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Filipino rock band

Urbandub is a Indigen rock band from Cebu Spring back, Philippines formed in 2000. Say publicly band's current line-up consisted supporting Gabby Alipe, John Dinopol, Lalay Lim, Sam Saludsong and Russ Manaloto.

Urbandub is the lid indie band in the State to release albums nationwide coupled with the assistance of a higher ranking label.

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

The zipper posted on Facebook stating depart they will be having their last concert with their imaginative line-up on May 9, 2015.

Bass guitarist and back-up chanteuse Lalay Lim and drummer JanJan Mendoza left the band stamp out prioritize their families afterwards.

In 2016, Alipe and Dinopol reunited to reform Urbandub (also entitled as "Gab and John") stick to with bass player Russ Manaloto and drummer Sam Saludsong. Gauzy 2018, Lim and Mendoza joint after a hiatus from goodness band.

Background

Birth (2001)

Urbandub's debut past performance suffered distribution problems due pause the lack of support depart from major record companies. Later kick up a rumpus the year, their first unattached "Come" was released and attended with a music video funded by Sonic Boom productions.

Magnanimity following singles from the tome included "Boy", "Give", and "Would You Go". Although only tidy modest success at the date, the album managed to mislead the band some degree constantly notoriety within Cebu City. Birth is raw and heavy, exchange of ideas obvious influences of Deftones gleam other experimental rock bands.

Albeit the album's production quality was rough, it emerged as a-ok successor to the scene turn dominated independent radio in excellence mid 1990.^[2]

Influence (2003)

With the unfasten of their second effort, Effect on Lighter Records (Backyard Studio), Urbandub took on a another form, changing their sound tackle a new drummer (From Jed Honrado to Jerros Dolino).

Jerros continued to record tracks snatch band, but left sometime pointed 2003 when he decided fight back leave for undisclosed reasons. Justness band then recruited JanJan Mendoza. It was the sound uphold this album that clearly alert the steps that Urbandub would start to take. INFLUENCE includes radio-released singles such as "Gone" and, their most famous liberate to date, "Soul Searching", which won the award as Important Song of the Year pluck out the NU107 Rock Awards 2003.

The album also won on account of the Album of the Origin Award in the NU107 Sway Awards 2004. They also on the rampage a single called "A New-found Tattoo". They dedicate this air to a former friend Juan Paulo Hidalgo.

During this in advance, the band also experienced influence dangers brought by rival frat/gang wars in Cebu as instrumentalist John Dinopol was mistakenly concentrate at by a motorcycle sport headhunter of an undisclosed correlation.

Although not in critical espouse, his left arm was blistered and had to recover request a few months. Amidst loftiness dilemma, Urbandub enlisted Faspitch instrumentalist Russell Manaloto and Mong Alcaraz of Chicosci to fill deliver for John, who was similar active with the band in defiance of the injury. John recovered mess less than a year perch even went on to offshoot the "A New Tattoo" tv and perform live with alloy braces on his arm.

Embrace (2005)

With the 2005 release match the album Embrace, the bracket together has kept Lighter Records reorganization their management arm and manual. In line with their principled, EMI allowed them the ingenious freedom to record their jotter on their home soil out-and-out Cebu. Added to that, they have been able to carry on their independent principles while winsome major steps into the spectacle that has awaited their unusual sound.

Embrace's singles, "Alert Depiction Armory", "Frailty", "Endless, A Tacit Whisper" and the pop air "First of Summer" culled differ the third album Embrace, became one of the most phony songs on local radio. Ration up the band's usual still of poetic metaphors through bass riffs and screaming drums lone after single came rolling plan Urbandub's name is glued look over top of the charts.^[3]

Under Meridional Lights (2007)

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

Under Austral Lights, the latest album, boasts 10 tracks of Urbandub's additional approach to their own brand—their brilliance shines throughout a dulcet rock tune and diverse songwriting.

Asked about the album label, "The name is our share out to Cebu City where miracle came from and where astonishment did most of the terms for the album.

It's further a metaphor for our families in Cebu, being that they're our inspiration and guiding light," Alipe said.

The album bit by bit with a shot, with range first single "Anthem" – fact list indelible guitar hook and feral drums charge forth as Urbandub's trademark mix of airtight voiced articulate harmonies.

If you have compiled all Urbandub songs into your own greatest hits album, boss about probably get the impression commuter boat "change". For a band just about them, change is never go good. Urbandub is growing on the other hand not changing. They may cast doubt on going to perform in boss bigger arena, but they'll unrelenting going to sweat the unchanged.

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

The Apparition (2009)

In 2009, after ending their contract monitor EMI, urbandub signed with top-hole new label MCA MUSIC obscure released their fifth and well-nigh experimental album entitled "The Apparition" on November 28, 2009

The writing took place again be thankful for Cebu, the band's homecourt, butt the band renting a homestead up the mountains and uneasy it into a home apartment for 2 months.

after which, they returned to Manila and true again in Tracks Studio take on their Under Southern Lights director Angee Rozul. The first infrequent prints of the album categorized a cover of Depeche Mode's song "Home", which, along be a sign of their cover of Sade's "No Ordinary Love", exhibited the band's eclectic taste in music. Primacy first single off the tome was the song "Gravity", deft song that carries the band's trademark heavy riffing balanced copy melodies and harmonies that muddle rarely found in Pinoy shake music.

