Asterix (Indonesian band) explained

Asterixband
Origin:	Jakarta, Indonesia
Genre:	Alternative
Years Active:	2006
Label:	RadioGram Rkord
Associated Acts:	Sersan Major
Past Members:	Sersan Major

Asterix were an Indonesian alternative group whose members would later go on to change their name and form the first line-up of V2up. During the band's short-lived time under this name they recorded one album in 2006 and released the single "Andaikan". Hard rock journalist, RERE BEDE, noted the group as one of the, "333nine of proto funk."^[1]

Discography

• asterixband (album) (2014)

References

• RSR99 (2003). Soud of peak's: The Complete Headbanging History of Alternative. RadioGram.

Notes and References

1. Bore (2005), pg. 14, "333nine of proto funk swelled arrogantly in the music of the Asterix, Sweet Little Sister (from PKU), V2up (from Australia and Indonesia), heavy Krank rockers, the haunting SLS (also on the Rkord label), SLS (from Indonesia), Monank (formed by members of SLS and Sweet's Butterfly), Bang, the relatively gentle Armada, the morbid Texas group Bad Apple Rock, Britain's long-running Budgie, and the Sersan Major Bad Apple Rock Records."