| Lourd de Veyra | |
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| Born | Lourd Ernest Hanopol de Veyra February 11, 1975 Quezon City |
| Occupation | Journalist; Radio/TV Host; Vocalist, Radioactive Sago Project |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Alma mater | University of Santo Tomas |
| Genres | Poetry, Essay, Novel |
| Notable award(s) | 1999 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature (Third Prize in Essay, English Division) 2003 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature (Second Prize in Essay, English Division) 2004 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature (First Prize in Teleplay, Filipino Division) |
Lourd Ernest Hanopol de Veyra (born February 11, 1975) is a multi-awarded Filipino musician, emcee, poet, journalist, broadcast personality and activist who first became famous for being the vocalist of Manila-based jazz rock band Radioactive Sago Project.[1]
De Veyra graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Santo Tomas.[1]
As literary influences, de Veyra cites Beat movement writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
He has thrice been a recipient of a Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature - A Third prize in essay (English division) in 1999, a second prize in the same category in 2003; and a first prize in teleplay (Filipino division) in 2004.
Lourd is currently one of the hosts of Sapul sa Singko and Aksyon on TV5, and Tayuan Mo at Panindigan and Wasak on AksyonTV. He was the main host of the action documentary show, Lupet until its relaunch in early 2011.
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He has published three books of poetry: Subterranean Thought Parade, Shadowboxing in Headphones and Insectissimo.
This is a Crazy Planets is a collection of essays from his Spot.ph blog
SuperPanalo Sounds! is his first novel
When the hardcore punk band Dead Ends ended their 4 year hiatus, he became the band's lead guitarist in 1994, thus making Dead Ends a four piece band. Then, they recorded their comeback and final album, the influential Mamatay sa Ingay(1994), it was a different sound than their past materials, it was more of a crossover-thrash approach. When Dead Ends disbanded in 1996(because of Jay Dimalanta's passing). He also became a member of Al Dimalanta's new band Throw, with his brother Francis playing the bass. Lourd de Veyra is the nephew of singer/guitarist Mike Hanopol.