Sandwich - Food for the Soul

Sandwich was founded in 1998 by Raimund Marasigan and Diego Castillo for the purpose of fulfilling their mutual desire to work together. Castillo recruited former band mates (from The Aga Muhlach Experience) Mike Dizon (of Teeth) to play drums and Myrene Academia to handle bass duties. Marasigan was a judge at a contest where Marc Abaya jammed to a Beastie Boys song with his band, Shirley Beans.

Although existing simultaneously with the Marasigan's foremost band at that time, Eraserheads, Sandwich provided a heavier, grittier sound, and built up their own fan base. Abaya was still in college at the time, and Marasigan would still tour occasionally with the Eraserheads, but these weren't hindering factors for Sandwich, as there were many sessionists ready to take over in case of a member's absence.

They signed with Sony-BMG Music, and released their debut album, Grip, Stand, Throw, with much success, thanks to its carrier single, "Butterfly Carnival." The band won three awards at the 1999 NU 107 Rock Awards: Album of the Year, Best New Artist, and Song of the Year. They released their second album, Four-Track Mind, in 2000; it was awarded Album of the Year at the Rock Awards in 2001.

Sandwich then parted ways with Sony BMG and released their third album, Thanks To The Moon's Gravitational Pull, in 2003. It was under distribution by EMI Records Philippines. Abaya left Sandwich in 2005, in an effort to cope with the difficulty of juggling his job as an MTV VJ, and his obligations to his other band, Kjwan. Marasigan has since taken over sole vocal duties. After Abaya's departure, the band wrote songs for soundtracks, such as "Humanda Ka," which was done for the online game, Tantra, and "Nginiig" for the ABS-CBN show of the same name.

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[wehatevegetables]

Rage Against The Machine din ah..

[eggnoy]

beasty boys

[yoeyoe16]

does anyone have the lyrics for this song? wala kasi sa google eh

[xpoondiggy]

check out the free soulfood cookbook from coca cola, video in my profile

[crazyPunk131]

RATM ba yan ?! hahah

[jinkatolers0892]

parang "AMEN" ng chicosci!!!!!!!!

[unnamed724]

prng RATM! \m/

[vingents]

@majesticmageL1218 word!

[blackstar332]

@exgeeinteractive ..tnx fOr the info..

[papatearon]

Halatang influence sila ng Beastie boys :D At dahil din sa Beastie boys, don sila nagkakilala ni Raimund at Marc. Haha.