About Superman Is Dead

SID, punk rock pioneers of Bali, were born and bred in Kuta Rock City. The band is three chord attitude-heavy young men, by name : Bobby Kool (lead vocal, guitar, a dog lover and a graphic designer) , Eka Rock (low ridin' family man, beer drinker, laid back bass and backing vocal and a warm smilin' Rock 'N Roll bandman, IT warior) , Jrx (low ridin' beer drinking Rock 'N Roll prince charming, drummer and a hairwax junkie, Bar owner)

The name 'Superman is Dead' started its' evolution from Stone Temple Pilot's "Superman Silvergun". The name moved on to "Superman is Dead" cause they like the idea that there's no such thing as a perfect person out there.
SID actually stumbled together in '95, drawn by their common love of Green Day and NOFX. Their influences soon extended to the punk 'n roll genre a la Supersuckers, Living End and Social Distortion, and here they stay. They say what they wanna say, how they wanna say it. In your face, to say it precisely.

SID public image, self described, is "Punk Rock a Bali" (think raw energy of NOFX vs Social Distortion supersonically fueled with beer-soaked Balinese Rockabilly attitude).
History ? SID produced their first three albums independently (the boys worked years of crappy night jobs), with fabulous, small scale indie labels 1997 "Case 15", 1999 "Superman is Dead", 2002 "Bad Bad Bad"(mini album, 6 tracks).

In March 2003, SID finally signed with Sony-BMG Indonesia after extended negotiations regarding their right to sing the majority of their tracks in English and have full artistic rights over their 'image'!! With that decision they single handedly became the first band from Bali to be invited to sign with a major recording label in Indonesia, the first band in their nation (to my knowledge) to be recording majority of songs in English and the first punk band in Indonesia to get the national exposure and promotion that working with a major label in a third world country provides. And so the history of Indonesian Punk Rock begins!

And as for the question that everyone wants to know, the infamous bomb in Bali happened about 75 M from their home, hangout center, punk rock boutique, bar and rehearsal studio that is also Jrx' house, in the heart of Kuta.
After panel beating back the rolling doors of the studio and shifting a little debris, rehearsals continued as usual. Yeah, they saw a lot, it sucked big time, but its' not gonna stop 'em!

And where are they now? At the end of 2002, one of the more respectable music mags here cited SID as "The Next Big Thing" for 2003. With the release of their fourth album "Kuta Rock City" followed by major air play nationally and in some countries overseas, coupled with the instant popularity of their newest film clip.

SID suddenly find themselves touring continuously throughout Indonesia. Last week they were in four major Indonesian cities, on three islands, in 7 days! Sometimes playing for free at underground scene clubs, sometimes at street skate parties or alternative band festivals, at lots of universities and even occasionally at "classy" venues who would have probably denied them entrance years ago!
Which means more beers for all.

In 2003 SID even got a mention in Time Asia.
They also won a few music awards “MTV Awards for The Best New Artist 2003”, “AMI Awards for The Best New Artist 2003” and nominated again in “AMI Awards 2006 for The Best Rock Album”.

October 2007, they did an amazing Australian tour, 8 cities, 16 gigs, 33 days with their strong D.I.Y work ethic.
SID had share stages with international bands such as International Noise Conspiracy, NOFX, MXPX and Hoobastank.
They remain proud, boys from the streets of Kuta with a love of punk rock, beers and a good time. Ready for whatever comes next, excited about the next gig.

LANGKAH FENOMENAL SID

• August 2002, Openning Act Hoobastank, Hard Rock Hotel, Kuta, Bali
• Superman Is Dead “Hot & Freaky People 2003” MTV Trax Magazine January 2003
• June 2003 Superman Is Dead “MTV Exclusive Artist of the Month”
• Double Platinum Sony Music for Kuta Rock City Album
• 2003, MTV Award “Most Favorite New Artist”
• 2003, AMI Award “The Best New Artist”
• 2004, SCTV Music Awards “The Most Famous Album Nominee, Pop Rock Category” for Kuta Rock City Album
• 2006, AMI Awards “The Best Rock Album Nominee” for Black Market Love Album
• 2006, “Superman Is Dead The Best Local Band” The Beat Awards.
• 20 the best Indonesian Album 2006 for The Black Market Love Album. Rolling Stones Magazine Januari 2007
• April 2007, SID Opening Act for American Punk Rock Band NOFX at Hard Rock Café, Kuta, Bali.
• Soundrenaline Sound of Change 2007 Jimbaran Bali, “Message of Change” Artist Nominee.
• 17 June 2007, Guest Star Artist “Final Gudang Garam Rock Competition” Jakarta
• October 2007, Superman Is Dead did an amazing Australian tour, 8 cities, 16 gigs, 33 days.
• 150 the Best Indonesian Album for Kuta Rock City Album. Rolling Stones Magazine, Special Collectors’ Edition Desember 2007.
• 50 Hype Things in Indonesian Music Industrial 2008 for Superman Is Dead.
• Trax Music & Attitude Magazine Edition Januari 2008.
• 2008, Openning Act MXPX Jakarta.
• “SID as a New Icons of Bali”. Yak Magazine Maret, April, May 2008.

