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NI-LAUNCH ang debut at self-titled album ng Kollide Band na ang vocalist at may hawak ng rhythm guitar ay si Carlo Aquino. Eleven songs sa 12 cuts ng all-original album ay kasamang sumulat ang actor-turned musician. Four years plinano ang album bago natuloy at isa sa mga rason sa paglipat ng actor sa Viva Entertainment ay dahil sa record deal from Viva Records.
Ano’ng feeling na may album na ang banda niya? “Perfect! Masaya, dream come true at fulfilled na ako. Sa acting, ibang pagkatao ang napapanood sa akin, hindi si Carlo, pero sa singing, ako talaga ’yon. First time kong humawak ng gitara when I was nine years old, gusto ko nang mag-banda at ngayon lang
In a not so unlikely twist, Carlo Aquino and his band Kollide launched their CD under a Viva Records. Kollide, like most bands with humble beginnings to tell, toured the rugged and dark circuits of underground rock for four years before clinching a contract from a mainstream record. Fairy godmother for Kollide came in the form of Viva Records.
Not many were aware that Carlo persevered. With talent that could shift focus from acting to music (he is after all one of the more capable actors of his generation). Kollide happened as one of the most fortunate ‘collision’ in Carlo’s life.
Local fans do not seem to have any objection to actors turning singers and great examples abound with the likes of Nora Aunor, Sharon Cuneta, Gary V, Regine Velasquez, etc., etc. Being part of a rock band though is something else. Integrity as a rocker plays a big part in market acceptance. Rock is not just music, it is a lifestyle. So when an actor wants to rock, he has to convince fans he is serious with the music and is not merely using it as a way to pass the time between movie or TV roles.
That is the problem with Carlo Aquino. He sings and plays the guitar with the rock band Kollide and has been doing so for five years now. But that is not how his fans know him. He is in the news as an award-winning child actor, the bad guy of the soap series Sinasamba Kita,
