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History God Bless Musik Rock Indonesia
Biography God Bless
God Bless pioneered the birth of rock music in Indonesia dated back in early 70s. The band history started with Ahmad Albar (vocal) who started his appearance in a local movie called "Djendral Kancil" in the 60s. After his appearance as movie artist Albar went to Netherland where with his Dutch colleagues he formed TAKE FIVE (1966-1967), and later formed another band CLOVER LEAF (1967-1972) where they released succesful hits "May Day" and "Grey Clouds". When Albar returned to Indonesia, he had a dream to form another band with his ex Clover Leaf guitarist Ludwig Le Mans. He invited Fuad Hassan (drums), Donny Fatah (bass) and Deddy Dores (keyboard) to form GODBLESS. Their first appearance to the public was in 1972 when Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia) conducted "Summer 28" festival - a kind o rock music festival similar to Woodstock at Ragunan, South Jakarta. The festival was featuring rock bands from Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. It was really glory days of rock music all over the world and it happened as well in Indonesia. The existence of local rock music magazine AKTUIL had made the Indonesian rock scene became brighter. Here and there people were so familiar with "Child In Time" (Deep Purple), "Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin" or "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath).
GodBless dominated rock music performance during the 70s even though they did cover version of Deep Purple, Kansas, Genesis, ELP, Kin Ping Meh, Queen, etc. Other rock bands that were popular at that time were: The Rollies (brass rock band in the vein of Chicago), Giant Step (a band formed by Deddy Dores who left GodBless), AKA (hard rock band in the vein of Grand Funk Railroad) and many other pop rock outfits like RASELA, PANBERS, MERCY'S, GEMBEL's, SHARK MOVE, KOES BERSAUDARA, etc. etc.
GodBless's line-up has changed frequently and until now, it has been more than 15 times line-up changes. There was tragedy happened in June 1974 when the band's drummer (Fuad Hassan) and keyboardist (Soman Lubis) were killed in traffic accident around Pancoran, Jakarta. It was so sad. I remember that I met Fuad Hassan personally when he visited my uncle's house at Jl Cendana 23 because it was a meeting point of Menteng and Waringin youngsters at that time. Fuad was a friend of my brother. The band commemorated the deaths of their friends, one hundred days later, with a spectacular show involving a mock-up of funeral possession at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) Jakarta. GodBless also perfo...God Bless pioneered the birth of rock music in Indonesia dated back in early 70s. The band history started with Ahmad Albar (vocal) who started his appearance in a local movie called "Djendral Kancil" in the 60s. After his appearance as movie artist Albar went to Netherland where with his Dutch colleagues he formed TAKE FIVE (1966-1967), and later formed another band CLOVER LEAF (1967-1972) where they released succesful hits "May Day" and "Grey Clouds". When Albar returned to Indonesia, he had a dream to form another band with his ex Clover Leaf guitarist Ludwig Le Mans. He invited Fuad Hassan (drums), Donny Fatah (bass) and Deddy Dores (keyboard) to form GODBLESS. Their first appearance to the public was in 1972 when Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia) conducted "Summer 28" festival - a kind o rock music festival similar to Woodstock at Ragunan, South Jakarta. The festival was featuring rock bands from Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. It was really glory days of rock music all over the world and it happened as well in Indonesia. The existence of local rock music magazine AKTUIL had made the Indonesian rock scene became brighter. Here and there people were so familiar with "Child In Time" (Deep Purple), "Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin" or "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath).
GodBless dominated rock music performance during the 70s even though they did cover version of Deep Purple, Kansas, Genesis, ELP, Kin Ping Meh, Queen, etc. Other rock bands that were popular at that time were: The Rollies (brass rock band in the vein of Chicago), Giant Step (a band formed by Deddy Dores who left GodBless), AKA (hard rock band in the vein of Grand Funk Railroad) and many other pop rock outfits like RASELA, PANBERS, MERCY'S, GEMBEL's, SHARK MOVE, KOES BERSAUDARA, etc. etc.
GodBless's line-up has changed frequently and until now, it has been more than 15 times line-up changes. There was tragedy happened in June 1974 when the band's drummer (Fuad Hassan) and keyboardist (Soman Lubis) were killed in traffic accident around Pancoran, Jakarta. It was so sad. I remember that I met Fuad Hassan personally when he visited my uncle's house at Jl Cendana 23 because it was a meeting point of Menteng and Waringin youngsters at that time. Fuad was a friend of my brother. The band commemorated the deaths of their friends, one hundred days later, with a spectacular show involving a mock-up of funeral possession at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) Jakarta. GodBless also performed as opening act for a spectacular show (with 80,000 crowd) featuring Deep Purple live in Stadion Utama, Jakarta, 1975.