VIDEOGRAPHY

2002 “White Town” Album “Bad Bad Bad” Director by Outsider Film
2003 “Kuta Rock City” Album ”Kuta Rock City” Director by Rizal Mantovani
2003 “Punk Hari Ini” Album “Kuta Rock City” Director by Ridwan
2004 “Muka Tebal” Album ”The Hangover Decade” Director by Outsider Film
2004 “Rock ‘N Roll Band” Album “The Hangover Decade” Director by Outsider Film
2004 “Disposable Lies” Album “The Hangover Decade” Director by Umum Production
2006 “Bukan Pahlawan” Album “Black Market Love ”Director by Eric Est Movie
2006 “Black Market Love” Album “Black Market Love” Director by Bob Calabrito
2007 “Menginjak Neraka” Album “Black Market Love” Director by Eric Est. Movie
2007 “Lady Rose” Album “Black Market Love ”Director by Eric Est. Movie
2007 “Goodbye Whiskey” Album “Black Market Love” Director by Outsider Film
2008, Superman Is Dead Rock-A-Bali Australian Tour 2007, Produksi outSIDer Inc, Format DVD, For Promotional Stuff Not for Sale
2009, " Kuat Kita Bersinar " Album " Angels and The Outsiders" Director by Patrick Effendy
2009, " Jika Kami Bersama- Featuring Shaggy Dog " Album " Angels and The Outsiders" Director by Patrick Effendy

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http://www.supermanisdead.net/nl.php?id=88

DISCOGRAPHY

INDIE ALBUM
Case 15, 1995 , Produksi Independent Intertainment, Format Cassette
Superman Is Dead,1998, Produksi Rizt Clothing, Format CD & Cassette
Bad Bad Bad, 2002, Produksi Rizt Cloth.& Suicide Glam, Format CD (mini album)
Bad Bad Bad, 2002, Produksi Spills Record, Format Cassette

INDIE COMPILATION
100% Attitude, 1999, Produksi Lunatic Records, Format Cassette
No Place To Get Fun, 2002, Format Cassette
New Generation Calling, 2003, Produksi Spills Record, Format Cassette
Video Kami “A Rock Society” 2006, Video Clip “Menginjak Neraka”, Produksi A Mild Live Production, Trend Setter Magz & The Blado Ent. Format VCD (Not For Sale)


MAJOR COMPILATION
Fantastic Bands, April 2005, Produksi Sony Music, Format CD & Cassette
Class Rock “Today’s Sensation”, Produksi Sony Music October 2004, Format CD & Cassette
A Mild Live Soundrenaline 2004, Produksi Sony Music & A Mild Live, November 2004, Format CD & Cassette
Planet Rock, Produksi Sony Music, August 2005, Format CD & Cassette

MAJOR ALBUM
Kuta Rock City, 2003, Produksi Sony Music Indonesia, Format CD & Cassette
The Hangover Decade, 2004, Produksi Sony Music Indonesia, Format CD & Cassette
Black Market Love, 2006, Produksi Sony BMG Indonesia, Format CD & Cassette
Angels and The Outsiders, 2009. Produksi Sony Music Indonesia, format CD & Cassete

ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
D’ BIJIS, Produksi Sonny Music & Class Movie, January 2007, Format CD & Cassette

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johnny cash biografi

Country singer, guitarist, songwriter. Born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas. The son of poor Southern Baptist sharecroppers, Cash, one of seven children born to Ray and Carrie Rivers Cash, moved with his family at the age of three to Dyess, Arkansas, so that his father could take advantage of the New Deal farming programs instituted by President Roosevelt. There, the Cash clan lived in a five-room house and farmed 20 acres of cotton and other seasonal crops.

John, or J.R. as he was known to those close to him, spent the bulk of the next 15 years out in the fields, working alongside his parents and brothers and sisters. It wasn't always an easy life, Cash would later recall. At the age of 10 he was hauling water for a road gang and at 12 years old he moving large sacks of cotton.

"The entire family, my parents, two brothers and two sisters spent the first night in the truck under a tarpaulin" Cash once said about his family's move to Dyess. "The last thing I remember before going to sleep was my mother beating time on the old Sears-Roebuck guitar, singing 'What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul."

Music was indeed one of the ways the Cash family found escape from some of the hardship. Songs surrounded the young Johnny Cash, be it his mother's folk and hymn ballads, or the working music people sang out in the fields.

From an early age Cash, who first picked up the guitar at the age of 12, showed a love for the music that enveloped his life. Perhaps sensing that her boy had a gift for song, Carrie Rivers Cash scraped together enough money so that Johnny could take singing lessons. Cash was only in his early teens and didn't have much in the way of formal musical training, but after just three lessons his teacher, enthralled with Cash's already unique singing style, told him to stop taking lessons and to never deviate from his natural voice.

Religion, too, had a strong impact on Cash's childhood. His mother was a devout member of the Pentacostal Church of God, and his older brother Jack seemed committed to joining the priesthood. Chances are John's own faith would have always exerted itself to some degree on his own life, but Jack's tragic death in 1944 at the age of 14 in a farming accident solidified Cash's own faith in God.

