AEGIS

Aegis is a band in the Philippines. Their successful singles include "Luh" ("Tears"), "Halk"
("Kiss"), and "Basng-bas sa Uln" ("Drenched in the Rain").
Members

Juliet Sunot - vocals

Mercy Sunot - vocals

Ken Sunot - vocals

Stella Galindo - keyboard

Rey Abenoja - vocals/lead guitar

Rowena Pinpin - bass guitar

Vilma Goloviogo - drums

History
Aegis has released 10 albums over its career that have consistently made the Gold and Platinum
marks beginning with Halik, Mahal na Mahal Kita, Awit at Pag-Ibig, Paskong-Pasko and Ating
Balikan. They also released a mind-boggling remix collection of their hits entitled Ating
Sayawin. The band is also responsible for hits such as "Luha" and "Halik".
Sisters Juliet and Mercy Sunot have been with the group since they started originally as AG's
Soundtrippers (the letters A and G being their manager's initials). They later changed to Aegis in
1998 as agreed upon by the band manager & Alpha Records. Apart from the two sisters,
keyboardist Stella Galindo is also the sister of the band's manager Lito, while his (Lito's) wife,
Josie, is Rey's sister.
We're faced with all the 6 members of the Aegis Band, five girls and a man, whom the girls tease
as already being like one of them. Of course, they're just kidding. It's nothing more than long
years of close friendship and togetherness... close to eleven years to be exact. It's hard to believe
that a musical group could last this long in the business of making music, traveling to foreign
shoes, sharing rooms, food, stories and lives. But that's the reality. The band has truly become a

family after years of shared experiences. Furthermore, they are not merely a family. Due to the
potpourri of native roots within the band, the AEGIS members also seem to represent the three
major islands of the Philippines.
There are actually two reasons why the group has opted for the name AEGIS. First, the group
was formerly known as AGs Sound Trippers. AGs was the name of their managers company
coined from their last names Abenoja-Galindo. But, since the band name was too long, they
opted to go for AGs or in other words AEGIS. Second, the literary meaning of AEGIS is
"Shield" or "Protection". The group decided to adapt this word as the name of their band,
because it expresses what they want to share to their listeners, to feel when they listen to their
songs, that of being "protected" and "shielded" from being lonely. Most of the songs they chose
for their album are love songs. They are hoping that lovers will find their songs as a protection
from being lonely and broken-hearted
Discography
Studio albums
Year

1998

2000

2001

Album

Singles

Label

Halik

"Halik"
"Bakit?"
"Sinta"
"Basang-basa Sa Ulan"
"Hahanapin Ko"
"Luha"
"I Love You Na Lang Sa Tago"
"Pagmamahal"
"Mary Jane"
"'Yun Na!"

Alpha Records

Mahal Na Mahal Kita

"Mahal Na Mahal Kita"

"Maniwala Ka"
"Sundot"
"Palad"
"Do You Want Me?"
"Munting Pangarap"
"To Be With You"
"Rockin' The Cities"
"Nag-Iisang Ikaw"
"Gumising Na Tayo"

Alpha Records

Awit At Pag-ibig

"Awit At Pag-ibig"
"Bakit"
"Sa'yo Lamang"
"Para Kay Aileen"
"Ikaw"
"Pader"
"Paano Ba?"
"Araw-Araw Na Lang"
"Babae Sa Bintana"
"Asul"
"Ilog"

Harmony Music

Christmas album
Dance album
Year

2004

Album

Ating Sayawin

Singles
"Basang-basa Sa Ulan"
"Luha"
"Sinta"
"Halik"
"Maniwala Ka"

Label

Harmony Music