Biography
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Years Active
2002 – present (22 years)
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Founded In
Bandung, Jawa Barat, Jawa, Indonesia
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Members
- Absar Lebeh (2023 – present)
- Acil Armando (2002 – present)
- Aditya Bagja (2002 – 2023)
- Aghan Sudrajat (2023 – present)
- Farri Icksan (2002 – present)
The Super Insurgent Group of Intemperance Talent (sometimes called The S.I.G.I.T or The SIGIT) is an Indonesian rock band based in Bandung, Indonesia. Although the band doesn't like to be categorized, they've been described as a garage rock band and often compared to Wolfmother and The Datsuns, even dubbed as 'Indonesian Answer To Wolfmother' by some Australian media. The Band name origin is rumored to be derived from Rekti's father, Sigit.
The Band formed in 1994 by Rektivianto Yoewono, Aditya Bagja Mulyana, Farri Icksan Wibisana and Donar Armando Ekana. From 1994 - 2002 is a period of formation. In this period, they met each other, played and hung up together, fought each other, rehearsed a lot, and wrote their song.
In 2004, The S.I.G.I.T. signed to Spills Records and released their self titled debut mini album (EP) and performed many bar gigs and venue. Their first single, Soul Sister soon became a local radio hits in Bandung and Jakarta, made reputated on MTV Trax Magazine as "The Hottest Rock N Roll Band".
By contributing on movie soundtrack for Catatan Akhir Sekolah (CAS), their fanbase grow rapidly. Did I Ask Your Opinion, which appeared as OST on former movie, finally became their first single to be broadcasted on MTV-I. After leaving Spills Records, they begun to spread their stage performance to bigger venue and region.
In 2005 NME described them as “Scorching, gonzo Zep Rock from our hot new Indonesian Friend”. A year later, they signed to FFWD and released "Visible Idea of Perfection" in December under FFWD's sister label FFCUTS. In 2007, they signed to Australian Caveman! and released their Self Titled EP which distributed by Reverberation. They toured Australia in June to coincide the release date.
Appearing at SXSW 2009 in Austin Texas. Toured California and Hongkong. They Released Hertz Dyslexia – Part 1 on June. And in April 2011, they released the sequel from their previous ep. Hertz Dyslexia – Part 2.
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