Slank

Songwriter: Slank

Ku baru keluar malam
Setelah sunset tenggelam
Ku selalu keluar malam
Waktu langit mulai menghitam

Siang terlalu terang
Dan mataku nggak senang

Sarapannya tengah malam
Breakfast, dinner sekaligus lunch
Belajarnya malam-malam
Nongkrong di warung 24 jam
Siang terlalu panas
Aku terlalu malas

Kami memang anak malam
Nggak punya pekerjaan
Maklum cuma penggangguran
Belum dapat pengakuan

Malu keluar siang
Ketemu banyak orang

Pengen jadi seniman
Genjrang-genjreng nggak karuan
Nggak ada yang kesampaian
Malah dapat maki dan omelan

Siang sangatlah panas
Takut bikin beringas

Cuma di waktu malam
Orang pada merem dan diam
Cuma di saat malam
Hatiku jadi tentram

Siang terlalu ramai
Aku jadi nggak santai

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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