Pards

Pards is a Quezon City-based quartet irrevocably in love with Blues and Southern Rock n’ Roll. Surviving numerous line-up changes over the years, the original cast started out covering nineties alternative music like Rage Against the Machine and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This changed when they became regulars at the Blueberri Jam studios where they met Boying “Pards” Fernandez. Seeing potential, Pards influenced guitarist Keith Lagunzad with the ever-sweet blues, which eventually spread to the rest of the gang. Finding that this may very well be the kind of music meant for the band, they eventually discovered artists like Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin and The Black Crowes among many others that are now their main influences. Serious songwriting came into place following a final lineup change. When Pards passed away, the band decided to name themselves after him, their mentor. With a whole lot of inspiration and drive, they started taking the art to higher levels, tweaking arrangements of the songs a tad more, creating more complicated riffs and writing more mature lyrics. With around 14 songs and numerous gigs to their name, they continue to strive to make their music heard, pushing to outdo themselves not only as individual musicians but more importantly as a band. PARDS.