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Years active
  
1998–present

Associated acts
  
Top Junk, Delara

Labels
  
Star, Alpha

Origin
  
Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines

Genres
  
Pinoy rock, alternative rock

Members
  
Hannah Romawac-Olives Coy Placido Chavi Romawac Jimbo San Pedro JV Romawac

Session Road (Band) is an alternative rock band from the Philippines. Band members are Hannah Romawac-Olives (vocals, rhythm guitar), Coy Placido (lead guitar, synth/also from the band Top Junk), Chavi Romawac (drums, percussions), JV Romawac (percussions, back-up vocals) and Jimbo San Pedro (bass).

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Map of Session Rd, Baguio, Benguet, Philippines

Coy and Hannah are the group's chief composers. sessiOnroad's music showcases a fusion of different genres—rock music, pop music, alternative rock, blues, reggae, soul music, and mainstream.

The band's first album was produced by Grace Nono and Bob Aves under Star Records. It was the release of the first single SUNTOK SA BUWAN, from their second album of the same title and produced by Alpha Records in September 2004, that gained for sessiOnroad a lot of recognition from the listening public. The song topped the charts in almost all major radio stations in Manila for two straight weeks since it started airplay. Suntok sa Buwan was nominated song of the year for 2004. "Blanko" a meditative song about emptiness, from their 2006 album "bakit hindi?"(why not?), won the band's Awit Award Best Music Video under the people's choice category in 2007.

Discography

Session Road (1999)
Suntok Sa Buwan (2004)
Bakit Hindi? (2006)
Lagi Na Lamang Ba (EP) (2016)

Compilations

The Metropop Song Festival (2001)
Trip (U-turn Star Cinema OST (2003)
Pinoy Big Brother Compilation (Star Records) (2005)
Pinoy Ako 2 (Star Records) (2006)
The Best of Manila Sound: Hopia Mani Popcorn 2 (2007)
Bagong Banda---Awit Ni Sampaguita (2008)

References

SessiOnroad Wikipedia