Diether Ocampo's blow does it nice and hard for clean energy

"We play rock music but right now, we're going to start slow," says the frontman of one of the newest bands in the local music scene called Blow.  He is Diether Ocampo, who remains one of the hottest young actors in the Philippines today.

Diether is also in the frontline of the Greenpeace campaign to stop climate change and to push for a massive shift away from coal and towards renewable energy.  "The answer is blowin' in the wind," says Diether in a 15-second message he rendered recently with Blow band members for the international environmental organization.  "You don't have to be a celebrity to be a star," says Diether.  "Just go for clean energy!"

Fans have taken to Blow in the classic expression of fan acceptance - by headbanging to their songs, especially those found in their album titled "Blow: Nice and Hard!," the first installment of their trilogy album under Job Records.  Other songs in the album are "Homesick," "Buang," "Say it," "Close To You," "Fly with Angels," "Last Breath" and "Likod Ng Ilaw."

Aside from Diether, the band is composed of back-up vocalist Jasper Ong, lead guitarist Kessenth Cheng, bassist Kaloy Mojica and drummer Emil Buencamino.

According to Diether, the name of his band Blow means getting a different kind of high through music. Ever since Diether was a kid, he has always digged music, especially rock. It was his father who civilized him to rock music by taking him to rock joints and making him listen to Pinoy rock bands during the '80s.  From then on, Diether has harbored the dream of someday forming his own band. His dream has come true with Blow. "It gives me a different high whenever I perform with my band,"says Diether.