These things, his farming life and his family's religion, were never strayed too far from in Cash's career. The evidence of this can be seen in songs like Pickin' Time and Five Feet High, a film he made about his visit to Israel, and his close relationship with evangelist Billy Graham.

In 1950 Cash graduated high school and left Arkansas for Pontiac, Michigan, where he found work sweeping floors at an auto plant. The employment and Cash's time in Michigan were short lived, however, and about a month after taking the job, he bolted for the U.S. Air Force. As a military man, Cash did his basic training in Texas, where met Vivian Liberto, whom he'd eventually marry and father four daughters with. For the bulk of his four years in the Air Force, Cash was stationed in Landsberg, West Germany, where he worked as a radio intercept officer, eavesdropping on Soviet radio traffic.

It was also in Germany that Cash began to turn more of his attention toward music. With a few of his Air Force buddies he formed the Landsberg Barbarians, giving Johnny a chance to play live shows, teach himself more of the guitar, and also take a shot at songwriting.

"We were terrible," he said later, "but that Lowenbrau beer will make you feel like you're great. We'd take our instruments to these honky-tonks and play until they threw us out or a fight started. I wrote Folsom Prison Blues in Germany in 1953."

After his discharge in 1954 Cash settled in Memphis, Tennessee, where he married Vivian and worked, as best he could, as an appliance salesman. Pursuing music on the side, Cash teamed up with a couple of mechanics, Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, who worked with Johnny's older brother Roy.

The young musicians soon formed a tight bond, with the crew and their wives often heading over to Luther's house on Friday nights to play music, much of it gospel. Cash, who banged away on an old $5 guitar he'd purchased in Germany, was the front-man for what became known as Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two. Their sound was a synthesis of blues and country-and-western music, which was coined "rockabilly" by those in the record industry. (In 1960, with the addition of drummer W.S. Holland, the group was later named Tennessee Three.)

"He was a decent singer, not a great one," wrote Marshall Grant, in his 2006 autobiography, I Was There When it Happened: My Life with Johnny Cash. "But there was power and presence in his voice."

In July 1954, another Memphis musician, Elvis Presley, cut his first record, sparking a wave of not only Elvis mania but an interest in the local producer, Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who had issued the record. Later that same year Cash, Grant, and Perkins made an announced visit to Sun to ask Phillips for an audition. The Sun Records owner gave in and Cash and the boys returned to Sun in late 1954. At the audition Phillips liked their sound but not their gospel driven song choices, which he felt would have a limited market.

Phillips was looking for new material and encouraged the group to return with an original song. In early 1955, Cash and his group did just that, recording the song Hey Porter, which Cash wrote just a week after that first Sun session. While met with mediocre reviews, Cash's second release, Cry, Cry, Cry later that year peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard charts. Other hits soon followed, including a pair of Top 10 singles in So Doggone Lonesome and Folsom Prison Blues. But true fame arrived in 1956, when Cash wrote and released I Walk The Line, which catapulted to number one and sold 2 million copies.

The success and his association with Phillips allowed Cash to join an elite group of artists that included Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis - they were known as "The Million Dollar Quartet." In 1957 Cash, now the father of two young daughters (Roseanne and Kathy) released his debut album, Johnny Cash with His Hot & Blue Guitar.

By the early 1960s, Johnny Cash, who had relocated his family to Ventura, California, and left Sun for Columbia Records in 1958, was a musical superstar. With an unrelenting tour schedule, Cash was on the road 300 nights a year, barnstorming the country with a barrage of popular hits including Ring of Fire (1963) and Understand Your Man (1964). He also appeared regularly on the Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry radio broadcasts.

But the schedule and the pressures that faced him took a toll on his personal life. Drugs and alcohol were frequent tour companions while Vivian, left home to take care of their young family, which now included Cindy (b. 1959) and Tara (b. 1961) grew increasingly frustrated with her husband's absence.

In 1966 Vivian finally filed for divorce. Cash returned to Memphis, where his life continued to spiral out of control. The following year, after a serious drug binge, Cash was discovered in a near-death state by a policeman in a small village in Georgia. There were other incidents, too, including an arrest for smuggling amphetamines into the US across the Mexican border, and accidently starting a forest fire in Tennessee, which resulted in a near six-figure fine for the singer.

"I took all the drugs there are to take, and I drank," Cash recalled. "Everybody said that Johnny Cash was through 'cause I was walkin around town 150 pounds. I looked like walking death."

The turning point came in 1967, when he met singer-songwriter June Carter, a member of the founding family of country music. Carter, who first befriended and then, in 1968, married Cash, stepped in and helped him clean up his life. With Carter's support, Cash kicked his drug habit and became a devout Christian fundamentalist.

With his new wife, Cash embarked on a remarkable turn around. In 1969, he began hosting The Johnny Cash Show, a TV variety series that showcased contemporary musicians ranging from Bob Dylan to Louis Armstrong. It also provided a forum for Cash to explore a number of social issues, too, tackling discussions that ranged from the war in Vietnam to prison reform to the rights of Native Americans.

The same year his show debuted, Cash also took home two Grammy Awards for the live album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968). The album was a critical and commercial success and reached Gold record status by December 1969. Four months later Cash and Carter celebrated the birth of their first and only child, John Carter Cash, in March 1970.

