Eleandre "Ely" Basiño Buendia (born November 2, 1970) is a Filipino
musician, writer and director who gained fame as guitarist, songwriter
and lead vocalist of the popular Filipino rock band Eraserheads.
Widely regarded as one of the most respected music icons in the
country, his compositions gained massive commercial success and
universal critical acclaim, topping various music charts and leaving a
legacy in Philippine popular culture. He currently performs as
guitarist and lead vocalist for Apartel.Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia
was born in his parents' home in Naga City at 6:20 am on November 2,
1970. He is the second child of Ely Revilla Buendia (born c. 1942 in
Goa, Camarines Sur) and Lisetta Ruiz Basiño (March 22, 1942 in
Caramoan, Camarines Sur â€" August 28, 2008 in Manila). His parents
were married on October 30, 1964 in Ragay, Camarines Sur. He first
learned Kundiman from his mother while he started playing the guitar
at the age of 7 years old. Buendia graduated from Elementary in Pasig
Catholic College in 1983 in Pasig City and High School in University
of Perpetual Help Rizal. Buendia later enrolled to University of the
Philippines Diliman where he formed his bands Bluidie Tryste, Sunday
School and Eraserheads.Buendia has two children, Una Aurea, with his
first wife, Vicky Cayago, and Eon Drake, with Pupil co-manager Diane
Ventura. He had a relationship with Andi Trinidad of Mega Magazine and
reportedly also used to date TV5 news anchor and model Shawn Yao.In
December 1989, Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Marcus Adoro and Buddy
Zabala formed the band Eraserheads in their collegiate school, the
University of the Philippines Diliman, where Buendia was a Film major
at the College of Mass Communications (he started his first year of
college in 1987). The band found that they weren't good at covering
other people's hits, so they concentrated on writing their own
material instead. In 1991, Buendia explained, "After all, if we
committed a mistake no one would recognize it since they don't know
the song, right?"[citation needed] Performing their original songs
live soon earned them a cult following in the University, which
gradually spread outside the campus. One of the songs, a pop song
entitled "Pare Ko", which Buendia wrote, became very popular, partly
because of the lyrics which included a few swear words. Ely Buendia Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter