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City: Manila
Country: PH
Signup Date: 3/16/2005

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 

 

Fuseboxx started in 2001 by synth/keyboardist Eric Tubon, guitarist Paolo Cabalquinto and drummer Herson Fremista as a three piece experimental band, after few months they decided to complete the line up adding Rodney Vidañez on bass and Abby Clutario on vocals/keyboards (prior to Clutario, Fuseboxx tried MJ Dacosta on vocals, but that arrangement lasted for only 2 weeks). Realizing that they could play for a living, they tried doing alternative and new wave covers. They also tried auditioning in bars, but most felt they were too heavy for their crowd. After several twists and turns which included Cabalquinto leaving to pursue a career in Nursing, the band decided to stop doing covers and started creating original music. Cabalquinto was soon replaced by Robert Lachica (now guitarist of Neruda). Lachica then left and was replaced by current guitarist Albert Montinola. The band continued developing their skills and adopted a progressive rock style, honing their edge on their own originals. It was with this line-up that the band release an EP entitled Listen released 2003 which was circulated among the Filipino "underground" indie rock community. After further lineup changes, the band eventually settled on their current lineup with drummer Lester Banzuelo, bassist Rodney Vidanes, guitarist Albert Montinola and vocals/keys Abby Clutario joining Tubon (by then, the only remaining founder).

 

 

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 

 

Fuseboxx are currently hard at work on their second studio album under Ballyhoo Records, with their current line-up this will sure be a heavier sounding album. In their recent performances, they have been playing a new song entitled Pagbalik, which is most likely the first single from the new album.
 
 
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 

Fuseboxx released their self titled debut album under Universal Records after an almost two year wait. The album is notable for the bands four part opus, Outlet, an over 25 minute long progressive epic spanning four songs: Outlet I, Outlet II, Outlet III Requiem, Outlet IV (with an Interlude in between Outlet III and IV). Also included were radio edits for Outlet II and Outlet III that received airplay over the famous Filipino rock radio station NU 107. Other notable songs from the album include Ulanarao, a song in Filipino (the title itself is a portmanteau of the words ulan and araw - the Filipino words for "rain" and "sun" respectively) that proved quite popular with the fans and was also played on NU107; Switch, an instrumental piece featuring recorded conversation samples (often unintelligible), locomotive celerity and choir girl voices and Breathe, which features middle eastern, staccato motifs that showcase Clutario and Tubon's keyboards and Montinola's guitars in blazing conjunction.

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 

Muziklaban success Prior to joining the 2003 Red Horse Beer Muziklaban, Fuseboxx were a little known progressive rock band with a small following. At the time of joining, the band was almost on the verge of breakup due to the band members busy schedules with their day jobs. Joining and eventually winning the contest (where they were unanimously voted by the judges as the winner) brought in a sudden surge of exposure for the band helping them breakthrough to the mainstream. The win itself was an emotional moment for the band with former guitarist Paolo Cabalquinto (their PA at that time) breaking out into tears when they won. However, despite public demand for them to release an album as soon as possible, the band took their time to work on the album, releasing it almost two years after they had won under a distibution contract with Universal Records Philippines.