Slank

Released: December 26, 1991

Songwriter: Bimbim (Slank)

Producer: Boedi Soesatio

Bicara tentang kebebasan
Hanyalah kata kiasan
Oceh disini oceh disana
Bisa-bisa bikin jantungan

Isi mimpi dan kata hati
Terdengar cuma basa-basi
Jujur dibilang terlalu berani
Akhirnya gue frustrasi

Kami butuh sedikit kebebasan
Kami butuh napas panjang
Tanpa telanjangi harga diri orang
Hanya bicara soal kenyataan

Suka tak suka ini cuma
Ungkapan suara hati
Maafkan saja kalau tak sopan
Maklum kami memang kampungan

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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