Formed in the midst of the world SKA revival in 1999, Plague of Happiness (POH) was established in south peninsular Malaysia ‘Johor Bahru’ founded by a group of Johor Bahru skaters in the early 90s. Since the existence, they instantly build up local followers all over Johor Bahru, filling up halls and clubs. The best part is, back then none of the members had proper music education but united through music.
The band is self-managed and has been noted for its strict DIY ethics, self-promotion and distribution.They own all of their songs’ rights via their own label called NYARING.
POH released an EP in 2000, via GRINDCORE label ORGASMATRON. Joined a bunch of projects locally and internationally before they released their first album in late 2007. The album was released in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Due to the album’s overwhelming demand, the band released a 2nd pressing for after 2 years of its original release.
1st local mainstream media appearance in 2005, appeared in several talk shows, live performances and video clip releases.
Plague Of Happiness have been supporting local and international bands such as THE BUSINESS, COME BACK KID, NO USE FOR A NAME, BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE before headlining their own tour across MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE and JAVA ISLAND in INDONESIA from 2008 to 2010.
Organized a sold-out mini concert in their hometown ‘JOHOR BAHRU’ in 2011 and successfully performed a packed outdoor concert by the end of 2015. Since 2013, Plague Of Happiness has become a staple performing band for music festivals all over Malaysia.
Released 2nd album in August 2016, right after the release of the 2nd album, the band headlined a 2-month special tour across MALAYSIA under a Malaysia Major satellite television company ‘ASTRO’. After coming back from Japan in October 2016, Plague Of Happiness completed year 2016 with 3 festivals under it’s belt.
In 2017, completed a 4 month nationwide tour between July and November. The final tour ended with JB:IFC Plague Of Happiness open air concert at Vantage Bay, Johor Bahru. Completing TUNJAL effort with JAVA/BALI Island tour in mid 2018.
In mid 2019, the band celebrated their 20th anniversary in JOHOR BAHRU circus arena, and toured all around Malaysia to promoted it. They release their 2 decades documentary under VANS, screening in 2019 HOUSE OF VANS events. Just before pandemic strikes, the band managed to record a song to support JOHOR TOURISM 2020 called PERMATA MENARI.
Plague of Happiness’ journey still continues…
STUDIO ALBUM
- 2008 KAWAN BY NYARING, MALAYSIA
- 2009 KAWAN BY ISLAND RECORDS, INDONESIA
- 2016 TUNJAL BY NYARING, MALAYSIA
- 2018 KAWAN 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY LP BY NYARING AND EMBRACE RECORDS, MALAYSIA
- 2019 MASA BY NYARING RECORDS
EP & SINGLES
- 2000 NANBAN BY ORGASMATRON RECORDS, MALAYSIA
- 2015 FEBUARI / SORROW 7″ VINYL BY NYARING, MALAYSIA
- 2019 MASA BY NYARING MALAYSIA
- 2020 PERMATA MENARI BY NYARING MALAYSIA
COMPILATIONS
- 2002 ZAAAZZ BY TROSKOT RECORDS, BULGARIA.
- 2003 SKA WARS VCD BY CLOCKWORK RECORDS, MALAYSIA).
- 2004 TRIBUTE TO ACAB BY CLOCKWORK RECORDS, MALAYSIA
- 2006 RADIO MALAYA BY BODYSURF MUSIC, MALAYSIA
- 2009 KOMPILASI RADIO ROSAK BY NEOGENDANG, MALAYSIA
- 2020 WORLD DOMINATION VOL.2 BY WD, SOUTH KOREA
SPLIT ALBUM
- 2002 BEFORE WE WERE YOUNG BY NYARING, MALAYSIA
- 2004 ALL OF THE SKA BANDS ARE SPLITTING UP BY NYARING, FUCKING NORTHPOLE & TROSKOT RECORDS, NORWAY & BULGARIA
- 2020 WORLD DOMINATION VOL.2 BY WD RECORDS, SOUTH KOREA
MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
- 2003 GEDEBE BY PUSTAKA CIPTA SB, MALAYSIA
- 2007 KAMI THE MOVIE BY GRAND BRILLIANCE, MALAYSIA
DOCUMENTARY
- 2016 BLITZKRIEG SOCIETY BY EMPYR FILM
- 2019 2 DECADES DOCUMENTARY, BY VANS
ONLINE, TELEVISION AND RADIO APPEARANCE
LATTE ON 8, TV9, MALAYSIA
HOMEGROWN, TV9, MALAYSIA
BFM RADIO, MALAYSIA
TAPAUTV, MALAYSIA
RAKITA, MALAYSIA
BORAK KOPITIAM, TV3, MALAYSIA
SURIA FM, MALAYSIA
BANDUNG FM, INDONESIA
SIXTY9NERS, INDONESIA
TOURS
- 2008 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS KAWAN (MALAYSIA)
- 2008 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS KAWAN (SINGAPORE)
- 2009 RADIO ROSAK (MALAYSIA)
- 2010 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS KAWAN (INDONESIA)
- 2016 HEADLINING RAKU BY ASTRO (MALAYSIA)
- 2016 LOSTBOY & PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS TUNJAL (JAPAN)
- 2017 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS TUNJAL (MALAYSIA)
- 2017 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE (INDONESIA)
- 2017 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS TUNJAL (SINGAPORE)
- 2018 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS TUNJAL (INDONESIA)
- 2019 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS 2 DECADES ACOUSTIC (MALAYSIA)
- 2019 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS TUNJAL (INDOCHINA)
- 2020 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS MASA ACOUSTIC (INDONESIA)
- 2020 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS MASA ACOUSTIC (MALAYSIA)
FESTIVALS HIGHLIGHTS
- 2005 ROCK THE WORLD 5
- 2007 SKA REGGAE FESTIVAL, ESPLANADE, SINGAPORE
- 2011 ROCKING THE REGION, ESPLANADE, SINGAPORE
- 2012 MOSAIC FESTIVAL, SINGAPORE
- 2015 HEADLINING ROCK THE WORLD 15
- 2016 SKANKING FESTIVAL, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
- 2016 ROCK THE WORLD 16 (PRIME TIME)
- 2016 HEADLINING GEGO, ISKARNIVAL
- 2017 ROCKTOBERFEST, BORNEO
- 2017 ISKARNIVAL, NUSAJAYA, JB
- 2017 KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL, MALAYSIA
- 2018 BALI MODS MAYDAY, INDONESIA
- 2018 HEADLINING HOUSE OF VANS, KL
- 2018 SOUND CIRCUS, ART OF SPEED, KL
- 2018 GEGARIA FEST, KL
- 2018 FREEDOM FEST, KL
- 2020 TERANG ONLINE FESTIVAL
- 2020 VANS MALAYSIA ONLINE SHOWCASE
- 2020 DESTRUCTV ONLINE SHOWCASE
- 2022 SUNBEAR FESTIVAL, SARAWAK
CONCERTS
- 2011 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS MINI CONCERT AT CITY PLAZA, JB
- 2015 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS OPEN AIR CONCERT AT LEGO LAND, JB
- 2017 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS TUNJAL CONCERT AT VANTAGE BAY, JB
- 2019 PLAGUE OF HAPPINESS 2 DECADES CONCERT, CAPITAL CITY, JB
SUPPORT & SPONSORS
VANS, SKB CASES, GIBSON, MESA BOOGIE, KAMINARI CABLES, SJC DRUMS, KREAT, CURATIVE, DIRTY DONUTS, POHON MINDA
