Rico Blanco's new band called "BLANCO"

[SQUiDnine]

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bitaw! kalit man la'g biyâ sa iya banda! tsk tsk tsk tsk! cge lang, basin moadto na nâ ciyas bahay neh kuya, den mag lad² na sad! hehehe!

[ravit]

he thinks he's ely buendia..JESUS CHRIST!!

[Genocide]

HAHA!! unsa nai balita ani mga sho??

[dazednconfused]

rico blanco=rustom padilla
bsin pd, ana mn jd kuno nang mga artist,. wehehhee!

[cuttie_angel]

bitaw! kalit man la'g biyâ sa iya banda! tsk tsk tsk tsk! cge lang, basin moadto na nâ ciyas bahay neh kuya, den mag lad² na sad! hehehe!

funny u bro!!!

[CzAr|nA]

OFFICIAL STATEMENT
FROM RIVERMAYA MANAGEMENT
14 JUNE 2007

We confirm that Mr. Rico Blanco has written us a letter of resignation from Rivermaya. We are unable to give an explanation for this action since Mr. Blanco’s statements are inconsistent with the facts.

For the record, Mr. Blanco did not make any announcement of his leaving Rivermaya “as early as 2005”, or in 2004 or 2006, for that matter. On the contrary, he actively participated in and benefited from our plans and activities, not to mention the record-breaking number of awards, local and foreign concerts and endorsements during those years.

While our artist-management contract was automatically and validly renewed, the same letter contains a bewildering and inaccurate declaration that neither Mr. Chito S. Rono nor I have been his managers since 2003. “Inexistent and of no force and effect” were his words to describe a relationship that has spanned 14 years since the start of his career in the music business.

That notwithstanding, we have done our best to deal with the situation with professionalism and to dissuade Mr. Blanco from pursuing a rash course of action, that would delay if not cost all of us our successful entry into the international market.

Unfortunately, and despite our best efforts, Mr. Blanco has decided that he no longer shares our vision of a Rivermaya that can spread its wings into Asia. Mr. Blanco has not made it plain as to what he plans to do next and we have not been able to correctly assess our options or courses of action to take, given his leaving the band.

Be that as it may, Rivermaya is not ready to turn its back on its fans and the many relationships we have built in the Philippines and in the rest of the region. We are committed, more than ever, to follow our dream of bringing Original Pilipino Music to our neighboring countries, and to finish what we have started, in the name of all Filipino musicians.

We have seen for ourselves how the power of OPM can transform the image of the Filipino abroad and how, in our own small way, we have given our fellow Filipinos working abroad newfound pride in their country. The road ahead will not be easy, in fact it will be a monumentally difficult one – and already the naysayers and doomsday experts abound -- but we are ready to pray hard and work even harder to take on the task ahead.

We take heart in the thousands of text messages, phone calls, and email we have received from friends in and out of the country, asking us not to give up the fight. Thanks to them, our hopes and courage are intact. We salute all our comrades, past and present, but we continue to believe that no one member of Rivermaya is greater than the whole. In the next few weeks, we will finalize our plans on how we intend to face these new challenges – and we will share them with you every step of the way. Only with your support and God’s help can we even begin the incredible journey ahead of us.

LIZZA G. NAKPIL
CO-MANAGER, RIVERMAYA

[CzAr|nA]

Contrary to what the others previously posted, as far as i understand Rico Blanco will now be continuing as a solo act and will now go simply by his last name-- Blanco. Anyway, i never really liked Rivermaya with him as their front man. He's just so vain and his mouth is kinda irritating. hahahaha...
The other members of the band--Japs, Mike, and Mark-- are currently currently looking for a new vocalist, though. So they will still be continuing their Asian dream. I'm happy for them at least their own songs now stands a chance of being produced since apparently the 3 of them daw has a good number of songs enough to comprise an album for each member. Anyway I hope they still could make it -- if only for a Filipino band to reach international stardom.

[cuttie_angel]

whatever!!! Rico still Rico no matter what he is doing...

[doylea5]

sayang..i hope rivermaya finds a good singer replacement.. and also for rico to still be successful with his new direction

[Genocide]

angay ni si mag himo ug band si rico then ang name kay "BLANK"
HEHE! =))