Biography
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Years Active
1973 – present (52 years)
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Founded In
Jakarta, Jawa, Indonesia
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Members
- Abadi Soesman (1979 – present)
- Achmad Albar
- Eet Sjahranie (1989 – 1997)
- Jockie Soerjoprajogo
- Keenan Nasution
God Bless is a hard rock band from Indonesia that was founded in 1973. Their sound is probably close to Deep Purple or Whitesnake. They was honored as the opening act for Deep Purple's concert in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1975.
In nearly 40 years of career, they had experienced a lot of line up changes. The original line up may be best known of vocalist Achmad Albar with clean rock voice, Ian Antono, one of the best rock guitar player in Indonesia and Yockie S. Prayogo, also one of the best rock keyboard players in Indonesia. From the present members that could be considered as a reunion line up, only vocalist Achmad Albar and bassist Donny Fattah that always been in band from the beginning.
They were very popular in the 80s era, but still have followers to this day. They released a demo as a bonus CD bundled with Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine on May 2009. After 12 years of hiatus, they finally released their 6th studio album titled "36" in the same month as the demo.
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