Dicta License
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| Dicta License | |
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 Dicta License rocks LivELY:
a fundraising concert for Ely Buendia |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Genre(s) | Rap Rock Grunge |
| Years active | 1999-2007 |
| Label(s) | Warner Music |
| Associated acts | Kjwan |
| Website | http://licensetospeak.net |
| Members | |
| Pochoy Labog (vocals) Bryan Makasiar (drums) Kelley Mangahas (bass) Boogie Romero (guitars) |
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Dicta License is a Filipino band formed December 1999, whose music is a fusion of rock, rap, and grunge. This all-Atenean band consists of Pochoy Labog on vocals, Bryan Makasiar on drums, Kelley Mangahas on bass, and Boogie Romero on guitars. Mangahas and Romero are also part of another band, Kjwan.
The band's name literally translates as "License to Speak," which can be aptly associated with the philosophical cum socio-political tone evident in their songs. The band's influences include Rage Against the Machine, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, Public Enemy, Incubus, and many others, with RATM being their strongest influence of all.
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[edit] Break
Their first big break happened in 2001 when Warner Music Philippines included their songs Duct Tape and Criminal in its compilation album, No Seat Affair, together with other then up-and-coming artists, Cog, DTS, Zooom, Six Digit and Euglito's Eye. In that same year, the band was invited to the Busan International Rock Festival in Korea, where they performed in front of a crowd of about 25,000.
[edit] Debut album
In 2003, they released a 5-song EP which consisted of their original songs Burning Streets of Love and Hate, Criminal, Smoke Under the Table, Falling Earth and Undiscarded. Two years after, the band released their first album, Paghilom, under Warner Music Philippines. It consisted of ten tracks with lyrics that explicitly address the Filipino youth with issues of socio-political concern.
The first single from the album was Ang Ating Araw. This track was used as a theme song for ABS-CBN's dubbed version of the Asianovela, Amazing Twins. This song also put the band on music charts, notably the Myx Hit Chart and the NU 107 Top 100 Year-end Countdown last 2005, in which the band's song topped at the number one spot.
Other releases from Paghilom include Alay sa Nagkamalay Noong Dekada Nobenta, "Complex" and Sugat, all of which also made it to the 2006 NU 107 Top 100 Year-end Countdown.
Dicta License was one of the three bands that piloted Admit One Productions, a monthly event that serves as a venue for up-and-coming bands to perform and be introduced into the music scene. The other founders were Fatal Posporos and Twisted Halo. The band is also a regular of the Sonic Boom Productions, which is also of similar nature as Admit One, and of RockEd.
[edit] Achievements
Band recognitions include nominations from MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards 2006 for Best Cinematography in a Video and Best Production Design in a Video for their song, "Complex." They've also had individual recognitions like in the NU 107 Rock Awards 2006, where Pochoy Labog was nominated for Vocalist of the Year and Best Male, and Boogie for Guitarist of the Year. The band was also nominated for the Rising Sun award.
Dicta License also collaborated with Urbandub to do the theme song, Future, for the 2006 MTV Music Summit for HIV/AIDS, which was held December 2006 at The Fort Open Grounds.
[edit] Collaborations
- Kami nAPO muna ulit (Universal Records, 2007)
