LUMULUBOG by The Dawn Marlboro Red Drive Event Rico Blanco, The Dawn & Kamikazee Live at Mug Cafe ARAW NG LUCENA Friday, August 20, 2010 Mug Cafe Pacific Mall Lucena City 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”. The Dawn was formed in 1985 by Teddy Diaz (vocals and guitars), JB Leonor (drums) and Clay Luna (bass). The band’s name was derived from a portrait of the Holy Spirit that symbolized the dawn of a new day (probably found in a book given by the Sisters of the Holy Spirit to Teddy Diaz, as well as a crucifix which Teddy also received from the same sisterhood), called The Dawning of the Holy Spirit. Diaz, Leonor and Luna initially wanted a female vocalist; but in the course of their search, Jett Pangan auditioned and got the trio’s unanimous nod. The quartet began performing in clubs and eventually recorded a demo of a song entitled “Enveloped Ideas,” a copy of which they submitted to DWXB 102.7, a now-defunct Metro Manila–based FM radio station that played Alternative rock and New Wave music. It topped the radio station’s charts in 1986, helping the group gain a cult following. Heavily influenced by the New Wave genre of the 1980s, “Enveloped Ideas” is distinct for its …