Dewa 19 is an Indonesian rock band from Surabaya, East Java. Along with God Bless and Slank, they are dubbed as one of the greatest rock bands in the history of Indonesian popular music. The band was formed in 1986. There have been a number of changes to the lineup and finally they were disbanded in 2011. Their last members lineup was: Ahmad Dhani, Andra, Agung Yudha, Yuke, and Once. This group has achieved success throughout the 1990s with Ari Lasso's vocals and the 2000s with Once's vocals. The album they released almost always received good reception in the market, even their album released in 2000, Bintang Lima, is #9 list of Indonesian all time best selling albums with sales of nearly 2 million copies. In 2005, Hai magazine named Dewa 19 as the richest band in Indonesia with revenues reaching more than 14 billion a year.
| Origin | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Genres | Rock, pop rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 1986–2011, 2012–present (reunion concerts) |
| Labels | Team Records, Aquarius Musikindo, EMI Indonesia |
| Past members | Ahmad Dhani, Andra Ramadhan, Agung Yudha, Yuke Sampurna, Ari Lasso, Erwin Prasetya, Wawan Juniarso, Wong Aksan, Gabriel Bimo Sulaksono, Setyo Nugroho (Tyo Nugros), Elfonda Mekel (Once) |
About Dewa 19
Also known as just Dewa, the popular pop rock group enjoyed an initial run from 1986 to 2011 while releasing 9 studio albums in that time. Each of the 19 members of the group would develop side projects while also performing in reunion concerts.
Achievement of Dewa 19
2005 Indonesian Idol winner Judika Sihotang almost replaced Elfonda 'Once' Mekel as lead vocalist for the group in 2011. Instead, the band disbanded and Sihotang was featured in Ahmad Dhani's side project Mahadewa.
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