Sandwich is composed of 5 members, Raymund, Myrene, Diego, Mike and the new lead guitarist of the band, my new love, my uber duper crush, Mong! Hehe! It's been a year now since Marc Abaya, the former vocalist of the band left Sandwich, yet the band didn't stop creating new things, new ideas for the band.. They've been a good performer since, and they've created outrageous songs that's been a hit in the local music scene.. And now, I'm glad to say that I've been a big fan of the band until now.. It's been super extravagant or whatever it may be, (i'm sorry everyone, It's just that I don't know how to express the way I feel at the moment) all I really know is, I'm really happy for what the band had achieved, the success, the fame and everything..Immah share an article that I've read regarding on Marc Abaya, leaving the band.. So, here it is..
Posted on the Subsandwich list:You know, Marc will always be our friend, and that friendship we hold above everything else, even above being a bandmate. He’s been with us since he was in second year college, and now it’s time for him to try out new things. we’ve always known what a great talent Marc is - we’ve known since 1998 in fact. So it’s no surprise that the time has
come for him to strike out into new territory. It’s as simple as that and we fully support him.Another concern was all of marc’s fans who kept expecting him to show up only to be disappointed because he’d be tied up with a previous engagement that went overtime. Now that he’s left, nobody has to come all the way to a Sandwich show only to be let down.
Obviously, sandwich is a different animal now. some people won’t like it, some people will stay for the ride. Some people might treat it like a new band. Some people who’ve been watching us for the past three months will probably be used to it by now. I’ll be the first person to tell you to go listen or watch whom you like. Music is a personal thing, right? We have no control over how people perceive us. And we’ve never had a desire to second guess the public.
In the end, we just want to play.I do want to stress one thing though - that there’s no drama, no antagonism, no resentment. Nothing to see here, it’s boring. I don’t really have to mention this but this is our list, and you guys are closer to us than most. There might be those who’ll want to blow things out of proportion and make up a lot of stories. If you have the time you can clarify things for them. or you can just tell them, it’s just a band for crying out loud, get a life.
So, even if we’re sad to see Marc go, we know we’ll be proud to see him flourish in the careers he decides to take.
- myrene
So now, what's really my point for making a post that indeed tells everyone how the band made their way through things that had happened to them?
Nothing really, I just wanted to congratulate them for winning the 2006 MTV video of the year, which is probably the "SUGOD" video.. It was really enormous, I also, love the song soo much that it happen to be one of my favorites..
I've taken some snaps earlier, they were performing SUGOD here..
Raymund with his spectacular costume??AHHA!
My newly crush??MONg.. Ahaha!
Yea, Mike on drums..Xie Xie