sessiOnroad

sessiOnroad
Origin Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Genres Pinoy rock, alternative rock
Years active 1998–present
Labels Star, Alpha
Associated acts Top Junk, Delara
Members
  • Hannah Romawac-Olives
  • Coy Placido
  • Chavi Romawac
  • Jimbo San Pedro
  • JV Romawac
Past members
  • Jonathan Placido
  • Jesse Hoover
  • Glen Laciste
  • Jal Taguibao
  • Richard Carandang

sessiOnroad is an alternative rock band from the Philippines. Band members are Hannah Romawac-Olives (vocals, rhythm guitar), Coy Placido (lead guitar, synth/also from the band Top Junk), Chavi Romawac (drums, percussions), JV Romawac (percussions, back-up vocals) and Jimbo San Pedro (bass).

Coy and Hannah are the group's chief composers. sessiOnroad's music showcases a fusion of different genres—rock_music, pop_music, alternative_rock, blues, reggae, soul_music, and mainstream.

The band's first album was produced by Grace_Nono and Bob Aves under Star Records. It was the release of the first single SUNTOK SA BUWAN, from their second album of the same title and produced by Alpha Records in September 2004, that gained for sessiOnroad a lot of recognition from the listening public. The song topped the charts in almost all major radio stations in Manila for two straight weeks since it started airplay. Suntok sa Buwan was nominated song of the year for 2004. "Blanko" a meditative song about emptiness, from the their 2006 album "bakit hindi?"(why not?), won the band's Awit_Award Best Music Video under the people's choice category in 2007. [1]

Discography

Session Road (1999)
Suntok Sa Buwan (2004)
Bakit Hindi? (2006)

Compilations

The Metropop Song Festival (2001)
Trip (U-turn Star_Cinema OST (2003)
Pinoy Big Brother Compilation (Star Records) (2005)
Pinoy Ako 2 (Star Records) (2006)
The Best of Manila Sound: Hopia Mani Popcorn 2 (2007)
Bagong Banda---Awit Ni Sampaguita (2008)

References

  1. ↑ TMCnet "Winners Of The 20th Awit Awards", Manila, 13 August 2007. Retrieved on 12 September 2014.

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