General Luna (band)
Encyclopedia
General Luna is an all girl Filipino
rock band. The lineup consists of Nicole Asensio on vocals, Caren Mangaran on lead guitar
, Audry Dionisio on rhythm guitar
, Alex Montemayor on bass guitar
, and Bea Lao on drum
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Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
rock band. The lineup consists of Nicole Asensio on vocals, Caren Mangaran on lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, Audry Dionisio on rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, Alex Montemayor on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, and Bea Lao on drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
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Singles
- Nandito - Glass CastleCity of Glass (TV series)City of Glass , Yuriui Seong, 유리의 성, 玻璃城堡 is a Korean television series broadcasted by SBS. Jung Min Joo, portrayed by Yoon So Yi,is a newbie reporter covering the Boryeong Mud Festival, who suddenly finds herself in the middle of an arrest for a murder suspect...
Theme Song - Today I'll See The Sun - I'll See The Sun Theme Song by Nicole Asensio
- Sa Pangarap Ko - Mga Nagbabagang Bulaklak Theme Song by Nicole Asensio
- Can't Help Myself - ZTV 33 The Baker King Theme Song by Nicole Asensio
- Tila - Luv Crazy presents My Cosplay Princess Theme Song
Trivia
- General Luna band member Caren Mangaran is also a TV host & DJ aired every sundays in her tv show, RJ Sunday Jam with her host RJ Jacinto, who also founded RJTV 29 (now 2nd Avenue on RJTV 29), and also both aired live on RJ 100.3 FM.
- The band were also guested on Willing Willie when band member Caren met Willing Willie Co-host and current Magic 89.9 DJ personality Mo TwisterMo TwisterMohan Gumatay or commonly known as Mo Twister, is a radio disc jockey and television host in the Philippines. He is best known for his Good Times programs, which started as a Radio Show and spun off into TV and Internet.-Personal life:...
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- The band opened for Mr. Big Concert in Manila last May 10, 2011.
- General Luna band member Nicole Asensio is also into theatre and painting. She is an honor student at De La Salle University. She became a voice talent of Southdesign, Hit Records, Jam Records, Adfarm, and Audiopost. Nicole joined the cast of Okasaki Theatreworks’ "the Magic Staff" in 1999 and Repertory Philippines’ "Annie" and performed in various fund-raising activities to help orphans in 1998. Nicole assists in various lectures about Shakespearean theatre in high schools such as Brent International School and British School Manila. She also signs classical and rock genres at various bookings. She was one of the cast of The Rent remake in the Philippines. She is also a gymnast with her co-band member Audry Dionisio 13 years ago. She's from a well respected family of singers and raised in a family of theater performers.