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Coalition, formerly Salungat, is a Laguna based Classic Rock, Alternative, Alternative/Reggae band. With 4 musicians to drive the band; they have achieved their goal in their local scene and now planning to take the chance of getting into the main stream, searching for manager to manage them. Coalition was established in the late 2006. With the energetic stage performance, playing music of Classic Rock, Alternative, Rocked-up/Reggae arranged revival, rock, and reggae cover, the group has established a good reputation in Sta. Cruz, Pagsanjan, Lumban Laguna, and neighboring towns.

When Coalition was still using the name Salungat, they have recorded 10 original songs namely Derailed, Sana ay dinggin, Salungat, The circle of sharing, Binhi ng pag-asa, Text mo lang ako, Ayoko na, Oi oi, Paraiso, and Forsaken; and still have bunch of originals getting ready to be recorded. The first indie album of Coalition was recorded at the house of their guitarist, Tops. The album already dominated Coalition's local towns and neighboring towns.

The band has performed in numerous concerts, bars, and special events, back-to-back with mainstream artists like Lolita Carbon of Asin, Juris, Jinky of Freestyle, Paolo Santos, Roots of Nature, Spy, Johnoy Danao, Aiza Seguerra, Shamrock, Urbandub, Kenyo, and Moonstar88; and has surely driven the crowd wild!



MEMBERS' INFORMATION

Name:
Harry Tiu

Position:
Vocalist, Acoustic Guitar

Musical Background:
Harry started to be fond of playing guitar since high school. Then, became a song-writer, composer, after his couple of years of experience in china as an acoustic solo performer that gives him the heart on forming this band, Coalition on 5 years ago.



Name:
Christoffer Dionisio

Position:
Guitars, Backing Vocals

Musical Background:
Started playing guitar when he was 13. Never stop playing until he became the monster of his craft. The musical arranger of the group.



Name:
Lloyd Lagrosa

Position:
Bass Guitar

Musical Background:
Lloyd started trembling his hands with his bass when he was in high school, and became a professional bassist after a couple of years… his history lives on to this date.



Name:
Jeffrey Pedayo

Position:
Drums and Percussion

Musical Background:
Jeff finds himself playing drums when he was in grade school, involves himself in a drum and lyre corps that gives him the interest of learning how play a standard drum set professionally.


BAND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Bars Performance:
CPBS Lifestyle Café' Sta. Cruz, Laguna
C2C Grill Bar and Restaurant Pagsanjan, Laguna
Tres Palmas Resort Sta. Cruz, Laguna
70's Bistro Anonas, Quezon City
Barko Bar Kalayaan Ave. Quezon City
Tropezz Bar Greenbelt, Makati
Forplay Bar and Resto Pagsanjan, Laguna
Robin Luis Bar and Resto Sta. Cruz, Laguna
Zip Zone Bar and Resto San Pablo, City
Fat Larry's Grills San Pablo, City
August Inn Siniloan, Laguna
El' Kusinero Siniloan, Laguna


Contract Artist of San Miguel Brewery Inc. Philippines
Played as main act on Earth Day 2009 and 2010 (Laguna)
Played as main act on Earth Hour 2010 (Laguna)
Composed and performed the song “Salin Lupa”, Earth Hour 2010 Theme Song (Laguna)
Performed for Green Peace Philippines
Performed and recorded Anilag 2010 (Laguna Festival) theme song “Anilag”
T.V. Appearance: Live performance on One Morning T.V. Program NBN Channel 4, 9, and 13 sometime in January, 2010.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salungat/252213661875
Some performance are in www.youtube.com. Search “salungat”.
Updated:  June 22, 2011

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