Spongecola

Pasubali mp3
Tuliro mp3
Jeepney mp3
Pare ko mp3
A tear mp3
Una mp3
Will i run to you mp3
Neon mp3
Panaginip mp3
Sa bingit ng isang paalam mp3
Dragonfly mp3
Gunita mp3


Biography

Between 1998 to 2002, Ysmael "Yael" Yuzon, met Reynaldo "Gosh" Dilay through the school's theater guild, Teatro Baguntao. Yael was then the frontman of a rock band called White Chapel together with some talented individuals in Ateneo High School. Nevertheless, he decided to form a band with Gosh and two other members of the theater guild. They named the group Sponge after R.S. Surtee's Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. The band won in several high school competitions boosting their popularity not just in their school but in other campuse

Some of the members of the old lineup left and were replaced by Christopher "Chris" Cantada and Erwin "Armo" Armovit. The latter is the guitarist of Sponge's brother band Rampqueen. Raymond Fabul another batchmate, began to manage both Sponge and Rampqueen. Later however, they learned about a Detroit grunge band already using the name Sponge. "But we wanted to keep the word Sponge in our band name because people have already associated us with that name," according to Yael. "So we decided to add 'Cola', since it's an easy enough word to remember." Sponge Cola was officially born in summer of 2002

They came up with a self-titled album in the last quarter of 2003 containing five original songs: Lunes, A Tear, Saturn, Cigarette and Jeepney. The two songs penned in the vernacular were what made the band catch the public's attention. Lunes, written by Gosh, begins with a catchy bossa nova-esque beat that suddenly shifts to a heavy rock riff, a nuance in arrangement which surprisingly served the song superbly. Second single Jeepney was written by a classmate for a school project back in 2001 and is a reminiscent piece on young love during simpler, happier times. The song showcases Yael's vocal range; that is, his uncanny ability to shift from mellow to screamo

Through this album, Sponge Cola got extensive airplay from several local pop and rock radio stations, which helped broaden their fan base across the nation. A bootlegged copy of their version of Madonna's "Crazy for You" even ended up on the Internet and became so big an underground hit, some listeners believed it was a Sponge Cola original. Though this misconception has been instrumental in increasing Sponge Cola's popularity, the band has since aimed to transcend the stigma of being a cover band. They pushed their original songs to the forefront, and public response to the band became better than ever; the magic had already begun

Finally, Sponge Cola releases their second album entitled Transit that make a huge noise, this album gathered a gold record award after less than three months of its release. Bitiw the carrier single of the album, even broaden the band's popularity in last quarter of 2006. Tuliro the second single even make a noise in the first quarter of 2007.