Cueshé

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Cueshe

Country	Philippines
Years active	2005–Present
Genres	Pop Rock
Labels	Sony BMG Philippines
Members	Ruben Caballero Jhunjie Dosdos Jay Justiniani Fritz Labrado Mike Manaloto Jovan Mabini

Cueshe [Pronounced Kyu-shey.] is a band that originally came from Cebu in the Philippines.

1 Background
2 Controversies
3 Discography
- 3.1 Solo Albums
- 3.2 Other Albums
4 Singles
5 Former Member
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Background

Long before Cueshé came into the limelight were years of struggle and hard work. Like the time back in their hometown of Cebu when they had to compromise their music for gigs. Or the trying times when Jay figured in an accident. To make ends meet, Mike sold cigarettes, Fritz drove a passenger jeepney with Jovan as his conductor. Or the moment they left Cebu and set foot in Manila, living together in a small apartment living on canned goods and noodles. Add the skeptics and detractors who called them a "one hit wonder, a "phony" and mere sell-out.

However, like the simple banana cue which served as their constant snack companion, life became sweeter for the band as they remain unmoved and fully concentrated on their music.

And with that everything came into place. Hit singles ("Stay," "Sorry." "Ulan," "Can’t Let You Go" and "24 Hours."), a double platinum album ("Half Empty, Half Full"), accolades (Favorite Artist, Favorite Group and Favorite Song—for the song "Stay" at the 1st MYX Music Awards; SMART Texters’ Choice Hitmaker of the Year at the 2006 MTV Pilipinas Awards; Band of the Year at 2006 SOP PasiklaBand Awards; Best Breakthrough Artist at 2005 SOP Music Awards), sold-out gigs and concerts—all achieved in a span of one year.

The band also contributed to the critically acclaimed tribute album to the Eraserheads,"Ultraelecromagneticjam",in which they sung "Hard To Believe".

Less than a year later, the band released its sophomore album, "Back To Me." This new album is set to validate the band's status as pop idols as they release ten new tracks, all of which were written by the members themselves; and a re-make of the John Lennon original "Jealous Guy," them being big fans of the Beatles.

[edit] Controversies

Several controversies have arisen about them supposedly plagiarizing songs by other bands for their own. Many cite that the opening chords of "Stay" are very similar to Simple Plan's "Perfect" and the first two lines of the chorus of the same song are very similar (to the point of being considered a tonal rip-off by some) to Silverchair's "the Greatest View". There have been no legal actions taken regarding this issue, however.

This has caused a wave of negative backlash. In the 2005 NU Rock Awards, the band was repeatedly booed by the crowd when their name was announced as a nominee for one of the awards. Meanwhile, a number of Cebuano artists and DJs have reportedly disowned the band as part of the Cebu music scene, one of the most prolific in the country.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo Albums

Album Cover	Date of release	Title	Album Sales Award (PHIL Music threshold)
	2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment Phils.	Half Empty Half Full	2x Platinum (60,000 copies sold)
	2006 Sony BMG Music Entertainment Phils.	Back To Me	Platinum (30,000 copies sold)

[edit] Other Albums

Album Cover	Date of release	Title	Album Sales Award (PHIL Music threshold)
	2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment Phils.	Ultraelectromagneticjam (Contributed one track)	Platinum (30,000)
	2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment Phils.	Songs From The Movie My Sassy Girl (Contributed one track)	-----