Al and half-brother Jay Dimalanta formed Dead Ends in 1985 with drummer Rouen Pascual.
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When Dead Ends disbanded following Jay's death in 1996, Al went into a four-year musical hiatus and focused on his marketing communications work and his stint at the academe in the University of Santo Tomas.
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He worked under the helm of his mother, then CCWS director (and later UST writer-in-residence) and renowned poet Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta.
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During those four years, Al tried putting up a band with Lourd de Veyra, who was a member of Dead Ends in the 1990s (only for the band’s fourth album, Mamatay sa Ingay).
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He is best known as the leader, co-founder and chief songwriter of the legendary Philippine punk band Dead Ends (1985-1996) and the leader and chief songwriter of punk-hardcore band Throw (band) 2000–present, considered one of the most important bands in the contemporary local punk scene.
Al Dimalanta continues to create and play punk music with his new band Throw (2001-present).
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Al Dimalanta and half-brother Jay Dimalanta formed Dead Ends in 1985 with drummer Rouen Pascual.
When the hardcore punk band Dead Ends ended their 4-year hiatus, he became the one of the band's guitarists in 1994, sharing guitar chores with the band's leader and founder Al Dimalanta, thus making Dead Ends a four-piece band.