The Dawn (Philippines)

The Dawn (Philippines)

The Dawn is a Filipino rock band which first achieved commercial success during the late 1980s in the Philippines. The band broke up in 1995 with lead vocalist Jett Pangan forming another band, the Jett Pangan Group. The Dawn reunited in late 1999. The Dawn is considered the “longest-lived and most prolific rock band in the Philippines”.

🫰😇 Formation and early years (1985–1988)
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At the height of their popularity, and just weeks after the release of their second album I Stand with You, containing the title track, “Magtanim Ay ‘Di Biro” and “Love (Will Set Us Free)”, Diaz was stabbed to death in front of his girlfriend’s house on 21 August 1988 by two men allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Despite the demise of Diaz, his influence is still felt among many guitarists today and he has become a legend among many Filipino musicians. The Dawn still considers Diaz to be the band’s driving force to this day.

The band continued to play, at one time employing the services of a masked guitarist (nicknamed “Zorro” by some fans – is actually rock guitar virtuoso Noel Mendez who will eventually form the band HAYP) in the absence of a permanent guitar player. Atsushi Matsuura, a Japanese guitarist who had earlier released a solo album in the Philippines under Ivory Records, took on lead guitar duties in January 1989 as the band released Beyond the Bend. Matsuura was featured on the music video of “Salamat”.

He was later replaced by Francis Reyes, former Afterimage guitarist, who was also a DJ at NU-107, a local alternative rock radio station. Reyes also happened to be Diaz’s close friend. Classically trained session keyboardist Millette Saldajeno also joined the band in 1990 but was later replaced by Isidore Fernandez in 1992.

In 1995, the band went their separate ways due to Pangan’s desire to move on with another career. Pangan then formed the Jett Pangan Group.

The 1997 reunion at the ULTRA brought the band back on-stage and, for the first time, the band employed two guitarists: Matsuura and Reyes. They did another reunion show at the now defunct ABG’s along Pasong Tamo, while they were discussing a comeback release through Sony Music Philippines (now Sony BMG Music Philippines).

🫰😇 The Dawn (1999–present)

On 7 June 2016, the band underwent another line-up change as bassist Buddy Zabala left the band due to unknown reasons, while bassist Carlos Balcells and guitarist Francis “Brew” Reyes were brought back, thus returning as a quintet for the first time since 2004.

By the later dates in June and July 2016, Mon Legaspi briefly returned to the band filling bass duties for Balcells who was unavailable at that time. Legaspi would begin touring with them months later and would eventually be the band’s regular bassist and Balcells being mostly pre-occupied with their family businesses. This year would also mark the band’s 30th anniversary. In line with the celebrations, they held a concert last 17 September 2016 dubbed The Dawn Trenta at Craft BGC in Taguig City. They would later perform at the Trenta Repeat concert on 5 November 2016 at the Music Museum. They would perform a follow-up to their 30th anniversary concert dubbed “Trenta y Uno” on 31 March and also announced they will be having a US and Canada tour on the third quarter of the year.

On 11 October 2017, vocalist Jett Pangan made a Facebook post that the band had begun writing and recording for their upcoming 12th studio album. The band released the songs “Merry Go Round” and “Segurista” as well as the album Ascendant by way of a major concert at The Music Museum on 28 July 2018 with the newest song being “Made of You”.

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OUT NOW! EARTH (January 2023)
Produced and recorded by The Dawn
Mixed by Vonne Vallon
Cover art by Evan’s Sky

Mon Legaspi on bass
In loving memory

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https://open.spotify.com/track/6dm69No50D362FEVKzEWNN

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