Hale (band)

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Hale

Background information
Origin	Philippines
Genre(s)	Alternative
Years active	2004 – Present
Label(s)	EMI Philippines
Members
Champ Lui Pio Roll Martinez Sheldon Gellada Omnie Saroca

Hale is a band from the Philippines, composed of Champ Lui Pio (vocals and guitars), Roll Martinez (vocals and guitars), Sheldon Gellada (bass), and Omnie Saroca (drums).

1 History
2 Influences
3 Popularity
4 Discography
- 4.1 Albums
- 4.2 Singles
5 References

[edit] History

On July 2004, Hale was formed. Instead of going indie and performing in underground gigs, Hale focused on playing their originals. With only less than half a year playing as a band, Hale was signed on November by EMI Philippines. On the first quarter of 2005, Hale released their first single Broken Sonnet along with their self-titled debut album. It was not until their second single The Day You Said Goodnight that Hale started to gain attention from music aficionados around the Philippines.

[edit] Influences

According to drummer Omnie Saroca in an interview, the band's biggest musical influence is Coldplay. Other than Coldplay, Hale's other musical influences are John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Kurt Cobain, The Corrs, to name a few.

[edit] Popularity

Hale became one of the most famous and popular bands in the history of OPM. Their "melodramatic" music became an addictive sound to the Filipinos, especially the youth, who had been having their fingers busy on texting for votes to make Hale #1 in the charts. In spite of the much crowd attention Hale has been receiving from 2004 to their sophomore years, they had their thanks extended to all their fans who kept supporting them.

Hale had been competing the #1 spot in the charts with fellow sophomore bands Sponge Cola and Cueshe.