Saturday, December 27, 2008
Band Members Profile
Name: John Rey Fuertes
Born: March 31,1984
Address: Alegria, Loboc, Bohol
Position: Lead vocals
Genre: Hard rock, classic rock, ballads
Notable Instruments/ Equipment: shure wireless and wired microphones, acoustic guitars
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Name: Samuel Angelo Varquez
Born: October 5, 1983
Address: Pob. Sawang, Loboc. Bohol
Position: Lead guitar, backup vocals
Genre: Hard rock,progressive rock, melodic rock,heavy metal
Notable Instrument/Equipment:Fender Stratocaster guitars with Seymour Duncan svr neck and middle position pickups, and di marzio tone zone’s pickups for bridge position, Ibanez gio guitars with std pickups for neck and middle position, and di marzio tone zone humbucker for bridge pposition [ickups. Peavey, marshall, & laney amps. Di adario & emie ball gauge .010 to .046 electric guitars strings, korg ax 1000 digital processor, boss dd3 delay, boss auto wah, boss ds1 and sd2 for distortion pedals.
Name: Francis Birad
Born: October 4, 1979
Address: Cambague, Sevilla, Bohol
Position: Bass guitar and backup vocals
Genre: hard rock, country folk music
Notable Instrument/Equipment: Washburn bantam series 6 string basses, std washburn bass pickups, fender gauge .030 to .130 strings. Laney bass amps
Name:Greg Crispinito Jala
Born: February 12, 1980
Address: Camaya-an Loboc, Bohol
Position: Keyboards and rhythm guitar
Genre: Alternative rock/ NU metal
Notable Instrument/Equipment: Ibanez gioguitars, Ibanez std pickups, peavey and laney amps, zoom 707 digital processor, di adario & ernie ball strings, korg x5 and yamaha keyboards, behringer amps
Name: Arvin Dalogdog
Born: November 15, 1983
Address: Pob. Ondol Loboc, Bohol
Position: Drums and percussion
Genre: rock alternative, rnb, reggae, nu metal
Notable Instrument/Equipment: PDP pacific drums, PDP and remo drum heads, pdp pedals, zildjan drumsticks, headliner and zildjan cymbals
Band Profile
Origin: Loboc, Bohol Philippines
Cruisers is a Boholano local band from Loboc formed in August 8, 2007 by guitarist Sam Varquez and vocalist John Rey Fuertes while they joined the sandugo oracles last July 2007. John Rey and Sam started composing the very 1st song titled “
I’ll Wait for You. John Rey and his friend Antonio Gujelde Jr. wrote that lyrics, while Sam tool the guitar and the one arranged the music. Later on Sam recruited Francis Birad to be on the bass guitar player. When Francis heard that song he immediately joined the band. Then later on Sam once again recruited Arvin Dalogdog to be on drums. They named their band as the CRUISERS because Sam, John Rey, and Francis were entertainers at the Loboc Floating restaurant.
They began their first rehearsal at the Kanipaan Drive owned by Penito Jala. At first, they were asking for payment for the electric current due while practicing on that place. But when Penito heard the song he liked it so much. He immediately offered us not to pay the electric current charge. Penito later decided to join the band with other musician Jason Anino. But later after a weeks within the band, Jason leave the band due to conflicts on schedules during rehearsals.
On August 12,2007 they began their 1st demo record for the song I’’ll Wait for You. Followed by the song ‘Bastat Nandito Ka Lang’ written and composed by Francis Birad, and ‘Get Me Out’ written and composed by Penito Jala, and Sam Varquez for the musical arrangements especially on the guitar tracks and leads. Those 1st 3 songs were only recorded at the Kanipaan Drive with a rough and not so refined raw materials. They just worked for it just only for the demo record and to be submitted at the radio stations in Tagbilaran City.
On January 2008 they just submitted their 1st demo songs or single at the fm stations especially in KISS FM. And 91.1 Fm station. But after that moment the radio disc jockey of KISS in the person of Sean Acuna the one who first played the song. In the radio vote, the people adopted the song Bastat Nandito Ka Lang, until the song played many times until Bastat Nandito Ka Lang hits at No. 1 countdown within 16 weeks with God’s help and presence. Followed by the song Magsaya hits at No. 6.
On May 21,2008 they began their 1st gig at the JAD Memorial Complex during the fiesta of Virgen of Guadalupe in the home town, followed by May 30,2008 the very 1st time exposure gig in ICM Activity Center, even showed within the huge crowd The Tagbilaran City Hall sponsored by the KISS FM night on July 21, and San Miguel Corp. night on July 25,2008.
After those shows the band decided to record their songs in a professional recording studio. They recorded at the Sound Garage Studio owned by a virtuoso misician in the person of Roy Tutor. He’s the one engineered all those musical files. And also the other Boholano Local bands. The song I’ll Wait For You, hits as No. 5 in the KISS countdown within the month of September through the 1st week of October. And of course once again their brother band a boholano band from Mnsasa Dist. Named The Lookout Band.
CRUISERS and LOOKOUT band under the care and management of Mrs. Ma, Fe G. Beldoro. They’re having their latest show last October 24,2008 during the launching of the BANG BANG album compilation event which was produced by virtuoso Roy Tutor and hardcore and NU thrash metal vocalist Mawmaw held at the ICM car park, together with the other boholano local bands. With their latest hit song Di Magbabago. Hits once again at No. 5 at no other than KISS FM countdown now a days. CRUISERS band by this time is preparing for their 1st studio album launching on December 2008.
