NU Rock Awards

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The NU Rock Awards is sponsored every year by the radio station NU 107. NU107 is a rock radio station based in the Philippines. See old site

1. 1994 saw the birth of what is to become the biggest annual gathering of the finest rock musicians in the country—the NU 107 Rock Awards! The very first NU 107 Rock Awards was held in a place called The Music Hall in Annapolis St. Greenhills. What was meant to be a small gathering to give recognition to the finest people in the rock community is now the BIGGEST and most anticipated rock event in the country.

2. The first ever Song of the Year Award was given to Alamid for the song “Your Love.” The song then went on to rule the airwaves and was in fact the very first NU 107 exclusive to cross over to other formats.

3. The Dawn is the perennial Rock Awards band. They’ve performed in all 11 previous Rock Awards and are slated to perform again this year.

4. The first ever to win Video of the Year was “Ang Huling El Bimbo” by the Eraserheads.

5. In the whole history of the Rock Awards there has only been one tie. In 1999, the judges deemed Wolfgang’s “Atomica” and Sandwich’s “4 Track Mind” as that year’s Album of the Year.

6. Raimund Marasigan is the only individual with the most Rock Awards—for his work as a member of Eraserheads and Sandwich, and as record producer for a number of rock projects with other bands.

7. The first ever band to win the Rock Awards’ Raw Award was Fatal Posporos. The Raw Awards is given to the best unsigned artist of the year.

8. In 2000, the Rock Awards’ “Punk’s Not Dead” all-star tribute band performed a medley of past Song of the Year winners, of course in the style of The Ramones. It was composed of Myra Ruaro (Brownbeat All Stars), Louie Talan (Razorback), Diego Castillo (Sandwich), Raimund Marasigan (Sandwich), Zach Lucero and Aia de Leon (Imago).

9. In 2004, NU107, knowing the growing role of females in the rock scene, gave out the first ever Female Rock Icon Award to Ms Cynthia Alexander.

10. Before it became a rock anthem of sorts, Bamboo’s “Noypi” was first performed at the 2003 NU 107 Rock Awards, even before the album “As The Music Plays” came out.

11. Despite a typhoon, 2004’s Rock Awards was NU 107’s most attended yet, with over 4,000 rock fans filling the World Trade Center.

12. 2005's Rock Awards has already set a record of sorts, with the most ever nominees for Song Of The Year Award with 12.