Former Filipino music award
NU Rock Awards Location Metro Manila Country Philippines Presented by NU 107 First awarded 1994 Last awarded 2010
The NU Rock Awards was an annual accolade presented from 1994 to 2010[ 1] by the Metro Manila -based radio station NU 107 ,[ 2] [ 3] known for prominent performances by the most influential pinoy rock artists of each year.[ 4] [ 5]
The first NU 107 Rock Awards was held at The Music Hall in Annapolis St., Greenhills on November 15, 1994.[ 6] Originally meant to be a small gathering to give recognition to the rock community, it slowly became a much anticipated annual event. Pepe Smith won the Rock Legend Award. and the Dawn won the Rock Achievement Award.[ 7]
The first "Song of the Year Award" was given to Alamid for "Your Love". The song went on to heavy airplay and was the first NU 107 exclusive to cross over to other formats. Afterimage was very first winner of the Artist of the Year award.[ 8] The first Album of the Year award was presented to the Eraserheads ' first album Ultraelectromagneticpop! . The Eraserheads received the Album of the Year award in the following two years with their albums Circus (1995) and Cutterpillow (1996), making them the only artist to win in the same category three years in a row.
Pambansang Banda ng Pilipinas Parokya Ni Edgar also won their "Best New Artists" in 1996 and also won 8 times overall years later.
"Producer of the Year" category
The Dawn has performed in the Rock Awards eleven times.
The first "Video of the Year" awardwas given to "Ang Huling El Bimbo " by the Eraserheads.
In 1997, they added a new category "Producer of the Year".[ 9]
There has only been one tie in the history of the Rock Awards, in 1999, when the judges made Wolfgang 's Serve in Silence and Sandwich 's Grip Stand Throw joint Albums of the Year.
Raimund Marasigan has the most awards, for his work as a member of Eraserheads and Sandwich, and as an album producer for other bands.
The first band to win the Rock Awards’ "Raw Award" was Fatal Posporos. The Raw Award is given to the best unsigned artist of the year.
In 2000, Punk's Not Dead, an all-star tribute band made up of Myra Ruaro (Brownbeat All Stars), Louie Talan (Razorback), Diego Castillo (Sandwich), Raimund Marasigan (Sandwich), Zach Lucero and Aia de Leon (Imago ), performed a medley of past Song of the Year winners in the style of The Ramones.
In 2004, NU 107, acknowledging the growing role of women in the local rock scene, made the first Female Rock Icon Award to Cynthia Alexander .[ 10]
Before it became a rock anthem of sorts, Bamboo 's "Noypi" was first performed at the 2003 NU 107 Rock Awards, before their album As The Music Plays was released.
Despite being held during a typhoon, the 2004 Rock Awards ceremony was the best attended, with over 4,000 rock fans filling the World Trade Center.[citation needed ]
In 2005, there were a record twelve nominees for the Song Of The Year Award.
