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ADA Band

Indonesian musical group; pop rock band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ4200176 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ada Band is an Indonesian pop rock band formed in Jakarta in 1996. The group currently consists of Indra Sinaga (vocals), Marshal Surya Rachman (guitars), Dika Satjadibrata (bass) & Adhy Pratama (drums).

Ada Band are known for their hit singles, such as "Manusia Bodoh", "Yang Terbaik Bagimu", "Masih", "Seharusnya", "Ough" & "Bilakah". The first album titled Seharusnya (Should), released in 1997. Their 2004 work, Heaven of Love, was the band's key seller, going quadruple platinum in their home nation.

Editorial summary

“ADA Band” enters the record as indonesian musical group; pop rock band. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Band, Indonesian and musical can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 1997, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1996. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Band, Indonesian and musical.
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“ADA Band” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Band, Indonesian and musical provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4200176. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996, 1997 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “ADA Band” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.