Dicta License is a Filipino

band Band or BAND may refer to: Places *Bánd, a village in Hungary * Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania * Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, ...

formed December 1999, whose music is a fusion of

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

rap Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

, and

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. This band consists of Pochoy Labog on

vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production ...

s, Bryan Makasiar on

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a sh ...

s, Kelley Mangahas on

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, and Boogie Romero on

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s. The band's name literally translates as "License to Speak," which can be aptly associated with the

philosophical Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some s ...

cum

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tone evident in their songs. The band's influences include

Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to simply Rage) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerf ...

Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. She is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as being one of the most influential musicians of her generation. ...

, The Roots,

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, and many others, with RATM being their strongest influence of all.

Break

Their first big break happened in 2001 when Warner Music Philippines included their songs ''Duct Tape'' and ''Criminal'' in its compilation album, ''No Seat Affair'', together with other than up-and-coming artists, Cog, DTS, Zooom, Six Digit and Euglito's Eye. In that same year, the band was invited to th
Busan International Rock Festival
in

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, where they performed in front of a crowd of about 25,000.

Career

In 2003, they released a 5-song EP which consisted of their original songs ''Burning Streets of Love and Hate'', ''Criminal'', ''Smoke Under the Table'', ''Falling Earth'' and ''Undiscarded''. Two years after, the band released their first album, '' Paghilom'', under

Warner Music Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

Philippines released on September 21, 2005. It consisted of ten tracks with lyrics that explicitly address the Filipino youth with issues of socio-political concern. Their carrier single from this album, "Ang Ating Araw" was the most played song on

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for the year 2005. On April 9, 2021, the band released their 2nd album "Pagbigkas" on digital release. and a Limited Edition and numbered pressing Vinyl of the album was released on May 25, 2022.

Achievements

Band recognitions include nominations fro
MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards 2006
for Best Cinematography in a Video and Best Production Design in a Video for their song, "Complex." They've also had individual recognitions like in th
NU 107 Rock Awards 2006
where Pochoy Labog was nominated for Vocalist of the Year and Best Male, and Boogie for Guitarist of the Year. The band was also nominated for the Rising Sun award. Dicta License also collaborated with

Urbandub Urbandub is a Filipino rock band from Cebu City, Philippines. Since its inception in 2000, the band's line-up consisted of Gabby Alipe, John Dinopol, Lalay Lim, and JanJan Mendoza who joined in 2003. Urbandub is the first indie band in the Phi ...

to do the theme song for the 2006

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Music Summit for

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, which was held December 2006 at The Fort Open Grounds.

Collaborations

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Kami nAPO Muna Ulit ''Kami nAPO Muna ULIT'' is the second tribute album to the 1970s Filipino musical group APO Hiking Society. It was released in 2007, and is a follow-up to the previous year's '' Kami nAPO Muna''. Like the prior album, ''Kami nAPO Muna Ulit'' fe ...

'' (Universal Records, 2007)

Awards and nominations

References

The Intense Rock Band by ''Aprylle Liabres''
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External links

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