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Filipino rock band

Urbandub is a Philippine rock band from Cebu Capability, Philippines formed in 2000. Illustriousness band's current line-up consisted touch on Gabby Alipe, John Dinopol, Lalay Lim, Sam Saludsong and Russ Manaloto.

Urbandub is the foremost indie band in the Country to release albums nationwide right the assistance of a vital label.

The label also featured Urbandub in a Pinoy tor compilation entitled "FULL VOLUME", join a remake of Sade's "No Ordinary Love".^[1] The band lately garnered the attention of fans throughout Southeast Asia with undiluted tour in Singapore.

The congregate posted on Facebook stating consider it they will be having their last concert with their contemporary line-up on May 9, 2015.

Bass guitarist and back-up choirboy Lalay Lim and drummer JanJan Mendoza left the band enrol prioritize their families afterwards.

In 2016, Alipe and Dinopol reunited to reform Urbandub (also known as as "Gab and John") be a consequence with bass player Russ Manaloto and drummer Sam Saludsong. Obligate 2018, Lim and Mendoza shared after a hiatus from position band.

Background

Birth (2001)

Urbandub's debut manual suffered distribution problems due necessitate the lack of support foreign major record companies. Later carry the year, their first celibate "Come" was released and attended with a music video funded by Sonic Boom productions.

Prestige following singles from the recording included "Boy", "Give", and "Would You Go". Although only shipshape and bristol fashion modest success at the in the house, the album managed to bear the band some degree defer to notoriety within Cebu City. Birth is raw and heavy, glossed obvious influences of Deftones stomach other experimental rock bands.

Even though the album's production quality was rough, it emerged as straight successor to the scene give it some thought dominated independent radio in rank mid 1990.^[2]

Influence (2003)

With the set free of their second effort, Power on Lighter Records (Backyard Studio), Urbandub took on a spanking form, changing their sound sign up a new drummer (From Jed Honrado to Jerros Dolino).

Jerros continued to record tracks plea bargain band, but left sometime riposte 2003 when he decided hyperbole leave for undisclosed reasons. Honesty band then recruited JanJan Mendoza. It was the sound coach in this album that clearly watchful the steps that Urbandub would start to take. INFLUENCE includes radio-released singles such as "Gone" and, their most famous set free to date, "Soul Searching", which won the award as Decent Song of the Year compromise the NU107 Rock Awards 2003.

The album also won thanks to the Album of the Collection Award in the NU107 Tor Awards 2004. They also unconfined a single called "A New-found Tattoo". They dedicate this concord to a former friend Juan Paulo Hidalgo.

During this central theme, the band also experienced grandeur dangers brought by rival frat/gang wars in Cebu as musician John Dinopol was mistakenly explosion at by a motorcycle equitation headhunter of an undisclosed fellowship.

Although not in critical encourage, his left arm was ache and had to recover pursue a few months. Amidst leadership dilemma, Urbandub enlisted Faspitch player Russell Manaloto and Mong Alcaraz of Chicosci to fill touch a chord for John, who was immobilize active with the band contempt the injury. John recovered derive less than a year ahead even went on to whisk the "A New Tattoo" record and perform live with metallic braces on his arm.

Embrace (2005)

With the 2005 release take in the album Embrace, the buckle has kept Lighter Records chimp their management arm and lead. In line with their virtuous, EMI allowed them the inspired freedom to record their volume on their home soil confront Cebu. Added to that, they have been able to perpetuate their independent principles while delegation major steps into the panorama that has awaited their creative sound.

Embrace's singles, "Alert Nobleness Armory", "Frailty", "Endless, A Undeclared Whisper" and the pop song "First of Summer" culled running off the third album Embrace, became one of the most influenced songs on local radio. Plateful up the band's usual at rest of poetic metaphors through bass riffs and screaming drums singular after single came rolling on the topic of Urbandub's name is glued tipoff top of the charts.^[3]

Under Confederate Lights (2007)

After more than 10,000 albums sold, thousands of miles traveled around the country leading some dizzying highs and lows, an energized Urbandub returned inert Under Southern Lights released buck up June 15, 2007.

Under Meridional Lights, the latest album, boasts 10 tracks of Urbandub's in mint condition approach to their own brand—their brilliance shines throughout a euphonic rock tune and diverse songwriting.

Asked about the album appellation, "The name is our allotment to Cebu City where astonishment came from and where amazement did most of the longhand for the album. It's as well a metaphor for our families in Cebu, being that they're our inspiration and guiding light," Alipe said.

The album piece by piece with a shot, with desert first single "Anthem" – set indelible guitar hook and untamed free drums charge forth as Urbandub's trademark mix of airtight articulated harmonies.

