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| Yano | |
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| Origin | Manila, Philippines |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, Folk, Punk rock, Pinoy rock |
| Years active | 1993 - 1997, 2006 - present |
| Associated acts | Pan |
| Members | |
| Eric Gancio as a one-man band | |
| Former members | |
| Dong Abay Eric Gancio Onie Badiang Nowie Favila Nonong Timbalopez Harley Alarcon Jun Nogoy |
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Yano is a folk/punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. The City of Manila The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Pinoy Rock, or Filipino Rock, is the brand of Rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of Musical instruments simultaneously using their hands feet limbs and various mechanical contraptions Westdon Martin Abay ( April 5, 1971) popularly known as Dong Abay, is a Poet and a Pinoy rock Musician. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The band members were originally composed of Dong Abay (vocals) and Eric Gancio (guitars). Westdon Martin Abay ( April 5, 1971) popularly known as Dong Abay, is a Poet and a Pinoy rock Musician. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. Onie Badiang later joined them as bassist; Nowie Favila was the usual drummer but declined to join the group due to commitments with Ang Grupong Pendong. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. Other drummers of the band included Nonong Timbalopez, Harley Alarcon and Jun Nogoy. The band got their name when Abay looked through an entry in "Talahulugang Pilipino", an old Tagalog dictionary. Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. "Yano" in Tagalog means "simple", a term often used by Tagalog speakers in Quezon. SIMPLE, the S ession Initiation Protocol for I nstant M essaging and P resence L everaging E xtensions, is an instant Quezon is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon.
As of 2007, Gancio revived Yano as a one-man band, although, there will be back-up musicians for live performances. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1] In 2008, He will be releasing a new album, which he described as the fourth Yano album rather than his second album. [1]
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History
In 1992, Dong Abay, Eric Gancio and Larry Mapolon met in Patatag, a progressive vocal ensemble. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. After a year, they decided to form a band called NG (pronounced as en-ji and derived from the Ng diagraph, which is included on the Filipino alphabet) with percussionist Renmin Nadela. Ng (lowercase ng) is a digraph of the Latin alphabet. In English and several other European and English-derived orthographies it The Filipino alphabet (officially Makabagong alpabetong Filipino; English: Modern Filipino alphabet) is made up of 28 letters which includes the entire Abay and Gancio remained and recruited musical arranger and bassist, Onie Badiang to the group. Eventually, the band's name was renamed to Yano. They recorded their demo at the home studio of alternative artist Joey Ayala in June 1993. Joey Ayala (born June 1 1956 is a contemporary pop music artist in the Philippines. One of the tracks, "Kumusta Na?," ("How Are You?") a song about the "EDSA Revolution", found its way to a local radio station where the group was first heard. The EDSA Revolution may refer to three events in Philippine history referring to popular political upheavals occurring in the EDSA highway People This paved the way for Yano to become active in the local club circuit. Mayrics, Club Dredd, 70s Bistro were among the first clubs that Yano performed in. Drummers for the band included Nowie Favila (Ang Grupong Pendong), Nonong Timbalopez (Put3Ska, Ex President's Combo), Jun Nogoy (Coffeebreak Island) and Harley Alarcon (Rizal Underground).
In 1994, the band's self-titled debut album came out and spawned classic Filipino rock songs such as "Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo" ("Holy Dog, Saintly Horse"), "Tsinelas" ("Slippers") and "Esem" (wordplay for SM or Shoemart mall). SM Prime Holdings Inc ( is the parent company of the SM Group's shopping malls This was followed by a string of successful concerts around the Philippine archipelago. An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian Their first album from Alpha records (re-issued by BMG) reached quadruple platinum in 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) After producing three studio albums, Abay quit during the late 1990s because of fame-induced pressure. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The group later disbanded after Abay’s absence.
After quitting the band, Abay struggled with clinical depression and stayed only in his bedroom for about five years. Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression [2] He came out of depression while writing new songs set into poetry. He later called Badiang to borrow a guitar and jam. Eventually they formed another band, Pan with bassist Milo Duane Cruz and drummer Melvin Leyson. Abay got the term "Pan" after reading Tom Robbins' novel Jitterbug Perfume. Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American Author. Jitterbug Perfume is Tom Robbins ' fourth novel published in 1984. They released their debut album entitled Parnaso Ng Payaso in 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Pan was later disbanded because Abay went back to school in U. P. Diliman. He released "Sampol" , an EP in 2005, which was later reborn into Flipino and released in May 2006. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He is currently pursuing a career as an independent artist.
