Slank

Songwriter: Bimbim (Slank)

Producer: Slank

Hidup bagai pelangi mencat hati
Warna warni
Merah biru hijau ungu dan kuning

Terlukis gelap langit keseimbangan pun pergi
Hitam putih atas bawah kanan kiri

Mending aku mati
Tapi takut bunuh diri
Seharusnya aku mati
Tapi kawan Roqib
Ada di dada kiri, Ada di dada kiri
Ada di dada kiri, Ada di dada kiri
Mencatat dosa sampai akhir nanti

Slank was formed in 1983 through a school band at a local high school in Slank Jakarta, Indonesia, which named CSC (Cikini Stone Complex). Their main founder, Bimo Setiawan (Bimbim) and their fellow bandmates often played a number of Rolling Stones songs at school. The band later changed its name and personnel to SLANK, with Bimbim on drums, Erwan on vocals, Bongky on guitars, Denny on bass and Kiki on guitars. The name SLANK itself was taken from their musical attitude, which was, and is still reckless, ignorant and play with undetailed groove (Slengean in Indonesian).

In the following years, numbers of personnel changes were made, with Pay on guitars, Kaka on vocals and Indra on keyboard, replacing the previous bandmates.

Although they started their journey in the music industry quite roughly, with numerous of rejected demos, SLANK emerged in 1991 with their “The Best Newcomer” award in BASF event. Successes did not always come for SLANK, when three of their personnel, Bongky, Indra and Pay chose to quit the band, and formed their own band (BIP). Following the resignation, Abdee, Ivan and Ridho joined the band, and since then, SLANK has never changed its personnel again.

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999+09, Vol. 1

From the album

999+09, Vol. 1 (1999)

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999+09, Vol. 1