The ensuing decade offered up more success for the artist, with Cash's music career flourishing with the release of the hit singles A Thing Called Love (1972) and One Piece at a Time (1976). He crossed over into a new medium in 1972, when he made an acclaimed appearance with Kirk Douglas in the movie, A Gunfight. In addition, he wrote the scores for the feature Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970), and the TV movie The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1980). In 1975, he published a bestselling autobiography Man in Black

For the rest of the 1970s and through the 1980s and the early 1990s, while not producing the frequent run of hits that he once had, Cash continued to maintain a busy schedule. In 1980, Cash was accepted as the youngest member of the Country Music Association Hall of Fame.

Increasingly, Cash also teamed up with other musicians. In 1987, Cash banded with former Sun Records' artists Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison to record the widely popular compilation The Class Of '55. For the album The Highwayman (1985), Cash collaborated with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. Billed as the Highwaymen, the quartet consistently toured throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, releasing two more records, The Highwayman 2 (1990) and The Road Goes on Forever (1995). In the early part of the 1990s, Cash stepped into the studio with U2 to record The Wanderer, a track that would appear on the group's 1993 release, Zooropa.

Throughout this time, though, Cash's health problems and his continued battles with addiction, were nearby. In 1983, he underwent abdominal surgery in Nashville to correct the problems caused by his years of amphetamine use. Following the operation, he checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic. In 1987, Cash again went under the knife, this time for heart surgery following his collapse on tour in Iowa.

But like always Cash pushed on. Not long after his induction into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the singer took the stage for the Lollapalooza alternative rock tour and then teamed up with music producer Rick Rubin. The latter move proved to be instrumental in forging a Johnny Cash renaissance.

Under Rubin, Cash released American Recordings in 1994, a 13-track acoustic album that mixed traditional ballads with modern compositions. The album earned Cash a new audience and a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Cash's next compilation was a three-disc set appropriately titled Love, God, Murder (2000).

In 2002 Cash released American IV: The Man Comes Around, a mix of originals and covers including songs from Beatles to Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The album, recorded in cabin on the singer's Nashville estate, was the fourth Cash-Rubin compilation. More significantly, it came five years after the singer had announced he'd been diagnosed with a rare nervous-system disorder called Shy-Drager Syndrome.

Over the next year, Cash's health continued to decline. He rarely made public appearances. Then in May 2003, June Carter died. Cash, though, continued to work. With Rubin at his side, the singer sat down to record what would be known as American V: A Hundred Highways. Just week before his death on September 12, 2003 from complications associated with diabetes, Cash wrapped up his final track.

"Once June passed, he had the will to live long enough to record, but that was pretty much all," Rubin recalled around the album's release on July 4, 2004. "A day after June passed, he said, 'I need to have something to do every day. Otherwise, there's no reason for me to be here.' "

Starkly arranged and sometimes mournful, the songs highlighted Cash's older and rougher sounding voice, which resonated with a raw honesty. Cash earned a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video for God's Gonna Cut You Down. He was also posthumously honored at the CMA annual awards in late 2003, winning best album for American IV, best single, and best video.

Not surprisingly, Cash's life and music continues to resonate. In 2005, the story of his love affair with June Cash was made into a feature film,Walk the Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. In 2006, a two-CD collection of unearthed songs from an obscure recording session Cash did in 1973 was released. And the following year the community of Starkville, Mississippi, paid honor to the performer and his arrest there in 1965 for picking flowers with the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival. Cash was also issued an official pardon.

"I think he'll be remembered for the way he grew as a person and an artist," wrote Kris Kristofferson in 2004, upon Cash's selection by Rolling Stone magazine as the 31st greatest artist of all time. "He went from being this guy who was as wild as Hank Williams to being almost as respected as one of the fathers of our country. He was friends with presidents and with Billy Graham. You felt like he should've had his face on Mount Rushmore."

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biografi endank soekamti

Tanggal 1 Januari 2001 begitu berarti untuk tiga orang berandalan dari jogja Erix, Ari & Dori!

Berawal dari keisengan & banci tampil,Erix mengajak Ari & Dori untuk memikat lawan jenis dengan nge-jamn disebuah event dimlm pergantian tahun. Applaus ratusan orang yang memadati Java café jogja menggema setiap lagu selesai dimainkan.

Respon baik dari teman-teman musisi dimlm itu membuat trio ini memutuskan untuk tetap jalan, dari situ timbul nama “nyleneh” Endank Soekamti.

Walopun terkesan asal-asalan,Nama Endank Soekamti mengandung filosofi yin dan yang bagi mereka. Dua nama tersebut merupakan 2 pribadi yang sangat berbeda. Nama Endank dicomot dari si Endang gebetan Ari yang begitu cantik dan baik hati, Sedangkan Soekamti diambil dari ibu guru Erix yang judes, jahat & galak. Yapz… cukup untuk mewakili baik & buruk.

