Buddy Zabala

Infobox musical artist
Name = Buddy Zabala


Img_capt = "Buddy Zabala" at the NU 107 Pockets Concerts (1998). Originally published by [http://www.skyinet.net/nu107/ NU 107] .
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Hector Avacena Zabala
Alias = Buddy, Budz,
The Baker Boy
Born = birth date and age|1971|11|13 Philippines
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Instrument = Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Genre = Alternative rock/pop
Experimental
Pinoy rock
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Associated_acts = Cambio
The Dawn
Eraserheads
Sun Valley Crew
Twisted Halo
The Curfew

Hector "Buddy" Avacena Zabala (born November 13, 1971) is the bassist of Filipino hard rock band The Dawn, indie band Cambio, and widely known as the former bassist of the alternative rock band, The Eraserheads.

Eraserheads bassist (1989-2003)

Zabala, only began writing and singing songs as an Eraserhead, starting with the band's 1996 Christmas album, "Fruitcake". The album contains "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and "Fruit Fairy." Buddy later also sang and wrote "Tama Ka" and "Kahit Ano" in the 1999 album, "Natin99".

Buddy's bass-playing is prominently featured in the drum & bass opening track of the "Natin99" album, "Sinturong Pangkaligtasan". In "Aloha Milkyway" (the band's first international release), the songs were heavy with his bass work.

Post-Eraserheads (2003-"present")

A few years after the dissolution of the Eraserheads, Buddy Zabala continues to be a prolific musician. He plays bass for The Dawn and, of course, the renamed Eheads, Cambio. Intervening bands in which he was played were the Sun Valley Crew (together with fellow Eraserhead, Raimund Marasigan) and Twisted Halo (with Vin Dancel, Jason Caballa, Joey Odulio, and Mon Lopez.).

For his bass work for Cambio ("Derby Light") and Twisted Halo ("In Loving Memory of the Fearless Exploits of the Bolo Brigade"), Zabala was awarded by the NU Rock Awards as 2004 "Bassist of the Year".

Aside from playing with his bands and doing session work, he focuses his energy in helping younger generation of Pinoy rock bands by way of producing their albums. Some of these are Boldstar's "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Something/What Are You, Really?", Itchyworms' "Little Monsters Under your Bed" (with Romel Sanchez), 6 Cycle Mind's "Panorama", Moonstar 88's "Todo Combo", and Imago's "Blush".

He also works as co-producer with his Eraserheads and Cambio colleague, Raimund Marasigan; such as on Itchyworms' "Noon Time Show," Twisted Halo's "Twisted Halo EP", Fatal Posporos' "Paper View," Sugarfree's "Dramachine," Cambio's "Derby Light," and Imago's "Take 2." He was also involved for Marasigan's recent "Five on the Floor" album for Sandwich's.

Zabala had also scored a number of movies, TV commercials, documentary shorts and stage plays.