Nu Flavor

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Nu Flavor
Origin	Long Beach, California
Instrument(s)	R&B
Years active	1994-present
Label(s)	Reprise
Members
Jacob Ceniceros Anthony Dacosta Rico Luna Frank Pangelinan
Former members
D. M. Adams

Nu Flavor is a R&B quartet from Long Beach, California consisting of Jacob Ceniceros (baritone), Anthony Dacosta (tenor), Rico Luna (alto), and Frank Pangelinan (tenor/lead). Soon after forming the band, they found Bruce Johnson, and enlisted him as manager and under his direction, they created a cover of Journey's hit song, Open Arms, and eventually the recording found it's way to Reprise president Howie Klein. After singing a cappella in his office, he signed the group on the spot. Their first album, Nu Flavor, debuted in 1997, launching two "gold" singles (500,000 units) "Heaven" and "Sweet Sexy Thing". Their second album It's On appeared two years later, which yielded the hit singles "Sprung", "3 Little Words" and "Beautiful Girl". Since then, the group has had numerous performances, including a free concert at Ypao Beach, Guam. Native Frank Pangelinan said he had always wanted to go back home and finally did in October 2001. Frank's father, (Frank Sr.) is also a well known recording artist on Guam and the surrounding islands. There were rumors of a fifth member who did not continue on with the group after a falling out with management but not before contributing vocals to Open Arms, "Heaven" and "3 Little Words".