The band was formed in 2004 and originally composing of five members such as lead vocalist and keyboardist Hayley Williams, leads guitarist Josh Farro, bassist Jeremy Davis, drummer Zac Farro, and rhythm guitarist Taylor York.

Paramore was known for their hit song “Decode,” which is the soundtrack for the vampire flick “Twilight”.

They arrived in Manila last Monday from a Philippine Airlines flight accompanied by an entourage of 15 artists, which included back-up singers, assistants, and special effects personnel.

At least 30,000 people attended the Paramore concert tour that highlighted their third and latest album, Brand New Eyes. It was a very successful concert and Paramore said they would love to comeback again in the Philippines for another tour.

The sold-out concert was started at around 8 pm with a ticket priced of P10,000 – Super VIP Section, P3,670 – VIP Section, P1,838 – Gold Section, and P520 – Silver Section respectively.

Her father is the one taught her how to sing. In fact, Sarah’s first music lessons came from him. He would have her practice everyday to develop her singing ability. At the young age of 2, Sarah first sang “Pasko Na Naman” on stage with Pinky Marquez and Richard Reynoso.

At four years old, mother Divine would accompany her to auditions for different TV programs. Then, Sarah became part of a children’s show, Pen-pen de Sarapen, from 1992 through 1994, Ang TV from 1995 through 1996, and NEXT from 1996 through 1997. She was also one of the performers during Pope John Paul II visited Manila in 1995.

Sarah’s shining moments came when she entered Star For a Night hosted by Ms. Regine Velasquez was arguably the singing contest that catapulted her to stardom. She came out as the grand prize winner of the said singing competition with her rendition of the song “To Love You More.” where she won P1 million and a managerial contract at Viva Artist Agency.

After this turning point what followed are albums, concerts, her own soap opera, a mainstay at ASAP (a Sunday variety show), supporting roles in movies,  endorsements, and legions of fans. She became a popstar, a teen princess, a role model. At ASAP, champion singers show off their winning form at Champions Showdown where she paved way to other singing champions with the likes of Mark Bautista, Rachelle Ann Go, Raymond Manalo, Erik Santos, Sheryn Regis, Christian Bautista, Frenchie Dy, and Jerome Sala.

On February 28, 2009, the group had their first international tour in Bangkok, Tailand. Then, they together with mentor JYP held concerts in the United States visiting several states such as Los Angeles, La Mirada, and New York City. The Wonder Girls joined the concert of Jonas Brothers on the North American leg of the Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009. Due to demands, the group also released an English version of their single “Nobody”. The girls’ US debut album is up for release next year.

The Wonder Girls has already released a mini-album (“The Wonder Begins”), three full-length albums (“The Wonder Years”, “So Hot” and “The Wonder Years Trilogy”) and they have earned two Daesangs (their equivalent to the Grammy’s). They have three consecutive Number Ones under their belts: “Tell Me”, “So Hot” and “Nobody”.

After experiencing downfall, Charice was discouraged in her singing career and instead of it; she planned to become a nurse. Incidentally, a nursing student with the online name FalseVoice stepped in and resurrected her career. He uploaded Charice performances on Little Big Star in YouTube and suddenly received millions of hits and made Charice an Internet sensation.

After viewing FalseVoice’s videos, the producers of Star King, a South Korean talent show, invited her to their stage. On October 13, 2007, Charice emerged from the wings and blew the gates off with her first note, instantly establishing the richness and maturity of her voice. Charice first appearance in Oprah and a concert with Celine Dion considered being the biggest break on her singing career.

They have firstly met in college at the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines Diliman. Kamikazee’s early gigs were mostly campus events in UP Diliman like the annual UP Fair. Before they were signed, they went by the name “Kamikazee Cornflakes” in 2000, which was eventually shortened to its current state as “Kamikazee” was easier to remember. Their early shows included renditions of the songs “Tsinelas”, a cover of Ariel Rivera’s “Sana Kahit Minsan”, and Britney Spears’ Lucky.

In 2003 is proved to be the year of reckoning for Kamikazee as they also picked up the Listener’s Choice Award at the 2003 NU 107 Rock Awards function, while Allan Burdeos won the Drummer of the Year trophy. Two years since, they were names as the year’s Best Live Act at 2005 NU 107 Rock Awards. They also gave an electrifying performance of the hit song ‘Chicksilog’ that was nominated as the Song of the Year. The song reach the #1 position at NU 107’s Midnight Countdown and ended at the #9 position of the Yearend Countdown for 2005.

The band’s name speaks volumes of the band’s philosophy – pure passion and fearless music. The music they make will leave you exhausted, exhilarated and yearning for more…and Kamikazee is fast gaining the reputation as being one of the most explosive bands in the Filipino music arena. Their band influences are Parokya ni Edgar, Cheese, The Eraserheads, Deftones, New Found Glory, Slipknot, and Pantera.

Powered by the strength of the carrier single, “Noy-pi,” the band’s debut As the Music Plays, released in February 2004 success; it later spawned other hit singles in the power chord-driven “Mr. Clay,” the slow-burning “Masaya,” and the radio single-only, groove-infested “These Days.” By December of the same year, they had released a repackaged AVCD version that included their music videos and a bonus cut—the re-recorded version of “Masaya” featuring Ria Osorio on piano. They had also won a slew of music awards, not the least of which were MTV Pilipinas’ Best New Artist and Song of the Year for “Noy-pi” punctuated, of course, by their performance at the awards show.

Their second album, Light Peace Love, which was released in 2005, consisted of ten songs of differing moods and subjects, which took only 3 months to record. This album has a softer sound with both its lyrics and delivery. For this album they added more strings and variety of other instruments, including a trumpet. The band experimented with several new styles that may please new listeners, at the risk of disappointing fans of the more conventional rock of their first album.

Their third album, We Stand Alone Together, was released in 2007. It contains revived local songs such as Buklod’s “Tatsulok” and international songs such as Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” from different generations. It also includes bonus tracks like unplugged versions of their hit songs from previous albums such as “Mr. Clay”, “These Days”, and “Hallelujah”. Once again, opting to do away with the conventional rock image that was attached to them; they produced sounds which were more jazzy than expected.

Bisrock actually started around the 1980′s when someone started calling Cebu’s rock scene as Bisrock, but it wasn’t popular right away; the packaging wasn’t right just yet. The current scene or influence at that time was that of new wave, punk, thrash metal, and British Rock Bands, hence nobody cared to call it Bisrock and when someone did, he was ridiculed as too Bisaya; and the composition of the lyrics was not in Cebuano but in English.

The Cebu Pop materials simply alienated the youth, its songs were stuck in the age of melodrama. On the other hand, Pinoy rock, dominated by the Tagalog, was in full swing, reliving the seventies with E-Heads, Siakol, Parokya, etc. The young Cebuano musician saw that, and saw “bisrock” as a natural direction. And, of course, the love and familiarity of the language has always been there. That is a big, indelible factor. It is the language in which they can be funny, sarcastic, romantic, cynical, angry, without being pretentious with the lyrics. It was the language closest to their hearts.

Point 11 Band Members:

Mike Quiachon – Vocals
Marc Anthony Nengasca – Rhythm Guitars
Marcellano Alday – Lead Guitars
Cancio Adlawan – Bass Guitars
Joemart Jorge – Drums