Iwan Fals

Biography

Virgiawan Listanto or better known as Iwan Fals (born 3 September 1961) is an Indonesian singer, songwriter and guitarist of Javanese descent. In 2002, Time named him a Great Asian Hero. His musical style has been described as pop , rock , country , and folk pop , and his lyrics often reflect the dark political times of the 1970s and 1980s. Iwan Fals was included in Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine's list of The Immortals: 25 Greatest Indonesian Artists of All Time. Through his songs, he 'portraits' the social atmosphere of Indonesian life from the late 1970s to the present, the world in gene…