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(The Hotdog with its leaders Rene Garcia (leftmost) and brother Dennis, second from right)
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Formation and Early Years
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The original band members included Dennis Garcia, Lorrie Ilustre, Rene Garcia, and Ramon Torralba, who were buddies at La Salle Green Hills. The brothers Dennis and Rene Garcia were members of Redfox, a mainstay band which performed at Third Eye in Manila. They eventually formed the new band which they named Hotdog and invited Ella del Rosario of Assumption Convent as their female solo vocalist.
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Rise to Fame
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At a time when Filipino music was hardly favored and practically in limbo, the band springboarded Filipino music and started a revolution that we know today as Original Pinoy Music or OPM. It was during the '70s that the local music industry was topped by foreign music playing disco and funk sounds. 
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Hotdog: The Pioneers of the Manila Sound Musical Genre