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Mario Bautista, has been with the entertainment industry for more than 4 decades. He writes regular columns for People's Journal and Malaya.

Jul 28, 2013

Universal Records' Banda Ni Kleggy A Threat To Parokya Ni Edgar

BANDA NI KLEGGY is the newest band launched by Universal Records who earlier catapulted Parokya ni Edgar to rock superstardom. The band’s “Discolamon” is now the number one music video in Pinoy MYX Countdown. Their special guest in it is Kim Chiu, since they’re featured in Kim’s new movie, “Bakit Di Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?” The MTV shows vocalist Kleggy (Adalbert Lester Abaya in real life) dancing his heart out like Psy to get Kim’s attention.

The other members of the band are Rye Sarmiento (guitars) and Bob Cañamo (bass) who are members of 6Cyclemind, Lem Belaro (synth) who’s also with Callalily and Berns Cuevas (bass) and Otep Concepcion (drums), seasoned sessionistas. They have the same manager as 6Cyclemind and Callalily so it’s easy for their members to move around from one band to another.

Their debut album is titled “Only in the Philippines” and has nine original tracks: “Eric Clapsong,” “Experto,” “Discolamon,” “Bawal sa Gamot,” “Umay,” Teach Me How to Disco,” “Mahal Kita Pramis,” “Walang Wala,” and “Darating,” plus a disco remixe of “Discolamon”. Kleggy is the best friend of Kean Cipriano of Callalily and it’s Kean who told him to form his own band. They collaborated on an entry in the recent Philpop competition, the song “Space”.

“Hindi pa ko nagbabanda, fan na ko ni Kean. Sumasama ko sa gigs niya, pinapanood ko sila. I owe him a lot as he’s the one who encouraged me kaya nandito ako ngayon. Sabi niya, darating ang araw, magja-jam kami, at nangyari nga. He’s really my mentor. Dahil din sa kanya kaya nakilala ko yung mga kasama ko sa banda ngayon,” adds Kleggy.

He describes their kind of music as “Jolly pop”. “When you hear our music, you’ll feel jolly. Ang saya mo, kaya jolly pop ito, lalo na kung bibili ka ng album namin.”

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