Photo by Koes Plus Yok Koeswoyo / Special
Jakarta, spatial-id.com - Yok Koeswoyo or whose real name is Koesroyo bin Koeswoyo is one of the legendary band members of Koes Plus and the Koes Brothers.
He was born on September 3rd, 1943 in Tuban, East Java during the Japanese occupation.
While in a Koes Plus band, Yok Koeswoyo used to play rhythm guitar. Later, he moved on to play guitar bass and became a vocal supporter.
Yok Koeswoyo is the seventh son of nine brothers with an old man named Raden Koeswoyo and Rr Atmini Tuban.
Yok Koeswo@@
Initially, they named this band Kus Brothers in 1958 and recorded the first album in 1962. After Jan Petty and Tommy Darmo resigned, the group was renamed Kus Brothers in 1963.
A short while later their eldest brother Jon Koeswoyo resigned himself so that left four sisters' personnel led by Tonny Koeswoyo. Apparently, this group then went back to renaming it the Koes Brothers.
