Queso are a Filipino Rock band who enjoyed mainstream success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band eventually broke up after the release of their third album but reunited in 2012. 

At the height of their popularity Queso, who previously called themselves Cheese until 2003, were considered part of the Filipino Nu Metal genre. The band is best known for the single Mottaka, a song about their ideology of their friendship, from their second album Pilipinas. 

Queso’s sound, especially in their final years before disbanding, evolved and became more and more experimental, blending Rock, Reggae, Funk, Folk, Dub, and Jazz.