Having gone through numerous stage performances covering music of Kansas (Carry On Wayward Son), Queen (Brighton Rock), Kin Ping Meh (Rock Is The Day), the band released its self-titled debut album in 1976, released by Indonesian label Pramaqua. The line-up of the debut album was: Ahmad Albar (vocal), Donny Fatah (bass, vocal), Ian Antono (lead guitar, vocal), Teddy Sujaya (drums), and Yockie Soeryoprayogo (organ, moog, electric piano, piano). The influences of famous bands like Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull, and even Gentle Giant had coloured the making of GodBless debut album, with major hit: "Huma Di Atas Bukit". This song was also the soundtrack of local movie "Laela Madjenun". The debut album remarked the birth and existence of Indonesian rock music scene. By the time people were not aware about the difference of "progressive" music or just straight rock music. For sure, most youngsters (including myself which was 16 years old at that time) praised the music of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Golden earring, Focus, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk Railroad, Yes at the same time without any knowledge or intention to segregate which one were hard rock and which ones were prog rock. We just enjoyed the music as far as they rocked! Yeah!
I remember vividly, buying the first album of GodBless in the format of cassette at Miraco retail store (selling cassettes and film for photography) in the small city of Madiun, east Java, very far away from Jakarta, sometime in 1976. GodBless became my idol because the songs the recorded in the debut album were all excellent! I also love their rearrangement of The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" in their debut; it's second best after the arrangement by ESPERANTO.
The second album "Cermin" was released quite a long time (1980) after the first one. This album is truly a prog rock album because most songs were composed not in a straight forward structure. The great track is "Musisi" where the music is quite complex with curved structure and great solo maneuvers. The third album was even longer, it took 8 years to release: 1988!! This album represented great success of any release under rock music category where the album sold more than 400,000 copies nation-wide! No other Indonesian rock band has ever reached this achievement todate. The album delivered a solid state of GodBless music with major hit "Kehidupan" that favored not only rockers but those who like general music. The lyrics were simple and the music was straightforward with wonderful keyboard interlude. Surprisingly, the year after, GodBless released another successful album "Raksasa" (1989) with new guitarist Eet Syahrani replacing Ian Antono who had been very dominant in the development of GodBless music.
Era 1970-an
Berdirinya God Bless berawal dengan kembalinya Ahmad "Iyek" Albar kembali ke Tanah Air setelah beberapa tahun tinggal di Belanda, ia pun berangan-angan membentuk band sendiri yang lebih serius. Beliau kembali dari Belanda bersama dengan Ludwig Lemans (gitaris Clover Leaf, band Iyek ketika masih di Belanda). Iyek lalu mengajak (almarhum) Fuad Hassan (drum) dan Donny Fattah (bass) untuk membentuk band. Inilah yang melatarbelakangi berdirinya Crazy Wheels, sebelum akhirnya band tersebut - yang mengadakan konser perdananya di TIM (Taman Ismail Marzuki) lalu mengikuti pentas musik "Summer '28", semacam pentas 'Woodstock' ala Indonesia di Ragunan, Jakarta, yang diikuti berbagai band dari Indonesia, Malysia dan Filipina - merubah namanya menjadi God Bless pada tanggal 5 Mei 1973.
Jockie Surjoprajogo (keyboard) sendiri baru bergabung dengan Crazy Wheels/God Bless pada awal tahun 1973. Beliau dimaksudkan sebagai pengganti Deddy Dores - yang sempat bergabung dengan God Bless namun tidak bertahan lama dalam band tersebut karena harus mengurus bandnya sendiri, Rhapsodia. Namun Jockie juga tidak bisa bertahan lama. Posisi beliau pun digantikan oleh (almarhum) Soman Lubis.
Pada bulan Juni 1974, Fuad Hasan dan Soman Lubis (keyboard) mengalami kecelakaan lalu lintas di Tugu Pancoran, Jakarta Selatan. God Bless pun melalui masa berkabung. Ditambah lagi, sang gitaris Ludwig Lemans juga memutuskan untuk keluar dari God Bless. Dengan demikian, personil yang tersisa tinggal Ahmad Albar dan Donny Fattah. Untuk mengisi kekosongan pada kibor, mereka mengajak Jockie untuk bergabung kembali. Jockie lantas mengajak Ian Antono (gitar) dan Teddy Sudjaya (drum) untuk bergabung dengan God Bless.