Setelah itu mereka mulai latihan di studio untuk persiapan mengikuti beberapa acara lokal.anehnya mereka ga pernah lolos seleksi & berakhir sebagai penggembira. Merasa dendam & ga puas sebagai penonton, mereka merubah strategi dengan membuat 2 lagu demo, setelah itu melakukan pendekatan ke radio-radio. Alhasil 2 lagu mereka sukses diputar di radio. Berkat lagu yang tiap pagi siang & malam mereka request sendiri di radio sebagai pancing, Jogjakarta pun pelan2 mulai mengenal Endank soekamti Sampai akhirnya tiba juga banyak orang suka & merequest lagu mereka.. Boomm!!! 6 bulan menjadi top request Endank Soekamti meroket di kota sendiri. Mulai dari situ tawaran manggung ga pernah sepi...,he he.. Bahkan hampir Semua event lokal dikampus2 menampilkan mereka sebagai bintang tamu.

Belum puas dengan botol sebagai bayaran, mereka memutuskan untuk berjuang menuju industri musik nasional. Diakhir tahun 2002 mereka mencoba membuat demo secara digital recording dirumah sendiri untuk dikirim ke label-label besar di Jakarta.Karna bosan menunggu tanggapan dari Jakarta,Erix Dory Ari melakukan diskusi dengan senior2 musisi dijogja,disitulah Pongky jikustik dan tony trax terinspirasi untuk membuat sebuah Label & merekrut Endank soekamti sebagai artisnya.

Juni 2003 Endank Soekamti merilis album pertama “KELAS I” dibawah bendera Proton Record, tak disangka jika respon pendengar musik nasional sangat antusias dengan album ini. Data sampai akhir 2006 mencatat 40ribu keping telah terjual.

Seiring dengan semakin dikenalnya Endank Soekamti muncul sekumpulan anak2 muda yg menamakan diri sebagai kamtis family (fans Endank Soekamti) di berbagai penjuru kota di Indonesia yang jumlahnya semakin hari semakin banyak. Dukungan kamtis membuat mereka lebih bersemangat bertahan di gilanya industrii music indonesia.

Ditahun 2004 Endank Soekamti mulai dilirik Warner Music Indonesia & 2005 akhirnya endank soekamti merilis album kedua “Pejantan Tambun” dibawah Label besar Warner Music Indonesia.

Melewati perjuangan dari panggung kepanggung sepanjang tahun 2005-2006 album ini mengalami penurunan terjual 30.000 copy . Ironisnya showcase mereka tercatat dengan jadwal yang lbh padat. Bahkan ditahun itu Endank soekamti sempat mendapat gelar RAJA PENSI diJKT.

Di tahun 2007 mereka merilis album ketiga dengan judul “sssttt!!!”. Album yang penuh experiment ini direkam & dimixing sendiri dirumah dengan alat yang serba sederhana. mereka juga menambah pendewasaan lagu tanpa mengurangi cirri khas mereka yg sedikit nakal. Sound yg dihasilkan pun bs dipertanggung jawabkan, bahkan banyak yang berpendapat sound album ketigalah yang paling matang . Dialbum ini juga sebuah pembuktian bahwa Endank soekamti termasuk band yg sangat survive & exis. bahkan banyak yang berpendapat sound album ketigalah yang paling matang.

Demikian sedikit tentang Endank Soekamti sebagai salah satu band rock Indonesia.

biografi shaggy dog

Shaggydog adalah sebuah band yang terbentuk di Sayidan-sebuah kampung dipinggir sungai di tengah kota Jogja-yang nyaman dan damai. Pada Tanggal 1 Juni 1997, band yang beranggotakan Heru, Richard, Raymond, Bandizt, Lilik & Yoyo' ini sepakat untuk menyebut musik yang mereka mainkan sebagai “Doggy Stylee” ; perpaduan antara beberapa unsur musik seperti ska, reggae, jazz, swing dan rock n’ roll, bahkan sampai rock yang di-mix secara special oleh 6 orang bartender ini.
Cherry Poppin Daddies, Hepcat, Bob Marley, Song Beach Dub Allstars merupakan sebagian kecil dari band-band yang meng-influence Shaggydog. Yang lain? Pahit manis hidup adalah inspirasi mereka

Waktu pun berlalu, show demi show mereka jalani. Pada tahun 1999 album shaggydog yang pertama diliris. Dengan label Doggy House (management Shaggydog), Album yang diberi title “SHAGGYDOG” ini membuahkan hasil yang diluar dugaan. 20.000 copy habis terjual. Jumlah yang cukup besar untuk sebuah band indie. Semenjak itu Shaggydog pun mulai show di daerah-daerah seputar Nusantara…dari Jawa sampai ke Lombok..sampai-sampai mereka rela meninggalkan bangku kuliah.

Dua tahun setelah itu, tepatnya tahun 2001, album kedua yang bertitel “BERSAMA” diliris. Kalau kalian tahu, album ini benar-benar diliris dengan cucuran keringat dan air mata. Motor sang manager pun tergadaikan. Bukan itu saja, rekaman yang berlangsung di Bandung ini sampai memaksa mereka untuk ngamen di kawasan Dago karena kehabisan duit…What a life Man..!!

