Kotak started out in life as a ‘Dream Band', first spotted on a national talent competition back in 2004. For that reason many purist music fans have been dismissive of the group's place in the Indonesian rock scene. Because they're perceived as being ‘not authentic enough', they were not treated wi...

Back in 1983 while still pupils at a Jakarta high school, a bunch of mates got together to jam their favourite Rolling Stones songs. Like the Stones in their heyday, they relished a devil-may-care attitude, sometimes verging on the reckless, as they reinvented the English band's riffs in their own i...

One of Indonesia's premier bands, a great way to get to know Netral's dark but mesmerizing blend of modern rock is to check out their YouTube videos. Garuda Di Dadaku 2 is one of the best you can tap into on the search engine of the world's most popular music video site. With over 100,00 hits, Dire...

Over the years, Dewa 19 have been one of the most consistently popular rock outfits to have emerged from Indonesia. Here is our run-down of some of the band's YouTube highlights. Terbaik-Terbaik If you don't already have this superb album in your collection, then here is the next best thing. By go...

Musical styles come and go. Purgatory, an Indonesian rock band, lasted from 1991 until 2000. Nine years is certainly not a brief lifespan for a band, especially when compared to some pop performers. Acts you see in the charts now are often the titles of the CDs that end up being flogged in street m...

Rock music is embraced by legions of fans all over the planet. This enthusiasm is certainly shared by young devotees in Indonesia. Until the band disbanded in 2011, Dewa produced some of Indonesian rock music's most enduring music. Formed in Surabaya in East Java in 1986, Dewa were to enjoy a caree...