Buddy Zabala

Hector "Buddy" Avanceña Zabala (born November 13, 1971) is the bassist of Filipino new wave band The Dawn, indie band Cambio, and widely known as the bassist of the formerly disbanded and now reunited alternative rock band, the Eraserheads.

Eraserheads bassist (1989-2003)

Zabala only began writing and singing songs as an Eraserhead starting with the band's 1996 Christmas album, Fruitcake. The album contains "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and "Fruit Fairy." Buddy later also sang and wrote "Tama Ka" and "Kahit Ano" in the 1999 album, Natin99.

Buddy's bass-playing is prominently featured in the drum & bass opening track of the Natin99 album, "Sinturong Pangkaligtasan". In Aloha Milkyway (the band's first international release), the songs were heavy with his bass work.

Post-Eraserheads (2003-present)

A few years after the dissolution of the Eraserheads, Buddy Zabala continues to be a prolific musician. He plays bass for The Dawn and, of course, the renamed Eheads, Cambio. Intervening bands in which he was played were the Sun Valley Crew (together with fellow Eraserhead, Raimund Marasigan) and Twisted Halo (with Vin Dancel, Jason Caballa, Joey Odulio, and Mon Lopez.).