Tahun 2003 merupakan "Lucky Year" buat Shaggydog. Dimulai New Year Party di UPN Jogja, sekitar 20.000 doggiez tumplek..blek berdansa bersama Shaggydog. Bulan Maret, Mei Shaggydog menjalani Tour 8 Kota (Semarang, Solo, Tegal, Salatiga, Purwokerto, Pekalongan, Jogja, Magelang). Dari banyaknya show, basic massa yang fanatik, musik yang ceria dan lirik yang nakal dalah beberapa diantara faktor kesuksesan Shaggydog. Dengan berbekal materi yang cukup matang, Shaggydog mengajak EMI Indonesia untuk melakukan kolaborasi agar musik yang dihasilkan Shaggydog dapat tersebar lebih luas. Kolaborasi ini akhirnya menghasilkan album ketiga Shaggydog dengan titel "HOT DOGZ". Kalau kalian pasang telinga lebar2 selebar kuping gajah...pasti syaraf urat kalian tidak sabar untuk segera mengikuti irama lagu-lagu Shaggydog di album ini.

Lagu-lagu Shaggydog tidak hanya tersebar di Indonesia, tahun 2003 sebuah perusahaan rekaman di Jepang meminta salah satu lagu Shaggydog untuk ikut kompilasi album "ASIAN SKA FOUNDATION" yang berisi band-band ska se-Asia. Sayangnya cuma beredar di Jepang. Lagu "Second Girl" yang diikutkan Shaggydog dalam kompilasi ini.

Perjalanan panjang dan berbagai hambatan yang telah menyertai karir Shaggydog selama ini telah membulatkan tekad para personil Shaggydog untuk lebih mempertajam taring mereka (kaya macan yaa) di industri musik Indonesia. Dengan kemampuan musikalitas yang semakin berkembang menunjukkan kalau tidak hanya berharap bisa diterima oleh penikmat musik di Indonesia, tapi juga di seluruh dunia sekaligus akan membuat persaingan pada industri musik semakin panas.

Superman Is Dead Peduli Lingkungan

Bersama Outsiders Solo, trio punk rocker asal Bali memunguti sampah plastik
Oleh : Soleh Solihun (Rolling Stone Indonesia
“Ini kota Solo, bukan kota sampah,” kata gitaris/vokalis Bobby Kool, Jumat sore, 23 Oktober 2009, di depan Stadion Manahan, Solo. Malam harinya, mereka dijadwalkan manggung di Stadion Sriwedari, dalam konser Get Rock! bersama The S.I.G.I.T. Tapi, setelah soundcheck, Outsiders—sebutan untuk para penggemar SID—menghubungi mereka untuk melakukan aksi pemungutan sampah plastik.

Ini inisiatif Outsiders. Mereka yang mengontak kami. Tadinya mau menanam pohon, tapi karena waktunya mepet, ya jadinya ini aja, ngebersihin sampah,” kata Lia Pasaribu, manajer SID. Puluhan Outsiders berkumpul di depan pusat jajanan yang ada di salah satu sudut Stadion Manahan, sebagian dari mereka membawa sepeda low rider—jenis sepeda yang juga sering dipakai oleh para personel SID dan dibawa ke panggung.

“Mereka ngadaptasi aksi kami di Bali. Waktu itu kan pernah mungutin sampah di pantai, karena di sini nggak ada pantai, jadi ya mungutin sampah di jalan aja,” kata drummer Jerinx.

Dari pusat jajanan, SID dan Outsiders menyusuri beberapa ratus meter sepanjang Jalan Adisucipto yang ada di depan Stadion Manahan. Beberapa keranjang sampah dari bambu, disediakan untuk menampung sampah-sampah plastik yang mereka temui. Tak sedikit di antara remaja yang berjalan kaki mengikuti rombongan itu, sibuk mengambil gambar dengan kamera digital maupun kamera telepon genggam. Tapi, setiap permintaan foto bareng, selalu tak dikabulkan. “Pungutin sampahnya aja dulu ya, nanti fotonya setelah beres,” kata bassis Eka Rock, kepada beberapa orang yang berkali-kali meminta foto.

Setelah kira-kira berjalan beberapa ratus meter, mereka berkumpul di depan salah satu pintu masuk stadion. Waktu menjelang malam, SID harus segera bersiap-siap tampil. Outsiders Solo dikumpulkan, duduk bersila di depan Jerinx, Bobby dan Eka.

“Yang kita lakukan sekarang, memang belum bisa langsung membawa perubahan pada Solo. Tapi, kalian jangan selalu bergantung pada pemerintah. Mulailah dari diri sendiri. Kalau kalian merokok, dan nggak ada tempat sampah, puntung rokoknya simpan dulu di kantong, sampai kalian nemu tempat sampah,” kata Jerinx, sambil menunjukkan beberapa puntung rokok dari dalam saku celananya, “sampaikan juga pada teman kalian, supaya jangan membuang sampah sembarangan. Kalau kalian belanja, dan nggak perlu pake plastik, jangan minta kantong plastik. Kalau beres nge-charge handphone, cabut chargernya supaya menghemat listrik.”

Para Outsiders yang dari wajahnya terlihat sebagian besar masih berusia remaja—kira-kira SMP dan SMA, sebagian malah masih memakai seragam Pramuka—manggut-manggut mendengar ucapan Superman Is Dead. Selama kira-kira lima belas menit, mereka mendengar pesan-pesan soal pentingnya menjaga kebersihan lingkungan. Kegiatan sore itu, ditutup dengan sesi foto bersama.