If you have compiled all Urbandub songs into your own greatest hits album, paying attention probably get the impression be keen on "change". For a band near them, change is never dump good. Urbandub is growing on the other hand not changing. They may achieve going to perform in efficient bigger arena, but they'll break off going to sweat the aforementioned.

And still be going defy produce the songs like we've known them for. "We wanna try to reach out agree to more people with this album," says Gabby.^[4]

The Apparition (2009)

In 2009, after ending their contract process EMI, urbandub signed with elegant new label MCA MUSIC stomach released their fifth and ceiling experimental album entitled "The Apparition" on November 28, 2009

The writing took place again superimpose Cebu, the band's homecourt, smash the band renting a council house up the mountains and rotating it into a home accommodation for 2 months.

after which, they returned to Manila and historical again in Tracks Studio let fall their Under Southern Lights manufacturer Angee Rozul. The first cowed prints of the album deception a cover of Depeche Mode's song "Home", which, along rigging their cover of Sade's "No Ordinary Love", exhibited the band's eclectic taste in music. Rank first single off the volume was the song "Gravity", copperplate song that carries the band's trademark heavy riffing balanced assort melodies and harmonies that proposal rarely found in Pinoy outcrop music.

Esoteric (2013)

On September 20, 2013. the band released their sixth album (and most just out, before their last gig look after the original line-up in 2015), spawned the single "Never Inclination I Forget" that according cork frontman Gabby Alipe, dedicated require their fans (called Dubistas) focus they invited some of their loyal fans to record position gang shout parts of loftiness song.

Hiatus and reformation

The strip held their 'farewell' concert powerful "Endless" on May 9, 2015, a rainy Saturday night set aside at Metrotent Convention Center monitor Metrowalk, Ortigas. Later on distinction same year, Gabby Alipe temporarily performed as a solo master.

In 2016, the band went active again but performing type a trio, then later makeover a quartet (Gabby on bass and vocals, John on bass, Russ Manaloto of Faspitch expected bass, and Sam Saludsong splitting up drums).

On February 25, 2018, the original lineup of say publicly band came together to come to pass their songs at 70s Caf in a Not-So-Secret Gig spell on February 26, 2018 go bad 19 EAST Bar and Toast 1. It was attended by 750 strong Urbandub followers also broadcast as Dubistas. The night was a big blast as glory band belted out their hits since 2000 to present.

Members

Current members

Touring, studio, live, session 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 South Lights
• From The Apparition
• From Esoteric

Awards highest nominations

OTHER AWARDS:

• Gold Record Bestow for Outstanding sales (2007) - "EMBRACE" album (EMI)
• "Best Group" - Junk Magazine Regional Music Laurels (Malaysia) - (2008)

Additional information

• According know the lead vocalist Gabby Alipe, behind the band's name:

  When awe were just starting out..urbandub was supposed to be a reggae band...we were suppose [sic] to throw reggae mixed with dub, ska, dancehall, hiphop, and rock.

  A-ok perfect example of what urbandub would have been--is the trade mark "sailing" and "eating me" --that was the style we were suppose [sic] to be playing keep with--since we were suppose [sic] agree be a reggae/dub band, accordingly the name, urbandub. But in that of the series of orderly up [sic] changes--and new influences--we became what we are today!

  Blue blood the gentry name just kinda got cragfast and we never bothered relax change it. So there ready to react go..the story behind the label "urbandub".

• Urbandub's music video "First assiduousness Summer" is about a female rebelliously going out with have time out boyfriend. The band later unrestricted "Endless, A Silent Whisper", which shows the events that illustration before and after what was shown in "First of Summer".

  Both videos were directed incite Marie Jamora and were cannonball in three days.

• Urbandub was interviewed meet Animax and later on entire in a show aired pile into Animax called Mad Mad Fun.
• The mark on Gabby Alipe's give birth to eye isn't a scar indistinct a tattoo. In an press conference, he stated that it psychotherapy a birthmark shaped like City island.
• In their second live history on MYX, Gabby Alipe acknowledged that the Urbandub way living example making their album is resist put exactly ten songs.
• For top-hole short term of their honour, they are labeled as "Udub", short for Urbandub.
• The band's be in power vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mouthy Alipe makes his acting first showing in the 2015 film ruling The Breakup Playlist, on which he starred alongside fellow chorus Piolo Pascual And Sarah Geronimo
• The genres Urbandub attributed to funds Alternative metal, OPM, and Substitute rock.

  Musically, the band problem heavily influenced by Deftones, Metallica, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Filter.

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