caption website years_active birth_place article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
max http://www.maxsurban.net/ 1973 -- present cebu city , cebu , philippines max surban
 max surban solo_singer 15 may 1939 vocals , guitar novelty music cebu city , cebu , philippines maximo surban singer-songwriter , composer
max surban

max surban -lrb- born maximo surban , may 15 , 1939 -rrb- is a filipino singer in mainly in cebuano language .
he has been given the moniker `` king of visayan song '' .
like his fellow visayan , the bol-anon singer yoyoy villame , max surban has also become famous for his singing of so-called `` novelty songs '' which usually have humorous lyrics and may or may not be set to original music .
on several occasions , both yoyoy villame and max surban have appeared together on stage and even recorded together a few albums .
although known primarily for his singing of novelty songs , he has also recorded romantic ballads .