Foto dan berita diambil dari : http://www.rollingstone.co.id/read/2009/10/10/306/5/1/Superman_Is_Dead_Peduli_Lingkungan

biografi outsider magetown

Semua berawal dr prtmanan n pertempuran di tengah krisis kbodohan masyarakat, kami mencoba mencari jati diri dalam selera musik n pandangan hidup kami. Kami temukan yg sering kita sebut dan kita dengar dengan nama Superman Is Dead. Kami maju seiring berjalannya waktu. Melihat orang lain yg telah sadar, mengajak dalam 1 kebersamaan. Sekelompok pemuda dgn sedikit pengetahuan tentang tekhnologi menemukan para fans SID (Superman Is Dead) dgn sebutan outSIDer. Kami mencari tahu apa itu outSIDer, dgn tidak sedikit di antara kami yang telah mengetahuinya. Kami mencoba bangkit, kami mengumpulkan semua semangat itu. Tak di sangka, 13 march 2009 berdirilah sebuah komunitas dgn minimnya pengalaman n pengetahuannya. Bersama, bergabung, mencari, itulah yg telah dilakukan. Menemukan banyak sekali teman yg siap sedia membantu d berbagai kota. Asap motor, lampu jalan, tiang penyangga, alkohol, nikotin, lowrider, atribut, canda tawa, kesedihan, pencarian, perselisihan, telah di alami bersama. Hanya dalam waktu singkat berbagai hal telah terjadi. Kita mencoba memperbaikinya walau sangat menyakitkan. Mencoba menjadi kuat stiap detiknya. Trimakasih kawand tanpa kalian kita tak bisa jd seperti ini.

MageTown punk rock outSIDer thanks to: god, mother earth, bobby kool, eka rock, jrx, n kawand2 outSIDer di seluruh indonesia.




Cheeerrrsss. . . .


paxi bekool osd Bukan Pahlawan
outSIDer MG-Town

Kenapa SID tampil minus one/mixing di TV?

Menanggapi pertanyaan yang sering ditujukan kepada SID terkait penampilan kami di stasiun-stasiun TV nasional.
Tukang protes bertanya:
"Kenapa SID sering tidak tampil full live band kalau main di TV? Gak seru!"

Sebelum menjawab, kami ingin menjelaskan tampil dengan format tidak full live band memiliki beberapa istilah teknis, yang sering dipakai antara lain:
1. 'Minus One' yaitu ketika hanya vokal saja yang live sementara instrumen lainnya tidak. Tehnik yang sama persis seperti ketika kita ber-karaoke.

2. 'Lip Sync' atau 'Playback' yaitu ketika semua instrumen termasuk vokal tidak ada yang live, semuanya diputar ulang. Tehnik ini juga selalu dilakukan oleh semua band dalam proses shooting video clip.

Dalam kasus SID, kami sama sekali tidak pernah melakukan 'Lyp Sync' atau 'Playback' di stasiun TV manapun. Yang kadang kami lakukan selama ini adalah tehnik 'Minus One'

Dan ini adalah alasannya, mohon diresapi:
1. Kendala teknis dan keterbatasan fasilitas yang dimiliki stasiun TV adalah alasan terbesar kenapa SID kadang harus memilih melakukan Minus One. Walaupun kita selalu fight dan berusaha untuk bisa tampil full live, kadang pihak TV memang tidak memiliki alat-alat yang mendukung. Mohon diingat, tampil live dan disiarkan di TV membutuhkan lebih banyak alat broadcast dan teknis nya lebih rumit daripada sekedar tampil live saja.
Alasan teknis inilah yang kadang membuat stasiun TV tidak bisa memberi SID fasilitas untuk tampil live. SID sadar jika keadaan memang tidak memungkinkan kami harus tahu diri dan bisa memanfaatkan apa yang ada.

2. Stasiun-stasiun TV tersebut BUKAN milik SID dan kami bukan tipe band rockstar manja yang belum apa-apa sudah minta ini minta itu. Kami ikuti peraturan main mereka karena kami tidak melihat hal tersebut mengancam esensi pesan dari lagu/attitude kami. Sama seperti halnya ketika mendengar lagu dari bandfavorit mu melalui radio atau CD player. Tidak ada bedanya. Band seperti SID tidak banyak memiliki kesempatan untuk tampil di media nasional karena -jujur- semua band di Indonesia tidak ada yang mendapat bayaran jika tampil di acara-acara TV. Kita hanya mendapat sedikit uang bensin dan makan.

Semua itu dihitung promo. Bagi SID untuk tampil di TV kadang berat karena kami stay di Bali. Jadi selagi kita bisa tampil di TV, kita akan manfaatkan kesempatan tersebut sebaik-baiknya. Misi utama kami adalah menyebarluaskan pesan-pesan dalam lagu dan attitude kami seluas mungkin.

Apapun caranya akan kami lakukan.
Jadi bagi kamu yang rajin protes, tolong berpikir lebih luas. Tidak semua hal di dunia ini semudah yang kamu bayangkan. Kita tidak hidup sendiri dan bisa seenaknya menuntut ini itu disaat situasi tidak memungkinkan.

