Fruitcake (album) - Personnel

Personnel

Eraserheads

• Ely Buendia - lead, harmony and backing vocals, guitar, casiotone on "Styrosnow", handclaps on "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and "Christmas Party", bass on "Christmas Ball", and slide and tremolo guitar on "Hitchin' a Ride"
• Buddy Zabala - harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar, keyboard, lead vocals on "Fruit Fairy", "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and "Christmas Ball", drum machine on "The Fabulous Baker Boy", and percussion on "Santa Ain't Comin' No Mo'"
• Marcus Adoro - guitar, lead vocals on "Lord of the Rhum", lead, rhythm and slide guitar on "Mono Virus", fuzz and wah-wah guitar on "Christmas Party", and djembe and handclaps on "The Fabulous Baker Boy"
• Raimund Marasigan - harmony and backing vocals, drums, lead vocals on "Flat Tire", "Gatekeeper", "Mono Virus" and "Hitchin' a Ride", guitar on "Flat Tire", "Gatekeeper", "Christmas Ball" and "Hitchin' a Ride", keyboard on "Styrosnow", "The Fabulous Baker Boy", "Mono Virus" and "Christmas Party", percussion on "Old Fashioned Christmas Carol", "Trip to Jerusalem", "Mono Virus" and "Hitchin' a Ride", drum machine on "Mono Virus", shaker on "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and "Christmas Ball", melodica on "Christmas Ball", and djembe on "Fruitcake" (?) and "The Fabulous Baker Boy"

Additional musicians

In order of appearance

• Robin Rivera - backing vocals on "Fruitcake", "Old Fashioned Christmas Carol" and "Hitchin' a Ride", the words dig and smoke'm on "Fruit Fairy", Pepe Le Jaques on "The Fabulous Baker Boy", the mantra on "Rise and Shine", percussion on "Fruitcake", "Styrosnow", "Trip to Jerusalem", "Mono Virus", "Santa Ain't Comin' No Mo'" and "Hitchin' a Ride", recorder on "Shadow" and "Christmas Ball", drums (similar to what marching bands use) on "Old Fashioned Christmas Carol", bongos on "The Fabulous Baker Boy", drum machine on "Christmas Party" and "Christmas Morning", and keyboard on "Christmas Morning"
• Rico Blanco - backing vocals on "Gatekeeper" and "Trip to Jerusalem", guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too", and keyboard on "Christmas Ball"
• Lally Buendia - harmony on "Styrosnow" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Lyra Buendia - harmony on "Styrosnow" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Richard Gonzaga - trumpet on "Fruit Fairy"
• Enteng - handclaps on "The Fabulous Baker Boy"
• Earnest Mangulabnan - harmony on "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and "Lord of the Rhum" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Pia Arroyo - harmony on "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Myla - harmony on "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Jeng Tan - lead vocals on "Christmas Ball", harmony on "The Fabulous Baker Boy" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Jojo Bacasmas - Town Crier on "The Fabulous Baker Boy"
• Ona Medina - harmony on "Lord of the Rhum" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Pia Reloj - harmony on "Lord of the Rhum" and guest "caroler" on "Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too"
• Estelle Custodio
• Shiela Sta. Ana
• Mel Villena
• Benjie Bautista
• Proceso Yusi
• Liza Lopez
• Bernadette Cadomiga
• Rosario Molina
• Nile Mendoza
• Ricky Imperial
• Jemay Dadap
• Angelito Molina
• Cecille Noble
• Tina Pasamba
• Tess Ibero
• Michael Guevarra
• Francis Magalona (as FranscisM)
• Robert Javier
• Agot Isidro
• Tina Tybong-Banua
• Karina Araneta
• She Asignacion
• Sancho