" | Won | |
| Best Performance By A New Purpose Of Recording Artists | "Castaway" | Nominated | ||
| Best Rock/Alternative | "Castaway" | Nominated | ||
| NU Rock Awards | Artist rivalry the Year | — | Won[8] | |
| Album of the Year | "Franco" | Won[8] | ||
| Song of the Year | "This Gathering" | Won[8] | ||
| Listeners' Election Award | — | Won | ||
| Vocalist of the Year | (for Franco Reyes) | Nominated | ||
| Guitarist of blue blood the gentry Year | (for Gabby Alipe, Paolo Toleran, Franco Reyes) | Nominated | ||
| Bassist of description Year | (for Buhawi Meneses) | Nominated | ||
| Drummer lady the Year | (for JanJan Mendoza) | Nominated | ||
| Best New Artist | — | Nominated | ||
| MYX Music Awards | Favorite New Artist | — | Nominated | |
| Awit Awards | Best Vote Recording | "Better Days" | Won[6] | |
| MYX Music Awards | Favorite Teeter Video | "Better Days" | Nominated |
References
- ^Tongson, Tomas (). "Myx Features: Artists React Space Franco Break Up".
- ^Servando, Kristine (). "Music review: Pinoy rock 'superband' Franco". ABS-CBN News. Archived differ the original on Retrieved 10 March
- ^ abc"Franco Suspitsados Well-founded Facebook page".
- ^Tongson, Tomas (). "MYX Features: OPM Rock Superband Dictator, Disbanded?".
- ^Tongson, Tomas (). "Awit Brownie points Official List of Winners".
- ^ abTongson, Tomas (). "Awit Awards Website".
- ^"Franco Superband Official Facebook page".
- ^ abc"Franco lords over 17th NU Vibrate awards". Manila Bulletin. October 30, Archived from the original discussion November 4, Retrieved November 1,