Untuk mengenang mereka - Fuad Hassan dan Soman Lubis, God Bless tampil di TIM dengan tema mengenang seratus hari Fuad Hasan dan Soman Lubis dengan atraksi mengusung peti mati diatas panggung.
Pada awalnya, God Bless bukanlah band yang memiliki lagu. Mereka hanya band yang biasa membawakan lagu-lagu orang pada setiap penampilan mereka. Proses masuknya band legendaris ini kedalam dapur rekaman dimulai dengan coba-coba. Mereka menulis lagu, dan lantas merekamnya. Mereka merekamnya di sebuah studio yang dikelola oleh Alex Kumara (ahli broadcast). Rekaman-rekaman ini bisa sampai ke telinga PT Aquarius Musikindo karena Suryoko - bos Aquarius - sering belajar gitar di rumah Ian. Mereka berdua memang sudah bersahabat sejak lama. Dan pada tahun 1975, God Bless merilis labum perdananya.
[sunting] Era 80-an
Personil God Bless pada album CERMIN
Menjelang pembuatan album kedua, Jockie Surjoprajogo keluar dari formasi posisinya kemudian diambil alih oleh Abadi Soesman yang bergabung tahun 1979 dan ikut terlibat di pembuatan album Cermin (1980). Album Cermin (1980) mengandalkan lagu seperti Musisi, Anak Adam, Selamat Pagi Indonesia atau Sodom Gomorah. Pada album ini, konsep musik God Bless sedikit berubah menghadirkan ramuan aransemen lagu-lagunya terkesan lebih rumit dan membutuhkan skill tinggi dalam memainkannya. Album Cermin pun merupakan representasi dari pemberontakan God Bless terhadap dominasi industri rekaman ketika itu yang selalu mencekokkan komersialisme atas tuntutan pasar yang ketika itu sedang didominasi musik pop yang bertemakan cinta dalam pandangan secara sempit. Dua tahun setelah album [Cermin (album)|Cermin]] dirilis, Abadi Soesman mengundurkan diri.
Pada sekitar tahun 1980-an, salah satu promotor rock asal Surabaya, Log Zhelebour mulai gencar mementaskan festival rock di Indonesia, dan mulailah membangunkan God Bless dari "tidur panjangnya" dengan menjadikan lagu-lagu God Bless sebagai lagu "wajib" juga personilnya menjadi juri di festival yang akhirnya banyak melahirkan band-band rock di Indonesia, seperti Grass Rock, Elpamas, sampai Slank.
Dari sekedar menjadi juri tersebut, pada tahun 1988 God Bless akhirnya melahirkan album come back Semut Hitam yang meledak di pasaran waktu itu, dengan hitsnya seperti Rumah Kita, Semut Hitam, atau Kehidupan. Di album ini, terjadi lagi perubahan konsep musik God Bless. Dari yang tadinya lebih bernuansa rock progresif secara drastis berubah menjadi sedikit lebih keras dengan adanya pengaruh musik hard rock dan heavy metal. Album ini juga menjadi inspirasi anak muda agar dapat terus berkarya dalam bidang musik rock. Namun,setelah album Semut Hitam keluar, Ian Antono menyatakan keluar dari formasi God Bless. Posisinya kemudian digantikan oleh gitaris muda berbakat, Eet Sjahranie. Setelah masuknya Eet Sjahranie, pada tahun 1989 dirilislah album berjudul Raksasa dengan hits Menjilat Matahari, Maret 1989, atau Misteri. Eet Sjahranie berhasil me-refresh sound gitar Ian Antono dan menjadikan God Bless lebih agresif. Ian Antono sendiri, setelah keluar dari God Bless terhitung sukses merintis karir solo sebagai pencipta lagu, aranjer dan produser.
[sunting] Era 90-an
Setelah melewati masa vakum yang cukup panjang, tahun 1997, para personel God Bless, termasuk Eet Sjahranie dan Ian Antono kembali berkumpul. 'Workshop' yang mereka gelar di kawasan Puncak, menghasilkan sebuah album berjudul Apa Kabar. Namun reuni ini tidak berlangsung lama karena Eet secara resmi mengundurkan diri dari formasi God Bless dan konsentrasi untuk bandnya sendiri, Edane yang sejak tahun 1992 sudah merilis album perdananya, The Beast.