Jika tidak suka melihat SID tampil minus one, matikan saja TV nya, beres. Yang jelas ada berjuta-juta remaja di pelosok Indonesia yang akhirnya bisa mengenal dan meresapi pesan yang kami sebarkan lewat TV. Dan bagi kami itu jauh lebih penting daripada hanya ingin 'terdengar' sangar dan idealis. Itu tidak akan merubah apa-apa.

-jrx-

Biografi Superman Is Dead (SID)

Bermarkas di Kuta Rock City. Beranggotakan 3 pemuda asal Bali berusia 20-an, baik hati, bijak bestari, dan tepo seliro yaitu:
» Bobby Cool (beer drinker, lead vocal, guitar, well-known as “The Bastard Child of Fat Mike” since his voice sounds pretty similar with that NOFX frontman)
» Eka Rock (beer drinker, bass, backing vocal, warm smilin’ Rock ‘N Roll bandman)
» Jerinx (hairwax junkie, drum, beer drinkin’ Rock’N Roll prince charming)

Nama tendensius Superman Is Dead (SID) dicomot dari Stone Temple Pilot’s “Superman Silvergun“. Namun karena dianggap miskin konotasi, zonder rasa bersalah secara sewenang-wenang nama tersebut lalu diganti menjadi “Superman Is Dead” - yang seenak udelnya dimaknai sebagai: tak ada manusia yang sempurna.

Pada mula kemunculan, akhir 95, SID pekat teracuni warna Green Day & NOFX. Seiring beringsutnya waktu, inspirasi musikal SID bergeser ke genre Punk ‘N Roll a la Supersuckers, Living End & Social Distortion.

Imej yang frontal hendak ditonjolkan oleh SID ke publik, self-described as: “Blitzkrieg 3-chordsabilly Beer Punk Rock” (think raw energy of Ramones vs Living End meets Supersuckers + Sid Vicious’ nihilism yet supersonicaly fueled with beer-soaked Rockabilly attitude… Ribet, kan? Horeee…)

SID sendiri telah menerbitkan 3 indie album (Case 15 - thn 95; Superman Is Dead - thn 99; Bad, Bad, Bad - Maret 2002, berformat mini album - berisikan 6 lagu). Menuju pelebaran skala wilayah pencapaian publik, fajar 2003 SID - bekerjasama dengan Spills Record - merilis ulang “Bad, Bad, Bad” dalam bentuk single (4 lagu). Maret 2003, SID menandatangani kontrak dengan Sony Music Indonesia. Yang mengejutkan, Sony Music berbesar hati mempersilakan SID riang gembira terus bernyanyi dalam lirik mayoritas berbahasa Inggris. Tepatnya 70% Inggris, 30% Indonesia. Wow. Sony Music nekat (namun terukur)? Atau beranggapan sudah saatnya menancapkan jejak monumental? Atau semata capek/males/bosen/ngantuk dibombardir ewuh pakewuh etos adiluhung Punk Rock oleh kontingen big badass Balinese beer band bernama SID? Whoa… (Hey, whatever it is, the history of Indonesian Punk Rock has just begun. And miracles are real, mind you)

Kilas balik, pra-tragedi bom, SID agresif diundang berkiprah di kafe-kafe internasional di seantero Kuta yang mana SID dipersilakan memuntahkan gubahan sendiri (baca: bukan sebagai cover band). Esensial dicatat, untuk skala lokal hal ini belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya di Bali. Di masa silam, legiun band yang beraksi di pub-pub di Kuta hanya diijinkan mengusung ciptaan orang lain.

Popularitas SID perlahan kian menjulang ketika satu demi satu tembang SID - yang dominan berlirik Inggris - ultra frekuentif diputar di radio-radio lokal berpengaruh di Bali melebar ke Jawa, percaya atau tidak, lagu-lagu SID telah gencar juga diperdengarkan oleh radio-radio di Australia, Swedia dan jazirah Skandinavia lainnya.

Langkah fenomenal SID dimulai pada Agustus 2002 saat menjadi band pembuka Hoobastank di Hard Rock Hotel, Kuta, Bali. Kemudian pertengahan September 2002, SID sukses mengobrak-abrik Senayan di acara Puma Street Games. Berlanjut Desember 2002, SID digjaya meluluhlantakkan PL Fair. Berikutnya diwawancara oleh MTV Sky, M97 FM, Prambors, dsb, serta masif diekspos oleh hampir seluruh majalah remaja populer nasional. Di Hai edisi tahunan 2002-2003 bersama Rocket Rockers, SID dimunculkan sebagai The Next Big Thing. Oleh MTV Trax, SID dinobatkan sebagai band potensial 2003.

Epos Punk Rock paling mutakhir, SID telah merampungkan proses rekaman bersama Sony Music dengan judul album “Kuta Rock City” dan hingga minggu ke-3 telah terjual puluhan ribu kopi.
Disusul dengan “The Hangover Decade” akhir 2004 dan yang paling terakhir adalah “Black Market Love” pada akhir Mei 2006.