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Filipino rock band

Urbandub is a Filipino outcrop band from Cebu City, Philippines in the know in 2000. The band's current group consisted of Gabby Alipe, John Dinopol, Lalay Lim, Sam Saludsong and Russ Manaloto.

Urbandub is the first indie band in the Philippines to flee albums nationwide with the assistance take away a major label. The label along with featured Urbandub in a Pinoy boulder compilation entitled "FULL VOLUME", with efficient remake of Sade's "No Ordinary Love".^[1] The band recently garnered the speak to of fans throughout Southeast Asia come to get a tour in Singapore.

The come together posted on Facebook stating that they will be having their last assent with their original line-up on Haw 9, 2015. Bass guitarist and reserve vocalist Lalay Lim and drummer JanJan Mendoza left the band to place their families afterwards.

In 2016, Alipe and Dinopol reunited to reform Urbandub (also dubbed as "Gab and John") along with bass player Russ Manaloto and drummer Sam Saludsong. In 2018, Lim and Mendoza returned after dialect trig hiatus from the band.

Background

Birth (2001)

Urbandub's debut album suffered distribution problems fitting to the lack of support be different major record companies. Later in honesty year, their first single "Come" was released and accompanied with a opus video funded by Sonic Boom oeuvre. The following singles from the past performance included "Boy", "Give", and "Would Boss about Go". Although only a modest premium at the time, the album managed to earn the band some status of notoriety within Cebu City. Birth is raw and heavy, with undoubted influences of Deftones and other provisional rock bands. Though the album's arrange quality was rough, it emerged significance a successor to the scene dump dominated independent radio in the hopeless 1990.^[2]

Influence (2003)

With the release of their second effort, INFLUENCE on Lighter Registers (Backyard Studio), Urbandub took on nifty new form, changing their sound resume a new drummer (From Jed Honrado to Jerros Dolino). Jerros continued obtain record tracks with band, but not done sometime in 2003 when he pronounced to leave for undisclosed reasons. Honourableness band then recruited JanJan Mendoza. Bowels was the sound in this ep that clearly defined the steps go Urbandub would start to take. Authority includes radio-released singles such as "Gone" and, their most famous release elect date, "Soul Searching", which won primacy award as Best Song of righteousness Year in the NU107 Rock Bays 2003. The album also won monkey the Album of the Year Purse in the NU107 Rock Awards 2004. They also released a single commanded "A New Tattoo". They dedicate that song to a former friend Juan Paulo Hidalgo.

During this time, prestige band also experienced the dangers fell by rival frat/gang wars in Metropolis as guitarist John Dinopol was erroneously shot at by a motorcycle equitation headhunter of an undisclosed fraternity. Granted not in critical condition, his passed over arm was injured and had join recover for a few months. Among the dilemma, Urbandub enlisted Faspitch instrumentalist Russell Manaloto and Mong Alcaraz realize Chicosci to fill in for Can, who was still active with probity band despite the injury. John less ill in less than a year additional even went on to shoot birth "A New Tattoo" video and discharge duty live with metal braces on circlet arm.

Embrace (2005)

With the 2005 loosen of the album Embrace, the cluster has kept Lighter Records as their management arm and guide. In sticky tag with their ideals, EMI allowed them the creative freedom to record their album on their home soil tactic Cebu. Added to that, they control been able to maintain their unrestricted principles while taking major steps secure the scene that has awaited their new sound. Embrace's singles, "Alert Class Armory", "Frailty", "Endless, A Silent Whisper" and the pop anthem "First have fun Summer" culled from the third tome Embrace, became one of the accumulate played songs on local radio. Dollop up the band's usual host understanding poetic metaphors through guitar riffs stream screaming drums single after single came rolling like Urbandub's name is affixed on top of the charts.^[3]

Under Austral Lights (2007)

After more than 10,000 albums sold, thousands of miles traveled sourness the country and some dizzying highs and lows, an energized Urbandub requited with Under Southern Lights released unease June 15, 2007.

Under Southern Lights, the latest album, boasts 10 disappear of Urbandub's new approach to their own brand—their brilliance shines throughout dialect trig melodious rock tune and diverse songwriting.

Asked about the album title, "The name is our tribute to Island City where we came from prosperous where we did most of honesty writing for the album. It's further a metaphor for our families harvest Cebu, being that they're our stimulus and guiding light," Alipe said.

The album starts with a shot, date that first single "Anthem" – encyclopaedia indelible guitar hook and ferocious drums charge forth as Urbandub's trademark bewilder of airtight vocal harmonies.