The 17th and final Rock Awards was held on October 29, 2010.[ 11]
Best Album Packaging [ edit ]
Vocalist Of The Year [ edit ]
Year
Winner
Artist
1995[ 12]
Myra Ruaro
Put3ska
1996[ 13]
Basti Artadi
Wolfgang
1997[ 14]
Melody Del Mundo
Sugar Hiccup
1998[ 15]
Basti Artadi
Wolfgang
1999[ 16]
Basti Artadi
Wolfgang
2000[ 17]
Basti Artadi
Wolfgang
2001[ 18]
Aia De Leon
Imago
2002[ 19]
Ian Tayao
Cheese
2003[ 20]
Kevin Roy
Razorback
2004[ 10]
Bamboo Mañalac
Bamboo
2005[ 21]
Bamboo Mañalac
Bamboo
2006[ 22]
Gabby Alipe
Urbandub
2007[ 23]
Kat Agarrado
Sinosikat
2008
Rico Blanco
Rico Blanco
2009[ 24]
Armi Millare, Ebe Dancel
Up Dharma Down, Sugarfree
2010[ 25]
Gabby Alipe
Urbandub
Guitarist Of The Year [ edit ]
Year
Winner
Artist
1995[ 12]
Manuel Legarda, Mike Villegas
Wolfgang, Rizal Underground
1996[ 13]
Jun Lupito
Jun Lupito & The Bodhisattvas
1997[ 14]
David Aguirre
Razorback
1998[ 15]
Perf De Castro
TriAxis
1999[ 16]
Tirso Ripoll
Razorback
2000[ 17]
Michael Turner
Battery
2001[ 18]
Manuel Legarda
Wolfgang
2002[ 19]
Mong Alcaraz and Sonny Baquisal
Chicosci
2003[ 20]
Ira Cruz
Kapatid
2004[ 10]
Jerome Velasco
The Mongols
2005[ 21]
Cynthia Alexander
Cynthia Alexander
2006[ 22]
Mong Alcaraz
Chicosci & Sandwich
2007[ 23]
Ira Cruz
Bamboo
2008
LC De Leon
Reklamo
2009[ 24]
Kakoy Legaspi
Peryodiko
2010[ 25]
Peavy "Sideshow" Nicolas & Fran Lorenzo
Sleepwalk Circus
Bassists Of The Year [ edit ]
Year
Winner
Artist
1995[ 12]
Angelo Villegas
Rizal Underground
1996[ 13]
Mon Legaspi
Wolfgang
1997[ 14]
Mally Paraguya
P.O.T
1998[ 15]
Louie Talan
Razorback
1999[ 16]
Buhawi Meneses
Parokya ni Edgar
2000[ 17]
Russell de la Cruz
Skychurch
2001[ 18]
Lee Nadela
Slapshock
2002[ 19]
Niño Avenido
Greyhoundz
2003[ 20]
Rommel Dela Cruz
Barbie's Cradle
2004[ 10]
Buddy Zabala
Cambio & Twisted Halo
2005[ 21]
Niño Avenido
Greyhoundz
2006[ 22]
Myrene Academia
Sandwich & Imago
2007[ 23]
Nathan Azarcon
Bamboo
2008
Niño Avenido
The Out of Body Special
2009[ 24]
Ivan Garcia
Hilera
2010[ 25]
Lalay Lim
Urbandub
Drummer Of The Year [ edit ]
Year
Winner
Artist
1995[ 12]
Harley Alarcon
Rizal Underground
1996[ 13]
Wolf Gemora
Wolfgang
1997[ 14]
Harley Alarcon
P.O.T
1998[ 15]
Wolf Gemora
Wolfgang
1999[ 16]
Raimund Marasigan
Eraserheads
2000[ 17]
Mike Dizon
Teeth & Sandwich
2001[ 18]
Zach Lucero
Imago
2002[ 19]
Libyano
Badburn
2003[ 20]
Allan Burdeos
Kamikazee
2004[ 10]
Vic Mercado
Bamboo
2005[ 21]
Jerros Dolino
Shiela and the Insects
2006[ 22]
Jazz Nicolas
Itchyworms
2007[ 23]
Vic Mercado, Mark Escueta
Bamboo, Rivermaya
2008
Wendell Garcia
Pupil
2009[ 24]
Allan Burdeos
Kamikazee
2010[ 25]
Otep Concepcion
Ozawa/In Love and War
Keyboardist of the Year [ edit ]
Year
Winner
Artist
1995[ 12]
Arnold Cabalza
After Image
1996[ 13]
Arnold Cabalza
After Image
1997[ 14]
Bing Austria
Put3ska
2007
Dianne Santos
Pupil & Imago
Year
Winner
Artist
2005[ 21]
Yael Yuzon