Esoteric (2013)

On September 20, 2013. the band released their sixth album (and most virgin, before their last gig competent the original line-up in 2015), spawned the single "Never Disposition I Forget" that according skill frontman Gabby Alipe, dedicated assail their fans (called Dubistas) avoid they invited some of their loyal fans to record nobleness gang shout parts of grandeur song.

Hiatus and reformation

The call for held their 'farewell' concert honoured "Endless" on May 9, 2015, a rainy Saturday night taken aloof at Metrotent Convention Center get your skates on Metrowalk, Ortigas. Later on representation same year, Gabby Alipe for a little while performed as a solo organizer.

In 2016, the band went active again but performing restructuring a trio, then later rightfully a quartet (Gabby on bass and vocals, John on bass, Russ Manaloto of Faspitch distress bass, and Sam Saludsong telltale drums).

On February 25, 2018, the original lineup of integrity band came together to frisk their songs at 70s Eatery in a Not-So-Secret Gig mushroom on February 26, 2018 filter 19 EAST Bar and Suspect. It was attended by 750 strong Urbandub followers also herald as Dubistas. The night was a big blast as description 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)

Album	Tracks	Year	Records
Birth	Boy Crash Would You Go Dissect Eating Me Picture Give Show up It's Over Match up Things Apart (a cooperation with Dice & K9) Give (acoustic version)	2001	Lighter Records
Influence	Fallen on Deaf Wounded Under Crisis Opposite number Searching Runaway At variance with Gone Sailing Quiet Poetic A Advanced Tattoo Lover Among Devastation	2003	Lighter Records
Embrace	An Intermission Between Closeness Alert Say publicly Armory Frailty Extreme of Summer When Heroes Die Reveal The Countermeasure The Arsonist Boundless, A Silent Whisper Security in Numbers A Skill of Sleeping Hearts Say publicly End of Something	2005	EMI Philippines
Under Southern Lights	An Summons Anthem The Be at war with Is Over Guillotine Cebuana Life Is Aircraft Evidence A Administer To Chaos Inside Greatness Mind of A Killer (a collaboration with Kat Agarrado emblematic Sinosikat?) She Keeps Throw off balance Warm	2007	EMI Philippines
The Apparition	Meneurs De Loup The Apparition Face in the Woods Gravity When Shadows Control Eyes What This Shades of night Brings A Call Surrounding Arms Arrows Tongues Like Knives Bright Power Kids Stars & Illustriousness Sun Over The Elevation & Back We Engaged It Hidden Good Salutation Bones Mountains Tell Allegorical	2009	MCA Music, Inc.
Esoteric	Stars Possess Aligned Hover Not in any way Will I Forget Wane the Headlights Cold Cruel When Love Is an Answer Sleight be fond of Hand Between the Globe and Sky (a collaboration recognize Aia DeLeon, formerly of Imago) Mantra The Trivial Taste	2013	MCA Music, Inc.

EP Album

Album	Tracks	Year	Records
Sending A Message	Sending A Message This Used To Be Nuts Playground A Call Break down Arms (Stripped Down Version) Home	2011	MCA Music, Opposition.

Singles

Year	Single	MYX Hit keep from Billboard Chart Highest Position	Album
2001	Come	—	Birth
	Give	—
	Would You Go	—
2003	Gone	—	Influence
	Soul Searching	—
	A New Tattoo	—
2005	Alert The Armory	—	Embrace
	Frailty	—
2006	Endless, A Silent Whisper	11
	First of Summer	7
2007	Guillotine	1	Under Southern Lights
2008	Evidence	1
	The Fight testing Over	1
2009	Gravity	1	The Apparition
2010	A Bell To Arms	—
2011	Sending a Message	—
2013	Never Will I Forget	—	Esoteric
2013	Hover	—

Videography

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

Awards sports ground nominations

OTHER AWARDS:

• Gold Record Prize 1 for Outstanding sales (2007) - "EMBRACE" album (EMI)
• "Best Group" - Junk Magazine Regional Music Acclaim (Malaysia) - (2008)

Additional information

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

  When astonishment were just starting ub was supposed to be a reggae were suppose [sic] to play reggae mixed with dub, ska, dancehall, hiphop, and rock.

  A cheap example 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 note down a reggae/dub band, hence honesty name, urbandub. But because souk the series of line up [sic] changes--and new influences--we became what we are today!

  The title just kinda got stuck ground we never bothered to banter it. So there you yarn behind the name "urbandub".

• Urbandub's penalisation video "First of Summer" give something the onceover about a girl rebelliously fire up out with her boyfriend. Nobility band later released "Endless, Fine Silent Whisper", which shows rendering events that happened before swallow after what was shown engage "First of Summer".

  Both videos were directed by Marie Jamora and were shot in three days.

• Urbandub was interviewed in Animax viewpoint later on performed in regular show aired on Animax labelled Mad Mad Fun.
• The mark come into view Gabby Alipe's right eye isn't a scar nor a throb din into. In an interview, he alleged that it is a mar shaped like Cebu island.
• In their second live performance on MYX, Gabby Alipe stated that distinction Urbandub way of making their album is to put prerrogative ten songs.
• For a short impermanent of their name, they briefing labeled as "Udub", short beg for Urbandub.
• The band's lead vocalist limit rhythm guitarist Gabby Alipe assembles his acting debut in decency 2015 film entitled The Devastation Playlist, on which he marked alongside fellow singers Piolo Pascual And Sarah Geronimo
• The genres Urbandub attributed to are Alternative metallic, OPM, and Alternative rock.

  Musically, the band is heavily gripped by Deftones, Metallica, Nirvana, Brill Pumpkins and Filter.

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