Chito Miranda

Chito Miranda
Background information
Birth name	Alfonso Y. Miranda, Jr.
Also known as	Buloy Mamaryman Edgar Boy Duwal
Born	(1976-02-07) February 7, 1976 Manila, Philippines
Genres	Rock, comedy rock, hard rock, alternative rock, funk
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Universal Records
Associated acts	Parokya ni Edgar Superlooj Keltscross Francis Magalona Kamikazee Gloc9 Pupil Eraserheads

Alfonso "Chito" Miranda, Jr. (born February 7, 1976) is a Filipino singer and songwriter who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singer for the band Parokya ni Edgar.

Life and career

Miranda attended grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University where he met Gab Chee Kee, Vinci Montaner, Jeric Estaco, and Mikko Yap. They formed a garage band during their high school years.

The group was known in school to be class clowns. Normally in shows, they would show up in women’s clothing to entertain victims of earthquakes and typhoons and sing off-key in poetry readings.

They eventually landed the role of front act band for the locally well-known Filipino alternative rock band The Eraserheads. Later on, Buwi Meneses and schoolmate Dindin Moreno joined as bassist and drummer, respectively. When they graduated high school, Estaco and Yap decided to leave the group to pursue other interests. Shortly thereafter, Darius Semaña (lead guitar) joined to complete the sextet.

Originally, Parokya ni Edgar was called "Comic Relief". However, they decided to change the name in homage to a Noli Me Tangere joke in their student days.

Later on, Parokya ni Edgar performed regularly in Club Dredd, one of the famous clubs in Manila during that time. The band slowly gained popularity during the height of the Filipino rock explosion, with the local rock community opening up to the influence of foreign grunge acts such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

Eventually, the late managing director of Universal Records, Bella Dy Tan, signed them as contract artists after witnessing one of their performances at Club Dredd. The band garnered a triple platinum award for their first album Khangkhungkherrnitz.

One of the band's songs, "Buloy", has lyrics inspired by a friend Miranda met in Batangas. He was a Fine Arts student at Far Eastern University and committed suicide some time before "Buloy" was released and this caused some controversy among fans and non-fans.

Miranda is a member of Alpha Kappa Rho fraternity in the Philippines. He is good friends with fellow Filipino artists, the late rapper and singer Francis Magalona, and rapper Gloc-9.

Miranda previously dated actress Kaye Abad from the early 2000s until their breakup in 2009. Miranda is currently in a relationship with actress Neri Naig.

Discography

With Parokya ni Edgar

• Khangkhungkherrnitz (1996)
• Buruguduystunstugudunstuy (1997)
• Gulong Itlog Gulong (1999)
• Edgar Edgar Musikahan (2002)
• Bigotilyo (2003)
• Halina Sa Parokya (2005)
• Matira Matibay: PG-13 (Singles 1994-2007) (2007)
• Solid (2007)
• Middle-Aged Juvenile Novelty Pop Rockers (2010)