Slank

Songwriter: Slank

Di antara gemerlap kehidupan kota
Udin kecil hanyut dalam impiannya
Aaaa dia terbuai
Aaaa dia tertawa
Karena semua didapat tinggal meminta

Di antara gemerlap kehidupan kota
Udin kecil coba paksakan impiannya
Aaaa benak menghitam
Aaaa pisau digenggam, siap menikam

Di antara gemerlap kehidupan kota
Si Boy kecil coba hamburkan impiannya
Aaaa coba yang hitam
Aaaa membakar uang
Turun kejalan menjual
Nama bapaknya

Kita hidup bersama mereka
Kita hidup bersama mereka

Nasib pertemukan mereka
Perang disimpang jalan
Cuma karena salah paham
Si Boy tewas, Udin masuk penjara

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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Minoritas (1995)

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