Jamrud are an Indonesian rock & heavy metal band from Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia.
[1] In 1989, guitarist Azis Mangasi Siagian, bassist Ricky Teddy, vocalist Oppi, and drummer Agus formed a band called Jam Rock.
After vocalist Krisyanto, guitarist Fitrah Alamsyah and drummer Sandy Handoko joined the band, they performed in several rock festivals in Bandung started gaining fame in Indonesian music society.
Their prestige increased when Krisyanto, Fitrah Alamsyah (guitar) and Sandhy Handoko (drums) joined Jamrock.
The reason the name Jamrock is changed to Jamrud because it avoids problems in the future and feels more pleasant to hear.
Big profits from the sale of Emerald albums continued until they released Terima Kasih (1998).
The album was very popular among the young generation of Indonesia at that time, especially through the song "Berakit-rakit" and "Terima Kasih", so it sold up to touch the number 800 thousand pieces, a very remarkable achievement for the sale of rock music albums in Indonesia at that time, award as the Best AMI Award 1999 Rock Group.
The success of Ningrat's album made Log Zhelebour bring Jamrud recordings at Studios 301 in Sydney, Australia and released the album Sydney 090102 (2002) by recording quite spectacular sales more than 1,4 million copies with hits from "Waktuku Mandi" and "Selamat Ulang Tahun" which are still popular and sung everyone celebrates birthdays.
March 22, 2011, guitarist Azis MS revealed to Rolling Stone Indonesia that Krisyanto's departure was partly due to his despair because of the declining sales of Jamrud's album, not because of boredom.
but according to Log Zhelebour's analysis as an executive producer, that Jamrud have reached the peak of his career as the most successful rock band from 1996 to 2006 so that there is nothing more to be achieved or pursued again.
If you want to continue with the old formation you will not be able to survive because people are already tired of seeing the performance of Jamrud because they have toured several shows since 1999 until 2006.
It was at that time that Jamrud's existence as the number one rock group was confirmed through his recordings which managed to overcome other similar products.
Even to support the change in Jamrud's music which is more fierce and full of energy on his new album, Iwan Vox recruited as Donald's lead vocalist.
In December 2012, Jamrud with the formation of Krisyanto as the main vocalist released the album Saatnya Menang.
And 11 songs on this album were made a video clip by Log Zhelebour, including songs predicted to be Hits "Ajari Aku", "Kau Jahanam, Aku Bajingan", "Genggam Tanganku" dan "Ingin Kembali".
In October 2013, Jamrud will tour a show in 6 cities with the band Skid Row from the United States in Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Malang and Surabaya organized by Log Zhelebour Production who is also a producer and leader of Jamrud management.