I assumed their little 'music machine' routine which labeled him as 'made in Japan' was the truth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYJhhKSXOBo) and it took a Listening Room teamup from John Book and buckshot_defunct to back down from my stance and actually, you know, like Google the band.

Don't know anything about Filipino music at all, traditional or pop, which is somewhat surprising since I know at least a little bit about traditional music from most of the other Asian countries - instruments at least if not styles. but The Phillipines? Nada.