Balmyard Djew

Infobox musical artist
Name = Balmyard Djew


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Origin = Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Genre = OPM
Roots Reggae
Pop Reggae
Dancehall Reggae

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Years_active = 2007 – present
Label = Unsigned
Associated_acts = Grass4Hire Enchi
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/balmyarddjew www.myspace.com/balmyarddjew]
Current_members = Bj Julio - guitars Marcuz Mabao - guitars, vocals Griffith Valle - lead vocals Taho Tagudin - bass, vocals Mykel Tagudin - drums Jay Are Ruiz - keyboards Elcon Malajeres - lead vocals Pungak Maliao - percussions
Past_members = Joy Canlas Remi Laguardia

Balmyard Djew is a Filipino reggae band from Ozamiz, Philippines. In 2007, with heavy influence from Bob Marley, Seeed, Oshen and local reggae acts like Enchi, BMR and Junior Kilat, this young band brings new breed of reggae music. Even though they are not geniuses in their own instruments, but the crew of Balmyard Djew creates a different and unique brand of reggae.

History

Two schoolmates at Misamis University, Bj and Marcuz formed the band 10th of September 2007. With 4 founding members (Taho, Griffith, Bj and Marcuz) and a borrowed drummer (Remi of Grass4Hire), the band continued the legacy of reggae wednesday and played some events like Jamrock 2007 and Oktoberfest 07. Now a much more cohesive line-up, the band have played throughout the province of Misamis Occidental, part of Lanao del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and Iligan City, and have shared stage with Enchi and Junior Kilat who were the pilars of reggae in central and southern Philippines and of bisrock giant Aggressive Audio.

The band right now is in the process of making their own music and hopefully solidifying their sound.

Band Name Origin

The BALMYARD DJEW name...

The name was coined by guitarist Marcuz the day the band was formed. 2 jamaican words in which for the band means "humbleness in our playground".

Ularoo Reggae Wednesday

Ularoo Reggae Wednesday is Balmyard Djew's playground. Wednesdays 10:00pm
Ularoo the Red Rock Cafe J.A.Santos Street, Ozamiz City

Band Trivia

*Griffith, Marcuz and Jay Are are former bandmate in a local alt-reggae band Sagboot way back June 2006.

*Marcuz was a former guitarist of Ozamiz City's pioneer hardcore band Tetano(2002-2004) who disbanded in 2004.

*Griffith, Marcuz, Taho and Bj are former member of Goin Bananas the 2nd reggae band to blossom in Ozamiz from april-sept 2007.

*For each of the members, they address each other as "Djew".

External links

* [http://www.friendster.com/balmyarddjew Balmyard Djew] at Friendster
* [http://www.rakista.com/balmyarddjew Balmyard Djew] at Rakista
* [http://www.myspace.com/balmyarddjew Balmyard Djew] at MySpace