the Music Museum. They released their first EP, Simulan Na Natin on 16 December 2015 which was available in record stores and then on 10 January 2016 through iTunes. On 10 February 2016, the band launched their YouTube channel which also launched a new music video for "The Way It Turns". Band members' return, anniversary shows, and Ascendant (2016–present) On 7 June 2016, the band underwent another line-up change as bassist Buddy Zabala left the band due to unknown reasons, while bassist Carlos Balcells and guitarist Francis "Brew" Reyes were brought back, thus returning as a quintet for the first time since 2004. By the later dates in June and July 2016, Mon Legaspi briefly returned to the band filling bass duties for Balcells who was unavailable at that time. Legaspi would begin touring with them months later and would eventually be the band's regular bassist and Balcells being mostly pre-occupied with their family businesses. This year would also mark the band's 30th anniversary. In line with the celebrations, they held a concert last 17 September 2016 dubbed The Dawn Trenta at Craft BGC in Taguig City. They would later perform at the Trenta Repeat concert on 5 November 2016 at the Music Museum. They would perform a follow-up to their 30th anniversary concert dubbed "Trenta y Uno" on 31 March and also announced they will be having a US and Canada tour on the third quarter of the year. On 11 October 2017, vocalist Jett Pangan made a Facebook post that the band had begun writing and recording for their upcoming 12th studio album. The band released the songs "Merry Go Round" and "Segurista" as well as the album Ascendant by way of a major concert at The Music Museum on 28 July 2018 with the newest song being "Made of You". On October 3, 2022, bassist Mon Legaspi, passed away at the age of 54 due to cardiac arrest. Band members Current members JB Leonor – drums (1985–1995, 1999–present) Jett Pangan – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards (1985–1995, 1999–present) Francis Reyes – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards (1990–1995, 1999–2009, 2016–present) Rommel Sanchez – guitars (2014–present) Bim Yance – bass (2023–present; touring 2022–2023) Current touring/session members Leni Llapitan – keyboards (2002–present) Former members Clay Luna – bass (1985) Teddy Diaz – vocals, guitars, keyboards (1985–1988, died 1988) Atsushi Matsuura – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards (1989, 1999–2004) Kenneth Ilagan – guitar (2009–2014)