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).
Lourd de Veyra (born 1975), Filipino musician, singer, poet and journalist
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.