Orange and Lemons
Clementine Castro and Mcoy Fundales met in high school in the mid 90's. They found out through participating in school programs and events that they share a common passion for music. Mcoy introduced Clementine to the music of The Beatles and since then jammed songs from the legendary group and at the same time developed their song writing partnership. The duo formed groups with friends from their province of Bulacan and went through several names such as The Voiz, Sweet Silence, Irony, The Cranes, Mushroom and eventually settling down with the monicker Orange and Lemons. The name was suggested by their former drummer. The group got the name because it sounded playful, fresh and catchy to them. It was years after they used the name that they found out that there is actually a British nursery rhyme and an XTC album called "Oranges and Lemons". Clementine discovered the music of The Smiths in college and introduced it to Mcoy. It was the music of The Beatles and The Smiths combined that created a huge impact on the duo's song writing and playing style.