Walau tidak banyak merilis album, God Bless, dianggap merupakan legenda grup musik rock Indonesia karena dianggap sebagai pelopor yang memiliki kualitas bermusik tinggi. Sepanjang perjalanannya, grup ini mengalami 15 kali lebih pergantian personil yang disebut sebagai 'formasi', dan saat ini tinggal Ahmad Albar (vokal), Ian Antono (gitar), dan Donny Fattah Gagola (bass) yang masih dapat dikatakan sebagai personil aktif grup.Pada Februari lalu,mereka tampil di acara Kick Andy di Metro TV dengan 5 orang personil,yaitu Ahmad Albar (vokal),Ian Antono (gitar),Donny Fattah (bass),Yaya Moektio (drum),dan Abadi Soesman (kibor).Mereka menyatakan akan mengeluarkan album baru dalam waktu dekat ini.Dan tepat pada awal Mei 2009,God Bless akhirnya mengeluarkan album terbarunya yang berjudul 36 Tahun.
Album
1. 1975 - God Bless
2. 1980 - Cermin
3. 1988 - Semut Hitam
4. 1989 - Raksasa
5. 1997 - Apa Kabar
6. 2009 - God Bless 36
1. 1990 - The Story of God Bless (kompilasi)
2. 1992 - 18 Greatest Hits of God Bless (kompilasi)
Asal Surabaya, Indonesia
Tahun aktif 1973 - sekarang
Aliran Rock
Label Logiss Records
Manajemen
Personil Achmad Albar (vokal)
Ian Antono (gitar)
Donny Fattah Gagola (bass)
Yaya Moektio (drums)
Abadi Soesman (kibor)
Mantan personil Eet Sjahranie (gitar)
Teddy Sujaya (drum)
Jockie Surjoprajogo (kibor)
Dedy Dores (Gitar)
Keenan Nasution (drum)
Gilang Ramadhan (drum)
Marking 36 years career in the music industry in the country, God Bless released a new album in this year 2009. Album of the title "God Bless 36" contains ten songs that are all new. The first single that made the video clip is NATO (not action talk only). "This song recounts the situation now, many demos, but no solutions." Achmad Albar clear alias Iyek the vocalist to KOMPAS.
In this album God Bless personnel by
Achmad Albar (vocal),
Ian Antono (guitar)
Donny Fattah (bass)
Abadi Soesman (keyboard)and
Yaya Moektio (drums).
With this album, they intend to write the history of their existence over time.
Track List:
01. God Bless Title Hits Song "Nato".
02. God Bless Title Hits Song "Prahara Timur Tengah".
03. God Bless Title Hits Song "Karna Kuingin Kau Bahagia".
04. God Bless Title Hits Song "Biarkan Hijau".
05. God Bless Title Hits Song "Pudar".
06. God Bless Title Hits Song "Jalan Pulang".
07. God Bless Title Hits Song "Sahabat".
08. God Bless Title Hits Song "Syair Untuk Sahabat".
09. God Bless Title Hits Song "Dunia Gila".
10. God Bless Title Hits Song "Rock n Roll Hidupku".
Saya adalah seoarang fans dari rock legendaris God Bless, oleh sebab itu saya mencoba menulis Biography dari God Bless agar dapat dibaca oleh fans God Bless, yang saya kutip dari :
God Bless biography
God Bless pioneered the birth of rock music in Indonesia dated back in early 70s. The band history started with Ahmad Albar (vocal) who started his appearance in a local movie called "Djendral Kancil" in the 60s. After his appearance as movie artist Albar went to Netherland where with his Dutch colleagues he formed TAKE FIVE (1966-1967), and later formed another band CLOVER LEAF (1967-1972) where they released succesful hits "May Day" and "Grey Clouds". When Albar returned to Indonesia, he had a dream to form another band with his ex Clover Leaf guitarist Ludwig Le Mans. He invited Fuad Hassan (drums), Donny Fatah (bass) and Deddy Dores (keyboard) to form GODBLESS. Their first appearance to the public was in 1972 when Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia) conducted "Summer 28" festival - a kind o rock music festival similar to Woodstock at Ragunan, South Jakarta. The festival was featuring rock bands from Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. It was really glory days of rock music all over the world and it happened as well in Indonesia. The existence of local rock music magazine AKTUIL had made the Indonesian rock scene became brighter. Here and there people were so familiar with "Child In Time" (Deep Purple), "Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin" or "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath).
