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Filipino rock band

FRANCO is a rock band from the Philippines with front man Franco Reyes, Paul Cañada on guitar, Dave Delfin on bass and Victor Guison on drums.

History

Formed in , FRANCO had its beginnings as a supergroup with members from iconic Filipino bands, consisting of Franco Reyes (InYo and Frank!) on vocals, Gabby Alipe (Urbandub) on guitar, 8 Toleran (Queso) on guitar, Buwi Meneses (Parokya ni Edgar) on bass guitar, and JanJan Mendoza (Urbandub) on drums.^[2] The band started as a collaboration project between Alipe, Toleran, Meneses and Mendoza, who are prominent musicians in the Pinoy rock scene.

In late , deciding to have a front man for their project band, Alipe, Mendoza, Toleran and Meneses collaborated with Reyes, who had returned to the Philippines from a stay in the U.S., thus completing the band, Franco.^[3] In , they recorded songs that comprised Franco's first album. Upon the release of the first album in , their so Franco - Tower of Doom QOJ