Surakarta, known colloquially as Solo, is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoharjo Regency to the east and west, and Sukoharjo Regency to the south. On the eastern side of Solo lies Solo River. Its built-up area, consisting of Surakarta City and 59 districts spread over seven regencies, was home to 3,649,254 inhabitants as of 2010 census, around half million of which reside in the city proper.
Kroncong is the name of a ukulele-like instrument and an Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong. A kroncong orchestra or ensemble traditionally consists of a flute, a violin, at least one, but usually a pair of kroncongs, a cello in pizzicato style, string bass in pizzicato style, and a vocalist. Kroncong originated as an adaptation of a Portuguese musical tradition, brought by sailors to Indonesian port cities in the 16th century. By the late 19th century, kroncong reached popular music status throughout the Indonesian archipelago.
Pakubuwono XII was the twelfth Susuhunan and the longest ruling of all monarchs in Surakarta history.
Ahmad Band is an Indonesian one-off supergroup rock band formed by Ahmad Dhani in 1998. Initially was meant to be Ahmad Dhani's solo album project, he formed the band since he would not like to be known as a solo singer. The band released one album, Ideologi Sikap Otak, in 1998 and are best remembered for the hit songs "Distorsi" and "Aku Cinta Kau dan Dia". Inactive since 1999, the band reunited in 2021 with Ahmad Dhani and Andra Ramadhan as the original members, among with others.
The S.I.G.I.T. is an Indonesian rock band based in Bandung, Indonesia. The band consists of Rektivianto "Rekti" Yoewono, Farri Icksan Wibisana (guitar), Aditya "Adit" Bagja Mulyana (bass), and Donar "Acil" Armando Ekana (drums). They have three studio albums and two EPs: Visible Idea of Perfection (2007) and Detourn (2014); The S.I.G.I.T. (2004) and the two-parted Hertz Dyslexia that was released separately in 2009 and 2011.
Burgerkill is an Indonesian heavy metal band, originally from Bandung, capital city of West Java. The band is named after the fast food restaurant Burger King as a prank. The band was founded in May 1995 by Aris Tanto a.k.a. Eben, sometimes called 'Ebenz', a young man from Jakarta, who came to Bandung to continue his study. In Bandung, Ebenz met Ivan Scumbag, Kimung and Dadan. This four personnel became the first line-up of Burgerkill. In 2013, the band won Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards for Metal as F*ck category.
Ronald Jay Blumenthal, better known by his stage name Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal or just simply as Bumblefoot, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He adopted his nickname from the bacterial infection of the same name, which he learned about while helping his wife study for her veterinary exams. The name went from being just the name of an album, to the name of a record label, to a band name, to eventually his name as a solo artist. He was one of two lead guitarists in Guns N' Roses from 2006 until 2014 and performed on their sixth studio album Chinese Democracy. He is currently the guitarist for the supergroup Sons of Apollo and served as the guitarist and vocalist for the band Asia from 2019 to 2022.
Siksakubur is an Indonesian brutal/death metal band from Jakarta, formed in July 6, 1996 by Andyan Gorust and Ade Godel. The name of Siksakubur was chosen by Gorust that inspired by Brazilian metal band Sepultura meaning 'grave' in Portuguese as benchmark of their musicality. None of the band founders are listed as band members today, but the legacy of Siksakubur was continued by Andre Tiranda. Siksakubur is a band that started they career crept from the grave, began from small concerts and events until international scale events has been through. With consistency and discipline, a journey of more than 2 decades has made Siksakubur equal with the top metal bands and as one of the influential death metal bands in Indonesian metal scene. Siksakubur also listed as Metal Hammer's "Top 10 Best Indonesian Metal Bands" and awarded The Hammersonic Awards as "Breakthrough of The Year" at The Hammersonic Festival on May 7, 2017.
Bisma Karisma Bisma is well known as a member of boy band SM*SH. Before joining SM*SH, was a national Bboy and also a drummer, percussionist and vocalist. With SM*SH Bisma has released two albums and has achieved more than forty achievement. Their first album was awarded Platinum for being sold for more than one million copies within six-month. In mid 2014 Bisma begin his solo career with the first single "#LAKUKANLAH", he composed and write the song by himself. He also appeared in television soap opera, Cinta Cenat Cenut, along with his bandmates SM*SH, in 2016, he has become the co-producer, original soundtrack writer and singer, as well as the main cast of JUARA.
Ahmad Syech Albar or better known as Ahmad Albar is an Indonesian rock musician and vocalist of mixed ethnic Arabic and Javanese descent. He is the founding member of God Bless.
Deadsquad is Indonesian death metal band formed in 2006 in Jakarta. The band was initially started as a project by guitarist Ricky Siahaan of Seringai and Stevie Item of Andra and The Backbone, but later developed into a full band.
Nicky Nastiti Karya Dewi, better known by her stage name Nicky Astria, is an Indonesian musician.
Rock In Solo Festival shortly Rock In Solo or RIS is a music festival dedicated to rock, metal and related styles of music held in Surakarta, Indonesia. The history of Rock In Solo began in 2004. By 2012 the event had become one of the major music festival in Indonesia with 37 bands performing on 3 stages with 8.000 visitors.
Rif which stands for Rhythm in Freedom, is an Alternative rock band formed in Bandung, Indonesia in 1995.
Detourn is the second album by the Indonesian rock band The S.I.G.I.T. It was released nearly seven years after their first, Visible Idea of Perfection, in 2007. Previously, the band was planning to release it in 2012 but had to be postponed because of some reasons.
Imam Arief Fadillah is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga 2 club Persela Lamongan.
Silent Knight is an Australian power metal band from Perth, Western Australia. The band has been recognized to be among the leading Australian power metal acts. Silent Knight has released three studio albums and two EPs, and regularly performs throughout Australia in a headlining capacity as well as opening for international touring acts, while also making select appearances at festivals in Europe and Asia.
Purwosari Station (PWS) is a large class type C railway station located in Purwosari, Laweyan, Surakarta. The station which is located at an altitude of +98 m is included in the Operational Area VI Yogyakarta and only serves economy class trains across south and local or commuter.
Edane is an Indonesian rock band from Jakarta, initiated since 1991 by Eet Sjahranie ( ) in the golden era of Indonesian rock and metal music scene in early 1990s. Nearly three decades of their musical journey, Edane has released six studio album and one compilation album.
Imam Soetopo was an Indonesian army officer and politician who served as the Mayor of Surakarta. Before becoming the Mayor of Surakarta, Soetopo served in the army, with his last military office being the commander of the city's military region.
