{{short description|Filipino rock band}} {{more footnotes|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dicta License | image = | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = Dicta License rocks LivELY: <br>a fundraising concert for Ely Buendia | origin = Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines | genre = {{hlist|Alternative metal|nu metal|rap metal|rap rock}} | years_active = 1999–present | label = Warner Music | associated_acts = Kjwan | current_members = Pochoy Labog (vocals)<br>Bryan Makasiar (drums)<br>Kelley Mangahas (bass)<br> Boogie Romero (guitars) }} '''Dicta License''' is a Filipino rock band formed in December 1999, whose music is a fusion of rock, rap, and grunge.{{cn|date=November 2024}} The band consists of Pochoy Labog on vocals, Bryan Makasiar on drums, Kelley Mangahas on bass, and Boogie Romero on guitar.
The band's name literally translates as "License to Speak", which can be aptly associated with the philosophical cum socio-political tone evident in their songs. The band's influences include Rage Against the Machine, Lauryn Hill, the Roots, Public Enemy, Incubus among many others, with RATM being their strongest influence of all.
== Career == In 2001, Warner Music Philippines included their songs "Duct Tape" and "Criminal" in its compilation album ''No Seat Affair'', together with other bands such as Cog, DTS, Zooom, Six Digit and Euglito's Eye. In the same year, the band was invited to the [http://english.busan.go.kr/hongbo/understanding/understanding2_07.jsp Busan International Rock Festival] in Korea, where they performed in front of a crowd of about 25,000.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
In 2003, they released a 5-song EP which consisted of their original songs "Burning Streets of Love and Hate", "Criminal", "Smoke Under the Table", "Falling Earth" and "Undiscarded". Two years later, the band released their first album ''Paghilom'' under Warner Music Philippines on September 21, 2005. It consisted of ten tracks with lyrics that explicitly address the Filipino youth with issues of socio-political concern. Their carrier single from this album, "Ang Ating Araw" was the most played song on NU 107 for the year 2005. On April 9, 2021, the band released their second album ''Pagbigkas'' as a digital release<ref>{{cite web |title=Dicta License announce new album 'Pagbigkas', their first in over a decade |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/dicta-license-announce-new-album-pagbigkas-their-first-in-over-a-decade-2914495 |website=nme.com |date=6 April 2021 |publisher=Daniel Peters |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> and a Limited Edition and numbered pressing vinyl of the album was released on May 25, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dicta License's 'Pagbigkas' a manifesto for real, meaningful change in the Philippines |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/10/22/dicta-license-offers-manifesto-for-change-in-pagbigkas |website=abs-cbn.com |publisher=Rick Olivares |access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>
==Achievements== Band recognitions include nominations at the MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards 2006 for Best Cinematography in a Video and Best Production Design in a Video for their song, "Complex".<ref>{{cite web | title=MTV Global | Homepage | url=http://www.mtvasia.com/News/200607/07013540.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517091934/http://www.mtvasia.com/News/200607/07013540.html | archive-date=17 May 2007 }}</ref> Vocalist Pochoy Labog was nominated at the NU 107 Rock Awards 2006 for Vocalist of the Year and Best Male, and Boogie for Guitarist of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=showbizandstyle |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930092514/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/you/super/view_article.php?article_id=34588}}</ref> The band was also nominated for the Rising Sun award.
Dicta License also collaborated with Urbandub to do the theme song for the 2006 MTV Music Summit for HIV/AIDS, which was held December 2006 at The Fort Open Grounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock bands give all-out support to MTV Music Summit 2006 |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/11539/rock-bands-give-all-out-support-to-mtv-music-summit-2006?fbclid=IwAR0HbXzxSzv0OAjCbTeDo8cXFFTcZa5ZkAlsksuBMwPScvYWWUAobdfd6kI |website=pep.ph |publisher=Wells Avante |access-date=8 December 2006}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Paghilom'' (2005) * ''Pagbigkas'' (2021)
===Compilation appearances=== *''Kami nAPO Muna Ulit'' - "Tuloy ang Ikot ng Mundo" (2007), Universal
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Award giving body !! Category !! Nominated work !! Results
|- |rowspan=2|'''2005'''||rowspan=2|NU Rock Awards||'''Song of the Year'''||"Ang Ating Araw"||{{nominated}} |- |'''Best Male Award'''||(for Pochoy Labog)||{{nominated}}
|- |rowspan=4|'''2006'''||rowspan=4|NU Rock Awards||'''Vocalist of the Year'''||(for Pochoy Labog)||{{nominated}}<ref name=philstar2>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2006/11/24/370873/nu-107-rock-awards-nominees|title=NU 107 Rock Awards nominees|last=Gil|first=Baby A.|publisher=PhilStar.com|date=November 24, 2006|accessdate=November 28, 2018}}</ref> |- |'''Guitarist of the Year'''||(for Boogie Romero)||{{nominated}}<ref name=philstar2/> |- |'''Rising Sun Award'''||{{N/A}}||{{nominated}}<ref name=philstar2/> |- |'''Best Male Award'''||(for Pochoy Labog)||{{nominated}}<ref name=philstar2/> |}
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=data/citytimes/2006/December/citytimes_December5.xml§ion=citytimes&col= The Intense Rock Band by ''Aprylle Liabres''] *[http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/03/11/I2006031158320.html Revolution Rock: Dicta License Lights a Fire by ''Lawrence Dominguez Casiraya''] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214094801/http://altercation.imess.net/backissues/2/eband2.htm Dicta License: Undiscarded by ''"lunchbox"'']}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031001045806/http://www.geocities.com/cerealcyanide/dicta.htm Dicta License on Cereal Cyanide] * [http://myspace.com/licensetospeak Dicta License on MySpace]
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Category:Filipino rock music groups Category:Musical groups from Quezon City Category:Musical groups established in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in the Philippines Category:Warner Music Philippines artists Category:Filipino rap metal musical groups