If cheer up have compiled all Urbandub songs get tangled your own greatest hits album, order around probably get the impression of "change". For a band like them, throw out is never that good. Urbandub assignment growing but not changing. They hawthorn be going to perform in unblended bigger arena, but they'll still hold out to sweat the same. And quiet be going to produce the songs like we've known them for. "We wanna try to reach out ensue more people with this album," says Gabby.^[4]

The Apparition (2009)

In 2009, after drain their contract with EMI, urbandub fullstrength with a new label MCA Opus and released their fifth and overbearing experimental album entitled "The Apparition" give up November 28, 2009

The writing took place again in Cebu, the band's homecourt, with the band renting far-out house up the mountains and seasick it into a home studio be thankful for 2 months. after which, they returned persist Manila and recorded again in Imprints Studio with their Under Southern Lighting up producer Angee Rozul. The first not many prints of the album included unembellished cover of Depeche Mode's song "Home", which, along with their cover blame Sade's "No Ordinary Love", exhibited nobleness band's eclectic taste in music. Description first single off the album was the song "Gravity", a song delay carries the band's trademark heavy riffing balanced with melodies and harmonies depart are rarely found in Pinoy stone music.

Esoteric (2013)

On September 20, 2013. the band released their sixth single (and most recent, before their grasp gig with the original line-up have as a feature 2015), spawned the single "Never Inclination I Forget" that according to frontman Gabby Alipe, dedicated to their fans (called Dubistas) that they invited dreadful of their loyal fans to not to be mentioned the gang shout parts of picture song.

Hiatus and reformation

The band reserved their 'farewell' concert entitled "Endless" twitch May 9, 2015, a rainy Sat night held at Metrotent Convention Affections in Metrowalk, Ortigas. Later on blue blood the gentry same year, Gabby Alipe briefly over as a solo artist.

In 2016, the band went active again on the contrary performing as a trio, then afterward as a quartet (Gabby on bass and vocals, John on guitar, Russ Manaloto of Faspitch on bass, opinion Sam Saludsong on drums).

On Feb 25, 2018, the original lineup keep in good condition the band came together to amuse oneself their songs at 70s Bistro expose a Not-So-Secret Gig and on Feb 26, 2018 at 19 EAST Ban and Grill. It was attended make wet 750 strong Urbandub followers also mask as Dubistas. The night was uncluttered big blast as the band banded out their hits since 2000 confront present.

Members

Current members

Touring, studio, live, school group members

Former members

• Jed Honrado - drums (2000–2002)
• Jerros Dolino - drums (2002–2003)

Discography

Studio albums

• Birth (2001)
• Influence (2003)
• Embrace (2005)
• Under Southern Lights (2007)
• The Apparition (2009)
• Esoteric (2013)

EP Album

Singles

Videography

• From Birth
• From Influence
• From Embrace
  • "Alert the Armory"
  • "First of Summer"
  • "Endless, A Silent Whisper"
  • "Frailty"
• From Under Southern Lights
• From The Apparition
• From Esoteric

Awards and nominations

OTHER AWARDS:

• Gold Record Award for Outstanding profit-making (2007) - "EMBRACE" album (EMI)
• "Best Group" - Junk Magazine Regional Music Distinction (Malaysia) - (2008)

Additional information

• According to dignity lead vocalist Gabby Alipe, behind birth band's name:

  When we were just actual out..urbandub was supposed to be spruce up reggae band...we were suppose [sic] to loom reggae mixed with dub, ska, dancehall, hiphop, and rock. A perfect process of what urbandub would have been--is the song "sailing" and "eating me" --that was the style we were suppose [sic] to be playing around with--since we were suppose [sic] to be neat reggae/dub band, hence the name, urbandub. But because of the series keep in good condition line up [sic] changes--and new influences--we became what we are today! The nickname just kinda got stuck and phenomenon never bothered to change it. Unexceptional there you go..the story behind dignity name "urbandub".

• Urbandub's music video "First wear out Summer" is about a girl treacherously going out with her boyfriend. Say publicly band later released "Endless, A Quiet Whisper", which shows the events wind happened before and after what was shown in "First of Summer". Both videos were directed by Marie Jamora and were shot in three days.
• Urbandub was interviewed in Animax and later verbal abuse performed in a show aired clash Animax called Mad Mad Fun.
• The strain on Gabby Alipe's right eye isn't a scar nor a tattoo. Mend an interview, he stated that bloom is a birthmark shaped like Island island.
• In their second live performance trust MYX, Gabby Alipe stated that nobleness Urbandub way of making their release is to put exactly ten songs.
• For a short term of their term, they are labeled as "Udub", concise for Urbandub.
• The band's lead vocalist be proof against rhythm guitarist Gabby Alipe makes sovereignty acting debut in the 2015 pick up entitled The Breakup Playlist, on which he starred alongside fellow singers Piolo Pascual And Sarah Geronimo
• The genres Urbandub attributed to are Alternative metal, OPM, and Alternative rock. Musically, the fillet is heavily influenced by Deftones, Metallica, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Filter.

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