GodBless dominated rock music performance during the 70s even though they did cover version of Deep Purple, Kansas, Genesis, ELP, Kin Ping Meh, Queen, etc. Other rock bands that were popular at that time were: The Rollies (brass rock band in the vein of Chicago), Giant Step (a band formed by Deddy Dores who left GodBless), AKA (hard rock band in the vein of Grand Funk Railroad) and many other pop rock outfits like RASELA, PANBERS, MERCY'S, GEMBEL's, SHARK MOVE, KOES BERSAUDARA, etc. etc.
GodBless's line-up has changed frequently and until now, it has been more than 15 times line-up changes. There was tragedy happened in June 1974 when the band's drummer (Fuad Hassan) and keyboardist (Soman Lubis) were killed in traffic accident around Pancoran, Jakarta. It was so sad. I remember that I met Fuad Hassan personally when he visited my uncle's house at Jl Cendana 23 because it was a meeting point of Menteng and Waringin youngsters at that time. Fuad was a friend of my brother. The band commemorated the deaths of their friends, one hundred days later, with a spectacular show involving a mock-up of funeral possession at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) Jakarta. GodBless also perfo...God Bless pioneered the birth of rock music in Indonesia dated back in early 70s. The band history started with Ahmad Albar (vocal) who started his appearance in a local movie called "Djendral Kancil" in the 60s. After his appearance as movie artist Albar went to Netherland where with his Dutch colleagues he formed TAKE FIVE (1966-1967), and later formed another band CLOVER LEAF (1967-1972) where they released succesful hits "May Day" and "Grey Clouds". When Albar returned to Indonesia, he had a dream to form another band with his ex Clover Leaf guitarist Ludwig Le Mans. He invited Fuad Hassan (drums), Donny Fatah (bass) and Deddy Dores (keyboard) to form GODBLESS. Their first appearance to the public was in 1972 when Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia) conducted "Summer 28" festival - a kind o rock music festival similar to Woodstock at Ragunan, South Jakarta. The festival was featuring rock bands from Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. It was really glory days of rock music all over the world and it happened as well in Indonesia. The existence of local rock music magazine AKTUIL had made the Indonesian rock scene became brighter. Here and there people were so familiar with "Child In Time" (Deep Purple), "Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin" or "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath).
GodBless dominated rock music performance during the 70s even though they did cover version of Deep Purple, Kansas, Genesis, ELP, Kin Ping Meh, Queen, etc. Other rock bands that were popular at that time were: The Rollies (brass rock band in the vein of Chicago), Giant Step (a band formed by Deddy Dores who left GodBless), AKA (hard rock band in the vein of Grand Funk Railroad) and many other pop rock outfits like RASELA, PANBERS, MERCY'S, GEMBEL's, SHARK MOVE, KOES BERSAUDARA, etc. etc.
GodBless's line-up has changed frequently and until now, it has been more than 15 times line-up changes. There was tragedy happened in June 1974 when the band's drummer (Fuad Hassan) and keyboardist (Soman Lubis) were killed in traffic accident around Pancoran, Jakarta. It was so sad. I remember that I met Fuad Hassan personally when he visited my uncle's house at Jl Cendana 23 because it was a meeting point of Menteng and Waringin youngsters at that time. Fuad was a friend of my brother. The band commemorated the deaths of their friends, one hundred days later, with a spectacular show involving a mock-up of funeral possession at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) Jakarta. GodBless also performed as opening act for a spectacular show (with 80,000 crowd) featuring Deep Purple live in Stadion Utama, Jakarta, 1975.
Having gone through numerous stage performances covering music of Kansas (Carry On Wayward Son), Queen (Brighton Rock), Kin Ping Meh (Rock Is The Day), the band released its self-titled debut album in 1976, released by Indonesian label Pramaqua. The line-up of the debut album was: Ahmad Albar (vocal), Donny Fatah (bass, vocal), Ian Antono (lead guitar, vocal), Teddy Sujaya (drums), and Yockie Soeryoprayogo (organ, moog, electric piano, piano). The influences of famous bands like Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull, and even Gentle Giant had coloured the making of GodBless debut album, with major hit: "Huma Di Atas Bukit". This song was also the soundtrack of local movie "Laela Madjenun". The debut album remarked the birth and existence of Indonesian rock music scene. By the time people were not aware about the difference of "progressive" music or just straight rock music. For sure, most youngsters (including myself which was 16 years old at that time) praised the music of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Golden earring, Focus, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk Railroad, Yes at the same time without any knowledge or intention to segregate which one were hard rock and which ones were prog rock. We just enjoyed the music as far as they rocked! Yeah!
