The World of Hastang

Hastang is the featured band in tomorrow’s (Mar 15 ‘08) episode of Jack TV’s Boom Box! In other news, a photo shoot with Charles Buenconsejo is in the offing, Random is in Itzamatch’s track list, and Manny is set to win another big one this Sunday. Go, Manny!

After a month in Manila, Hastang Vocalist Tessa Manto is finally coming home. As soon as she lands in Cebu, we’ll be bugging her for a long-overdue jam session at the studio. Hi, Tess. You’ve been missed. We can’t wait to go gigging again.

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What does it mean to be a Hastang groupie? For me, being a groupie equates to being a fan, a friend, a sister, even a mother to the band. We’ve been through so much — Hastang and I.

Guile seems too lazy to update this blog, so I’ve taken it upon myself to look for ways to update this. (No, Guile, you can not bully me into retracting this statement - here or elsewhere.)
Since we moved from blogdrive to this self-hosted blog, we’ve had a grand total of 11 posts! […]

Meet Hastang:

Ria Redulla (Vocals)
Raul “Gaw” Luche (Lead Guitars)
Guile Canencia (Bass)
Mark Austin Ladanan (Drums)
Murray Suson (Rhythm Guitars)

Official website: www.hastang.com
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Hastang is a Cebu-based band composed of members Ria Redulla (lead vocals), Raul Luche Jr (guitars), Guile Canencia (bass), and Mark Austin Ladanan (drums).
Formed in early 2005, the band’s first big break came in the summer of that […]

It was a phone call from Mark ‘the drummer’ Austin that started it all. I had no idea why he called. I even mistook him for someone I knew who had the same name. Little did I know that that one phone call was the prelude to one of the greatest chapters in my […]

These days, Mark couldn’t be any happier. He finally has his “A Team” of musicians, all sharing the same hunger, the same drive, the same passion.
Hastang has increased their practice sessions to three nights a week, mostly Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. They’ve more than tripled their efforts to complete the album. Since the birth of […]