SessiOnroad

Infobox musical artist
Name = sessiOnroad
Background = group_or_band


Img_capt = (L-R: Coy, Hannah, Chavi, Jv)
Years_active = 1999 – Present
Origin = Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Genre = Pinoy Rock, Alternative rock
Label = Star Records, Alpha Records
Current_members = Hannah Romawac-Olives Coy Placido Chavi Romawac Jimbo San Pedro JV Romawac
URL = [http://sessionroad.com.ph/ sessiOnroad official site (sessionroad.com.ph)]
Past_members = Jonathan Placido (1998-2001) Jesse Hoover (1998-2002) Glen Laciste (2001-2002) Jal Taguibao (2002) Richard Carandang (2002-2007)

sessiOnroad is an alternative rock band from the Philippines. Band members are Hannah Romawac-Olives (vocals, rhythm guitar), Coy Placido (lead guitar, synth), Chavi Romawac (drums, percussions), JV Romawac (percussions, back-up vocals) and Jimbo San Pedro (bass).

Coy and Hannah are the group's chief composers.sessiOnroad's music showcases a fusion of different genres--rock, pop rock, alternative, blues, reggae, soul, and mainstream.

The band's first album was produced by Grace Nono and Bob Aves under Star Records. It was the release of the first single SUNTOK SA BUWAN, from their second album of the same title and produced by Alpha Records in September 2004, that gained for sessiOnroad a lot of recognition from the listening public. The song topped the charts in almost all major radio stations in Manila for two straight weeks since it started airplay.Suntok sa Buwan was nominated song of the year for 2004."Blanko" a meditative song about emptiness, from the their 2006 album "bakit hindi?"(why not?), won the band's AWIT AWARDS' Best Music Video under the people's choice category in 2007.

Discography

tudio albums

*"Session road" (1999)(Star Records)
*"Suntok Sa Buwan" (2004) (Alpha Records)
*"Suntok Sa Buwan (repackaged with AVCD and bonus tracks" (2006) (Alpha Records)
*"Bakit Hindi?" (2006) (Alpha Records)

Compilations

*"2001 mertro pop song festival (compilation) (GMA Records)
*"U-turn star cinema soundtrack (2003) (Star Records)
*"Bayanihan: building locally, bonding globally (volunteer compilation)" (2003)
*"Pinoy Big Brother Compilation" (2005) (Star Records)
*"Pinoy Ako 2" (2006) (Star Records)
*"Hopia Mani Popcorn 2" (2007) (Viva Records)
*"Bagong Banda...Awit ni Sampaguita" (2007) (Ballyhoo Records)

Singles:

*Alone
*Gusto na Kitang Makita
*Gravity
*Talunan na Puso
*Suntok Sa Buwan
*Leaving You
*Cool-Off
*Eager Angels
*Blanko
*Hiram
*Song For You

Awards and Nominations

*13th Awit Awards 2000 "ALONE" nominated for Best Alternative Recording & Best Performance by a Group.
*8th Katha Music Awards 2002 "GRAVITY" AWARDED Best Alternative Music Vocal Performance.
*RX Band Breakout November 23, 2002 Grand Prize Winner
*18th Awit Awards 2005 "Suntok sa Buwan" nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP, SONG OF THE YEAR, BEST ROCK and MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR.
*August 2005 nominated for FAVORITE GROUP for the MTVPilipinas music awards.
*20th Awit Awards 2007 "Blanko" nominated Music Video of the Year and was awarded People's Choice Favorite Music Video of the Year.

References

* [http://sessionroad.com.ph/ sessiOnroad official site (sessionroad.com.ph)] }
* [http://www.myspace.com/sessionroad official sessiOnroad MySpace account]
* [http://www.alphamusic.ph/ Alpha Music page]
* [http://www.geocities.com/jerico_placido/ sessiOnroad bakit hindi? site] }
* [http://www.angelfire.com/space/sessionroad/suntok.htm sessiOnroad suntok sa buwan site]
* [http://www.clickthecity.com/music/featured-artist.asp Click The City]
* [http://www.titikpilipino.com/artist/index.php?artistid=416&section=album TitikPilipino page for sessiOnroad]
* [http://www.titikpilipino.com/news/?aid=453 list of 18th AWIT AWARDS nominees]
* [http://www.awitawards.com.ph/finalists2007.htm 20th AWIT AWARDS]

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sessiOnroad sessiOnroad videos at YouTube]
* [http://www.uncoy.co.cc coy's microsite]