BOTB 2018
July 9, 2020

Students of Access Computer
College are gathered once again
to witness the annual Battle of
The Bands at the Smart Araneta
Coliseum. Participants from different
branches made sure that they will
give their very best to bring home the
bacon.
As the battle starts, the
audience proudly supported their
favorite band by cheering and singing
along with them.
The members who are
performing in front of thousands
of students can be truly one of the
most nervous yet exciting moments
in their lives. While other branches
already had their experiences, there
are still some who experience it the
first time
The Defender Band, who came
all the way from Villasis, Pangasinan
just to compete with other branches,
won the 6th place. They made sure
that the audience need to expect more
of their talents on the next battle.
We also have the Bulacan
Branches: Syncopado from Marilao
who gave us one of the cutest
performances led by their vocalist, Coy de Castro, who captured the
eyes of various audiences. 7 Stallions
from Meycauayan, guided by their
coach, Mr Joshua Alaba, offered us
an extraordinary performance that
made our heads banging from their
choice of songs, to the costumes and the overall performance, everyone in
the coliseum was in for the rock and
roll. Virtuoso of Balagtas, showed
everybody that they also inserted a lot
of effort in this battle. Although they
gave their best shot, it wasn’t good
enough for the judges but they went
home with happy hearts knowing that
they made the people happy.
Let us not forget the stunning
performances of the Full Metal Band
from Zabarte and Syatu Reborn
from Camarin. Overflowing with
confidence, they definitely owned the
stage with their outstanding voices.
In addition to that, the vocalists of
Augmentor from Monumento and
Siglo from Manila managed to pull
together their voices and made us
knew that joining a contest doesn’t
need to be all rock and roll, it needs
perfect matching with the vocalists as
well.
C2 Band from Cubao coached
by Mr Joram Buque made it to the
3rd place singing the Bohemian
Rhapsody and Anak. Stoic Marksmen
from Pasig placed 2nd place which
is guided by their coach Mr Mark
Moneda stunned us with their
performance by their songs “When I Dream About You” and ‘‘Pilipinas’’.
Also, the people will never
forget the face of their drummer Kyrie
Joy Galleto and one of their guitarists,
Queenie Alvero whom, I say, amazed
the audience with their cool skills.
“Unexpected kasi na maging 2nd
placer kami kasi yung mga kalaban
namin ay mahuhusay but praise God
nakuha namin. Maraming salamat
sa sumuporta sa akin at sa banda
namin!” – Kyrie Joy Galleto said, the
drummer of Stoic Marksmen. They
made sure to stay humble despite
getting the title and reassured us
that they will strive harder to get the
championship title next year.
Finally we have our two-time
defending champion, from Lagro
Campus, the JRN Reloaded with
their winning songs Survivor and
Anak. "JRN stands for Jocel, Rona
and Nestor - our respective coaches.
They are the ones who supported us
and gave us the budget and shared
with us their opinions about our
performances. Especially Sir Jocel,
he was the one who constantly
reminding us the do's and don't's.
Though he isn't a part of the vocal
coaches of JRN Reloaded anymore,
we still treat him and look up to him
as our mentor and we would like to
dedicate every single performance to
him." - Kristhel Nava said, the vocalist
of JRN Reloaded. She also added
that the reason why they won the
championship title again is because
of their originality when it comes to
mashing up their song choices. "We
thought about our song choices very
well, I was the one who guided my covocalists and our bassist guided the
other members. We made sure that we
clean everything up from the songs up
to the instrumentals so we will win."
she added. The performance of JRN
Reloaded for the past two battles had
been very challenging for the other
bands; they made it as a challenge
and an inspiration to do better for the
next year. -Sherily General