Ricky Siahaan's Career Traces, Musicians Affect The Development Of Strong Music In The Country

Ricky Siahaan, guitarist Seringai (Instagram @rickysiahaan)

JAKARTA - Death and destiny will always be a mystery. Even for those closest to Ricky Siahaan who died after a gig with Seringai in Tokyo, Japan Saturday, April 19.

From the nearest scope, the musician died of a heart attack. He also left family, relatives and colleagues at the age of 48.

For many musicians, the owner of the real name Ricardo Bisuk Champion Siahaan is a role model. There is no doubt about his contribution to the development of hard music in Indonesia.

Before being known as a pegawa Seringai, Ricky was young several times in other hard-stream bands. Two of them are Buried Alive and Stepforward.

His meeting with Arian (at that time Puppen vocalist) in the late 80s became the forerunner of the birth of Seringai. The iconist band was also proclaimed to debut in 2002, which at that time was also strengthened by Edy Khemod and Toan Sirait. The bassist position was later replaced by Sammy Bramantyo who has survived until now.

Ricky Siahaan's figure is not only known for his greatness in music, as dubbed one of the country's guitar riff masters. He also has behind-the-scenes capacity, ranging from management to recording production.

Together with Seringai, Ricky recorded a series of proud achievements. They were once appointed to open the Metallica concert, to win the AMI Awards to tour several countries have become a historical record that he made during his life.

In addition, Ricky Siahaan's track record is also listed as one of the founders of Deadsquad. He and Stevi Item initiated the band in 2006. The brief togetherness with Deadsquad has continued to have a big influence until now.

Late last year, Seringai held one of her biggest concerts in Jakarta. Then earlier this year they toured Taiwan to Japan, confirming their reputation as a consistent metal band. The long journey had to end, although his work rate would never stop for future generations.