SpongeCola

Sponge Cola is composed of Yael Yuzon, Gosh Dilay, Erwin Armovit and Chris Cantada. At first they named the group Sponge, after the book called Mr. Sponge Sporting Tour. But since another band was also called Sponge, they added Cola to their name.

Their self-titled EP was composed of five original songs: Lunes, A Tear, Saturn, Cigarette and Jeepney. The first and the last track got popular and instantly became favorites. When their cover of Madonna’s “Crazy For You” was heard through the internet, it became an underground hit, further boosting their popularity.

By 2004, the band released their full-length debut album which consists of “KLSP”, “Gemini” and “Una” just to name a few. Two songs from their EP – “Lunes” and “Jeepney” – were also included due to its overwhelming response.

The band then contributed to tribute albums for two of the most influential and admired groups in the Philippine music scene. They covered the Eraserheads hit song “Pare Ko” on Ultraelectromagneticjam, APO Hiking Society’s much-loved classic “Nakapagtataka” on Kami nAPO muna and “San Na Nga Ba Ang Barkada” on Kami nAPO Muna ULIT.

In 2006, the band broke the sophomore jinx when they released their second album Transit. Its first single Bitiw received massive radio airplay. Tuloy Pa Rin was just as successful and was even used as the theme song of the TV show Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao, while Pasubali was used as the theme song of the Koreanovela called Lovers. The album also includes the song “Movie.”

Sponge Cola’s much-anticipated third album was released on September 2008, with Puso as its first single. Unfortunately, that would be the last album which features Chris Cantada on drums since it was reported that he had to leave the group due to health reasons.

by Kat Quijano
source:http://www.myxph.com