Gancio returned to his homeland in Davao after the demise of Yano. Davao Region, designated as Region XI, is one of the regions of the Philippines, located on the southeastern portion of Mindanao. In 2004, he released an EP for his solo album Sa Bandang Huli. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Gancio did all the instruments in his indie-released album and mixing the music in a PC-based software. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Gancio is reviving Yano as a one-man band and currently performing as Yano in Davao with two sessionist musicians. Davao Region, designated as Region XI, is one of the regions of the Philippines, located on the southeastern portion of Mindanao. He will be releasing an album, which, according to Gancio, will be the "fourth Yano album. "
Badiang played bass for Filipino folk/rock band Asin. Asin (sometimes spelled ASIN, in all capital letters is a Pinoy rock and Folk rock band from the Philippines. He currently reconnected to Joey Ayala's Bagong Lumad while Favila is currently playing gigs outside the Phiippines. Joey Ayala (born June 1 1956 is a contemporary pop music artist in the Philippines.
Music
Yano’s music was well known for their political and social themes. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Definition In the absence of agreement about its meaning the term "social" is used in many different senses referring among other things to attitudes Their songs censure religious hypocrites like in Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo (Tagalog for Holy Dog, Saintly Horse), corrupt politicians in Trapo (colloquial, pejorative term for traditional politicians, also literally translates to "dust rag"), the lingo of the Philippine's elite in Coño Ka P’re ("You're a coño") and abusive capitalists in "Mc’Jo" (alluding to the fastfood chain McDonald's where Abay once worked as a crew member). Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech, writing or Paralinguistics. Words and phrases are pejorative if they imply disapproval or contempt Englog, sometimes Enggalog, is an informal Sociolect in the Philippines. Elite (also spelled Élite) is taken originally from the Latin, eligere, "to elect" Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly
Yano’s songs also narrate the situation of Philippine society during the 1990s. Kumusta Na? ("How are you?") discusses the condition of the Filipino masses after the 1986 EDSA Revolution while the novelty-styled song Kaka tells a story of a person named Kaka, who is having difficulty in finding things in the dark after a power outage, a reference to the frequent blackouts in the Philippines during the early 1990s. Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. A novelty song is a silly or nonsensical Song, performed principally for its comical effect. A power outage (also known as power cut, power failure, power loss, or blackout) is the loss of the Electricity supply to an Abno, also known as Abnormal Environmental, tackles the environment while Kaklase ("classmate") focuses on students facing maltreatment by their teachers. See also Nature The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a terminology that is comprised of all living and Another social relevant song, Mercy, tells about the story of a crazy peddler in the Philippines known as a taong grasa ("greasy person"). Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit
Abay's experiences as a student at the University of the Philippines, enabled him to write songs in dismay of their school like in State U and their life in the university, such as Esem (in reference to the SM City North EDSA mall, which is about a mile away from the UP Diliman campus) and Iskolar Ng Bayan ("The Nation's Scholar"). The University of the Philippines (or Unibersidad ng Pilipinas in Filipino and commonly abbreviated as U SM City North EDSA is the first and flagship SM Supermall by Henry Sy 's SM Prime Holdings, the largest retail & mall operator in the Philippines The University of the Philippines Diliman, or UP Diliman, is the flagship campus seat of administration and the largest Constituent University of the University They also made some love songs in their music like Senti (short for "sentimental") and Paalam Sampaguita ("Goodbye Sampaguita"). The latter also tackles the migration of many Filipinos to other countries to seek better opportunities.
Discography
References
- ^ a b Gancio relaunches Yano. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Mindanao Times (December 19, 2007). Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Retrieved on February 6, 2008. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ Dong Abay's Pan: Another Gem. MTV Asia News (2006-01-16). MTV Southeast Asia is a 24-hour Music / Entertainment television network owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific, a division of Viacom. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.