Real name: Virgiawan Listanto

Effective period / Period of releases: 1981 - 2016

Biography
Iwan Fals (born 3 September 1961 in Jakarta as Virgiawan Listanto) is an Indonesian singer and songwriter. He has released more than 35 albums of mostly solo guitar-based material in a style said to be influenced by Bob Dylan. He is considered a popular singer in the country. He is known as a social observer and protest singer, although he has sung many songs about love and romance.

He is married (his wife's name is Rosana) with three children: Galang Rambu Anarki, Annisa Cikal Rambu Bassae and Raya Rambu Rabbani. His eldest son, Galang Rambu Anarki, died in April 1997 of asthma. Iwan Fals had previously written an eponymously titled song for him on his birth in 1982.