I remember vividly, buying the first album of GodBless in the format of cassette at Miraco retail store (selling cassettes and film for photography) in the small city of Madiun, east Java, very far away from Jakarta, sometime in 1976. GodBless became my idol because the songs the recorded in the debut album were all excellent! I also love their rearrangement of The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" in their debut; it's second best after the arrangement by ESPERANTO.
The second album "Cermin" was released quite a long time (1980) after the first one. This album is truly a prog rock album because most songs were composed not in a straight forward structure. The great track is "Musisi" where the music is quite complex with curved structure and great solo maneuvers. The third album was even longer, it took 8 years to release: 1988!! This album represented great success of any release under rock music category where the album sold more than 400,000 copies nation-wide! No other Indonesian rock band has ever reached this achievement todate. The album delivered a solid state of GodBless music with major hit "Kehidupan" that favored not only rockers but those who like general music. The lyrics were simple and the music was straightforward with wonderful keyboard interlude. Surprisingly, the year after, GodBless released another successful album "Raksasa" (1989) with new guitarist Eet Syahrani replacing Ian Antono who had been very dominant in the development of GodBless music.
Era 1970-an
Berdirinya God Bless berawal dengan kembalinya Ahmad "Iyek" Albar kembali ke Tanah Air setelah beberapa tahun tinggal di Belanda, ia pun berangan-angan membentuk band sendiri yang lebih serius. Beliau kembali dari Belanda bersama dengan Ludwig Lemans (gitaris Clover Leaf, band Iyek ketika masih di Belanda). Iyek lalu mengajak (almarhum) Fuad Hassan (drum) dan Donny Fattah (bass) untuk membentuk band. Inilah yang melatarbelakangi berdirinya Crazy Wheels, sebelum akhirnya band tersebut - yang mengadakan konser perdananya di TIM (Taman Ismail Marzuki) lalu mengikuti pentas musik "Summer '28", semacam pentas 'Woodstock' ala Indonesia di Ragunan, Jakarta, yang diikuti berbagai band dari Indonesia, Malysia dan Filipina - merubah namanya menjadi God Bless pada tanggal 5 Mei 1973.
Jockie Surjoprajogo (keyboard) sendiri baru bergabung dengan Crazy Wheels/God Bless pada awal tahun 1973. Beliau dimaksudkan sebagai pengganti Deddy Dores - yang sempat bergabung dengan God Bless namun tidak bertahan lama dalam band tersebut karena harus mengurus bandnya sendiri, Rhapsodia. Namun Jockie juga tidak bisa bertahan lama. Posisi beliau pun digantikan oleh (almarhum) Soman Lubis.
Pada bulan Juni 1974, Fuad Hasan dan Soman Lubis (keyboard) mengalami kecelakaan lalu lintas di Tugu Pancoran, Jakarta Selatan. God Bless pun melalui masa berkabung. Ditambah lagi, sang gitaris Ludwig Lemans juga memutuskan untuk keluar dari God Bless. Dengan demikian, personil yang tersisa tinggal Ahmad Albar dan Donny Fattah. Untuk mengisi kekosongan pada kibor, mereka mengajak Jockie untuk bergabung kembali. Jockie lantas mengajak Ian Antono (gitar) dan Teddy Sudjaya (drum) untuk bergabung dengan God Bless.
Untuk mengenang mereka - Fuad Hassan dan Soman Lubis, God Bless tampil di TIM dengan tema mengenang seratus hari Fuad Hasan dan Soman Lubis dengan atraksi mengusung peti mati diatas panggung.
Pada awalnya, God Bless bukanlah band yang memiliki lagu. Mereka hanya band yang biasa membawakan lagu-lagu orang pada setiap penampilan mereka. Proses masuknya band legendaris ini kedalam dapur rekaman dimulai dengan coba-coba. Mereka menulis lagu, dan lantas merekamnya. Mereka merekamnya di sebuah studio yang dikelola oleh Alex Kumara (ahli broadcast). Rekaman-rekaman ini bisa sampai ke telinga PT Aquarius Musikindo karena Suryoko - bos Aquarius - sering belajar gitar di rumah Ian. Mereka berdua memang sudah bersahabat sejak lama. Dan pada tahun 1975, God Bless merilis labum perdananya.
