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Datu’s Tribe is Filipino band was formed on 1987 by several University of the Philippines- Los Baños students, Cabring, the Vesperas brothers, Dax Dacayan and Dos Pacio on drums and rhythm guitar respectively. They were created to compete during a campus band contest and they emerged as the winner. Most of their early gigs focused only to UP-Los Baños school events. One of the most memorable events was when the band made an opening act for The Eraserheads on 1991. During the time, Dax and Dos left the band. Unwilling to settle, the band moved on as a quartet band, replacing Dax by Ian Cabanilla. As the line-up changed, their original music leaned towards New Wave and the line-up had a heavier influence among listeners. With their small amount of money, the band decided to record a demo tape in the Audio Captain Recording Studio. They submitted the said demo to LA105 which a sudden anthem for local underground music. All songs gained airplays over radio but only the song,” Praning” launched the band into its recognition. The song captured the ears of the listeners and stayed for six weeks in LA’s Sunday countdown. Datu’s Tribe is now a hit band not only in Lo