Fire starters 1017 is a Davao-based quintet rock band formed in 1998 by a group of Davao Central College students. The band’s trademark includes their original rock novelty songs and the style of providing comic relief to their listeners. Al-ag brothers Jam-Jam Ruiz on lead vocals & guitar, Mackoy on vocals & guitar and their childhood friend Janpoy Fortich on drums came from Davao Central College. Band names came from Fatal Pandesal to Sonic Playground.