[sunting] Era 80-an
Personil God Bless pada album CERMIN
Menjelang pembuatan album kedua, Jockie Surjoprajogo keluar dari formasi posisinya kemudian diambil alih oleh Abadi Soesman yang bergabung tahun 1979 dan ikut terlibat di pembuatan album Cermin (1980). Album Cermin (1980) mengandalkan lagu seperti Musisi, Anak Adam, Selamat Pagi Indonesia atau Sodom Gomorah. Pada album ini, konsep musik God Bless sedikit berubah menghadirkan ramuan aransemen lagu-lagunya terkesan lebih rumit dan membutuhkan skill tinggi dalam memainkannya. Album Cermin pun merupakan representasi dari pemberontakan God Bless terhadap dominasi industri rekaman ketika itu yang selalu mencekokkan komersialisme atas tuntutan pasar yang ketika itu sedang didominasi musik pop yang bertemakan cinta dalam pandangan secara sempit. Dua tahun setelah album [Cermin (album)|Cermin]] dirilis, Abadi Soesman mengundurkan diri.
Pada sekitar tahun 1980-an, salah satu promotor rock asal Surabaya, Log Zhelebour mulai gencar mementaskan festival rock di Indonesia, dan mulailah membangunkan God Bless dari "tidur panjangnya" dengan menjadikan lagu-lagu God Bless sebagai lagu "wajib" juga personilnya menjadi juri di festival yang akhirnya banyak melahirkan band-band rock di Indonesia, seperti Grass Rock, Elpamas, sampai Slank.
Dari sekedar menjadi juri tersebut, pada tahun 1988 God Bless akhirnya melahirkan album come back Semut Hitam yang meledak di pasaran waktu itu, dengan hitsnya seperti Rumah Kita, Semut Hitam, atau Kehidupan. Di album ini, terjadi lagi perubahan konsep musik God Bless. Dari yang tadinya lebih bernuansa rock progresif secara drastis berubah menjadi sedikit lebih keras dengan adanya pengaruh musik hard rock dan heavy metal. Album ini juga menjadi inspirasi anak muda agar dapat terus berkarya dalam bidang musik rock. Namun,setelah album Semut Hitam keluar, Ian Antono menyatakan keluar dari formasi God Bless. Posisinya kemudian digantikan oleh gitaris muda berbakat, Eet Sjahranie. Setelah masuknya Eet Sjahranie, pada tahun 1989 dirilislah album berjudul Raksasa dengan hits Menjilat Matahari, Maret 1989, atau Misteri. Eet Sjahranie berhasil me-refresh sound gitar Ian Antono dan menjadikan God Bless lebih agresif. Ian Antono sendiri, setelah keluar dari God Bless terhitung sukses merintis karir solo sebagai pencipta lagu, aranjer dan produser.
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Setelah melewati masa vakum yang cukup panjang, tahun 1997, para personel God Bless, termasuk Eet Sjahranie dan Ian Antono kembali berkumpul. 'Workshop' yang mereka gelar di kawasan Puncak, menghasilkan sebuah album berjudul Apa Kabar. Namun reuni ini tidak berlangsung lama karena Eet secara resmi mengundurkan diri dari formasi God Bless dan konsentrasi untuk bandnya sendiri, Edane yang sejak tahun 1992 sudah merilis album perdananya, The Beast.
Walau tidak banyak merilis album, God Bless, dianggap merupakan legenda grup musik rock Indonesia karena dianggap sebagai pelopor yang memiliki kualitas bermusik tinggi. Sepanjang perjalanannya, grup ini mengalami 15 kali lebih pergantian personil yang disebut sebagai 'formasi', dan saat ini tinggal Ahmad Albar (vokal), Ian Antono (gitar), dan Donny Fattah Gagola (bass) yang masih dapat dikatakan sebagai personil aktif grup.Pada Februari lalu,mereka tampil di acara Kick Andy di Metro TV dengan 5 orang personil,yaitu Ahmad Albar (vokal),Ian Antono (gitar),Donny Fattah (bass),Yaya Moektio (drum),dan Abadi Soesman (kibor).Mereka menyatakan akan mengeluarkan album baru dalam waktu dekat ini.Dan tepat pada awal Mei 2009,God Bless akhirnya mengeluarkan album terbarunya yang berjudul 36 Tahun.
