Ana Isabel "Anabel" Ramirez Bosch (January 25, 1976 – January 10, 2009) was a Filipina singer and poet who fronted several important

Filipino rock Pinoy rock, or Filipino rock, is the brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. It has become as diverse as the rock music genre itself, and bands adopting this style are now further classified under more specific genres or c ...

bands. Bosch's singing career started when she was in high school, when she became a regular at

Club Dredd Club Dredd (also known as Club Dredd Timog) is a night club that has been located in a number of locations in the Philippines. Since it opened in 1990, it has been influential in the Pinoy rock scene, and was considered a home by a number of ban ...

in Quezon City. She soon became a singer for '' Tropical Depression'', a popular Filipino rock band in the late 1990s. She also sang for the rock bands '' Elektrikoolaid'', ''Spy'' and ''Analog''. She was a member of the women's poetry movement "Romancing Venus", founded 2006 by Kooky Tuason, which spawned a spoken-word album and book. Bosch was stricken with a brain aneurysm on New Year's Day 2009, and lapsed into unconsciousness. Her friends in the Filipino musical community staged various gigs and fundraising efforts to shoulder her medical expenses. She died on January 11, 2009. Bosch was estranged from her husband, the stage and film actor Jamie Wilson. She has a daughter, Mishaela, from a previous relationship.

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