Sponge Cola
2006[ 22]
Mong Alcaraz
Sandwich & Chicosci
Year
Winner
Artist
2005[ 21]
Aia De Leon
Imago
2006[ 22]
Armi Millare
Up Dharma Down
Year
Winner
1998[ 15]
Fatal Posporos
1999[ 16]
Bad Burn
2000[ 17]
Sonnet 58
2001[ 18]
Twisted Halo
2002[ 19]
Popular Days
2003[ 20]
Narda
2004[ 10]
The Late Isabel
2005[ 21]
Up Dharma Down
2006[ 22]
Silent Sanctuary
2007[ 23]
Reklamo
2008
Bembol Rockers
2009[ 24]
Dimmerswitch
2010[ 25]
The Flying Ipis
Year
Winner
2004[ 10]
Sponge Cola
2005[ 21]
Orange & Lemons
2006[ 22]
Itchyworms
Producer of the Year [ edit ]
Year
Winner
Work
1997
Robin Rivera
(for Eraserheads "Fruitcake")
1998[ 17]
Robert Javier
(for "Parokya ni Edgar - Buruguduystunstugudunstuy, Erratics - In Stereo, Teeth - Time Machine")
1999[ 16]
Maly Andres
(for Cheese "Cheese" album)
2000[ 17]
Rico Blanco
(for Rivermaya "Free" & Teeth "I was a Teenage Tree")
2001[ 18]
Louie Talan
(for Wolfgang "Acoustica")
2002[ 19]
Raimund Marasigan
(for Monsterbot "Destroy, Destroy", Boldstar "Boldstar" & Chicosci "Method of Breathing")
2003[ 20]
Barbie's Cradle & Angee Rozul
(for Barbie's Cradle "Playing in the Fields")
2004[ 10]
Sandwich
(for Sandwich "Thanks to the Moon's Gravitational Pull")
2005[ 21]
Cynthia Alexander & Angee Rozul
(for Cynthia Alexander "Comet's Tail")
2006[ 22]
Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala
(for The Itchyworms' Noontime Show )
2007[ 23]
Lourd and Francis de Veyra
(for Radioactive Sago Project "Tangina Mo Ang Daming Nagugutom sa Mundo Fashionista Ka Pa Rin")
2008
Pupil & Jerome Velasco
(for Pupil “Wildlife”)
2009[ 24]
Robin Rivera
(for Peryodiko "Peryodiko")
2010[ 25]
Ely Buendia & Francis Magalona
(for Ely Buendia & Francis Magalona "In Love and War")
Music Video of the Year [ edit ]
Year
Winner
Work
1996[ 13]
Eraserheads
"Ang Huling El Bimbo"
1997
Eraserheads
"Fruitcake"
1998[ 15]
Joey Ayala
"Tabi Po"
1999[ 16]
Razorback
"Voodoo, Who Do?"
2000[ 17]
Slapshock
"Agent Orange"
2001[ 18]
Barbie's Cradle
"Money For Food"
2002[ 19]
The Pin Up Girls
"Down"
2003[ 20]
7 Foot Junior
"Daisy"
2004[ 10]
Radioactive Sago Project
"Astro"
2005[ 21]
Imago
"Akap"
2006[ 22]
Sandwich
"Sugod"
2007[ 23]
Sandwich
"DVD-X"
2008
Pupil
"Monobloc"
2009[ 24]
Bamboo
"Last Day on a Cruise Ship"
2010[ 25]
Tanya Markova
"Disney"
Year
Winner
1994[ 7]
Freddie Aguilar
1995[ 12]
Joey "Pepe" Smith
1996[ 13]
Mike Hanopol
1997[ 14]
Sampaguita
1998[ 15]
Club Dredd (Patrick Reidenbach)
1999[ 16]
Edmund Fortuno
2000[ 17]
Jingle Magazine
2001[ 18]
Dante David aka "Howling Dave" of DZRJ's Pinoy Rock N' Rhythm
2002[ 19]
Wally Gonzales
2003[ 20]
Eraserheads
2004[ 10]
The Jerks
2005[ 21]
Mayric's
2006[ 22]
DJs of the Rock of Manila (DZRJ)
2007[ 23]
Angelo Villegas & Mike Villegas
2008
San Miguel Corporation
2009[ 24]
Francis Magalona
2010[ 25]
Angelo "Angie" Rozul
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