Album
1. 1975 - God Bless
2. 1980 - Cermin
3. 1988 - Semut Hitam
4. 1989 - Raksasa
5. 1997 - Apa Kabar
6. 2009 - God Bless 36
1. 1990 - The Story of God Bless (kompilasi)
2. 1992 - 18 Greatest Hits of God Bless (kompilasi)
Asal Surabaya, Indonesia
Tahun aktif 1973 - sekarang
Aliran Rock
Label Logiss Records
Manajemen
Personil Achmad Albar (vokal)
Ian Antono (gitar)
Donny Fattah Gagola (bass)
Yaya Moektio (drums)
Abadi Soesman (kibor)
Mantan personil Eet Sjahranie (gitar)
Teddy Sujaya (drum)
Jockie Surjoprajogo (kibor)
Dedy Dores (Gitar)
Keenan Nasution (drum)
Gilang Ramadhan (drum)
Marking 36 years career in the music industry in the country, God Bless released a new album in this year 2009. Album of the title "God Bless 36" contains ten songs that are all new. The first single that made the video clip is NATO (not action talk only). "This song recounts the situation now, many demos, but no solutions." Achmad Albar clear alias Iyek the vocalist to KOMPAS.
In this album God Bless personnel by
Achmad Albar (vocal),
Ian Antono (guitar)
Donny Fattah (bass)
Abadi Soesman (keyboard)and
Yaya Moektio (drums).
With this album, they intend to write the history of their existence over time.
Track List:
01. God Bless Title Hits Song "Nato".
02. God Bless Title Hits Song "Prahara Timur Tengah".
03. God Bless Title Hits Song "Karna Kuingin Kau Bahagia".
04. God Bless Title Hits Song "Biarkan Hijau".
05. God Bless Title Hits Song "Pudar".
06. God Bless Title Hits Song "Jalan Pulang".
07. God Bless Title Hits Song "Sahabat".
08. God Bless Title Hits Song "Syair Untuk Sahabat".
09. God Bless Title Hits Song "Dunia Gila".
10. God Bless Title Hits Song "Rock n Roll Hidupku".
Achmad Albar Sang Rockers Legendaris Indonesia
Achmad Albar Biography
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Ahmad Albar adalah seorang musikus kelahiran Surabaya, 16 Juli 1946. Lahir dari pasangan Syech Albar dan Farida. Ahmad Albar biasa juga di panggil dengan julukan Iye. Ahmad Albar juga adalah suami dari artis Rini S. Bono dan mempunyai anak seorang aktor yang bernama Fachry Albar. Ibunya bercerai dan kemudian menikah dengan seorang artis, Jamaluddin Malik. Dari pernikahan mereka ini melahirkan seorang artis wanita, Kamelia Malik.
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Karir Awal karir di dunia hiburan, ketika mulai dikenal sebagian bintang film kanak-kanak. Jenderal Kancil, sekitar tahun 1957. Karirnya di musik dimulai sejak ia usia 11 tahun, ia dan teman-temannya membentuk sebuah band bocah bernama. Bintang Remaja, ketika mengikuti Festival Band Bocah di Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta. Tetapi dua tahun kemudian band ini bubar. Bersama Titi Qadarsih ia membentuk Kuarta Nada. Tapi band ini tidak bertahan lama kemudian bubar.
Sekitar tahun 1960, Ahmad Albar atau yang lebih sering dipanggil Iye, berangka ke Negeri Belanda. Di negara kincir angin yang banyak ditumbuhi bunga tulip itupun, anak ke dua dari enam bersaudara kelahiran Surabaya pada 16 Juli 1946 dari pasangan Farida Hasni dan Syech Albar ternyata tidak bisa melepaskan gairah bermusiknya. Ia membentuk grup musik Take Five (1966-1967), yang sempat mengikuti festival dan berhasil meraih vokalis terbaik. Pada tahun-tahun 1967-1972, Clover Leaf. Bersama grup ini Iye menelurkan sebuah album dan 5 single. Beberapa lagu diantaranya, Don’t Spoil My Day dan Grey Clouds cukup diminati publik Belanda pada zamannya.
Akhir 1972 bersama Ludwig Lemans, gitaris Clover Leaf, ia mengunjungi Indonesia. Di tanah air ia melihat dan mengamati kehidupan bermusik masyarakat Jakarta. Iye mencari musisi yang mau bergabung dengannya. Awal 1973, Iye, Ludwig, Donny, Fuad dan Jockie Soerjoprajogo mengadakan latihan di Puncak selama dua minggu, untuk menghadapi pergelaran musik di Taman Ismail Marzuki. Dalam latihan mereka sepakat membentuk sebuah grup dengan nama God Bless.
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