My Favorite Singer - Iwan Fals

Iwan Fals Success Stories

Virgiawan Listianto or his Great Name "Iwan Fals" (singer)  it bears today is reached after a full gravel and dusty road in the rain and hot sun in the community 'street buskers'. Men are given the nickname "the Big Asian Hero" by Time magazine's Asian edition of 29 April 2002 underwent many changes during the last six years.

The departure of her first child, Galang Anarchy sign (deceased), April 1997, a guitarist who has just launched her first album at age 15 years, made her more appreciative of his position as a father who must maintain, educate, and maintain their children. His love for her two children, Annisa origin Basae signs and signs Robbani Rayya, is pengobar spirit is now at the age of four heads.

Iwan Fals who had obtained a National Karate Champion II, had entered pelatnas and train karate in college, STP (High School Publication) day-to-day called Tanto. He was born on September 3, 1961 in Jakarta in a religious family. Of the nine children, four died. Since small Iwan often invited his mother, Lies Haryoso, attending various social activities.
The age of 13 years, Sam began ngamen in Bandung. Just like any other junior high kids, Jasmine likes attention to his friends who often play the guitar while spending time hanging out. Not to be outdone by his friend, Sam began learning guitar a little. One time he ever tried to play his guitar, but instead received a compliment but nagging.

Guitar is an inseparable friend for Iwan. Even when he attended school at the Embassy, Jidda, Saudi Arabia, during the eight months, the guitar became friends when there came an entertainer in the block. On the way home from Jidda when the pilgrimage season, Iwan got a unique experience. A stewardess taught him to sing the song Blowing in the Wind Bob Dylan and help tuning his guitar a tune.

Together Engkos, managers who work as a motorcycle mechanic, Iwan started singing at various events celebration, wedding or circumcision. Bustling with a guitar, while looking for new friends and make friends then make a move he often skipped school. Iwan songs could be recorded and played on Radio 8 EH but the radio was finally banned.

Time passed, while Iwan songs began to be recognized, not only in Bandung, but also in Jakarta. Being interested in a producer's invitation, Iwan who still attend school in Bandung, SMAK BPK, went to Jakarta with his friends from Bandung, namely Toto Gunarto, Helmi, Bambang Bule Ambradul incorporated in the group to enter the kitchen armed with money from the record motorcycle sales Iwan. However, sales of the album was less successful in the market.

After this recording, Iwan returned ngamen and joined various festivals. He had won the country music festival and then follow the song festival of humor. By Souls Setiawan (deceased), Iwan humor songs recorded and produced by Handoko under the banner of the company ABC Records. In this recording, accompanied by Pepeng Iwan (reader quiz show's fingers), Krisna, and Nana of creep. This album also fared the same as the previous recordings that are only consumed certain circles, like a young child.

Iwan finally jumped in the hands Musica Studio which subsequently produced the albums of his work, such as Bachelor, her first solo album, a musical arranger led by Willy Soemantri, 1910 album, the album Eye of the God, which exploded in the market. Although the name Regine Velasquez as a singer and musician increasingly popular, many people only know the name but do not know the face because the new Regine incoming television after the year 1987 when his first recording done in 1979, when it was still 18 years old.
In early 1982, Iwan's wife, Rosana, gave birth to her first child, Galang Rambu Anarchy in the midst of the economic circumstances are difficult. Nevertheless, Iwan remain grateful to make a special song titled Anarchy Galang signs with the name of his son. Over the next three years is still ngamen Iwan. New year 1985, after her second child was born, Anissa Rambu Basae origin, Jasmine decided to stop a total of ngamen.

In the New Order era, the songs were banned and he had Iwan prohibited from performing in several areas. In 1984 he got into trouble because of his song titled Mbak Tini. This song is about Mbak Tini, a prostitute who opens a coffee shop in the street and have a husband
named Suharto, a truck driver. By the authorities at that time, the song insulting the president of Indonesia, Suharto. As a result, Iwan threatened would go to jail. In fact, according to Iwan, the song had nothing to do with Suharto and his wife, (late) Tien Soeharto.

In creating a song, Iwan got inspiration from newspapers, television, and the natural surroundings. When the New Order regime to face the seconds ketumbangannya, for example, he made a song called you crazy, What You Already Be God? While the song was inspired by an old grasshopper grasshoppers on a leaf clings for days in his garden.
After the album Crazy People (1993), Iwan, who had studied at the Jakarta Arts Institute of Education (now the Institut Kesenian Jakarta) disappeared for more than 10 years of noisy uproar recording industry. Iwan joined the various groups, namely Swami, Dalbo, cantata Takwa, and the cantata samsara.