Bodyslam was originally called La-On which means kids or younger people in Northern dialect of Thai language. In 1996, the band entered a band competition for high school students called "Hot Wave Music Awards" and won top prize beaten out nearly a hundred other bands. La-on was quickly signed a record deal with Music Bugs, a record company, and released self-titled pop-rockalbum in 1997 with Dai Rue Plao became the most recognized song. The band members portrayed roles of themselves in lakorn (Thai TV series) Thep Niyai Nai Sano and later released the series' soundtrack in the same year.
The band returned in 2002 with the new name Bodyslam shifting to heavier rock music with only three of the original six members remained. The first self-titled album under the new name as a three-pieced band was successful. The second album Drive had followed in 2003 earning an equal success to the previous one. They won Channel V Thailand Music Video Awards for "Favorite Group" for the music video Plai Thang.
** My favourite band is bodyslam because bodyslam have many good songs >< And I want to go to bodyslam concert again.
