stuff on TV

Somerandomfella, still reporting from dog-eating place...
 

I was watching tv, and I stumbled upon the local channel which was displaying some talk show. By local I mean that this channel only broadcast in my hometown. The host was interviewing some guys and I was surprised when I heard them talking about music. The topic was "Komunitas Gedung Juang tahun 90-an" a.k.a Gedung Juang Community in the 90's. They are apparently a bunch of musicians who usually play in this building called Gedung Juang. They held a lot of gigs there and establish a community. They are now aged, and most of them are not that active anymore as musicians. They were reminiscing their old days as musicians and the place where they play were called "ocean". That community had raised a number of national caliber musicians. One is now the guitarist of a band called Ungu, and one is with Bondan and Fade2Black. Those bands are now very popular in Indonesia.

Anyway, those bunch of guys were cool. Some of them looked like typical band guys but some of them just look like a normal working guy except with long hair. The host asked them what were their roles in the band, and he asked them to demonstrate as well. One of them was vocalist. At first that guy didn't want to demonstrate. I knew straight away that he must be from a metal band because he really refused to sing.  The host forced him, and then after a while...

Host: Cm'on!! I wanna hear it!

Vocalist: ahem ahhem *clears thr0at*

*GROOOOOOOWWWWLLLSS*

Host: =.="

So he growled. Hahah!  It was a little rusty but it's still good considering that he is aged now. Hahah.

While watching this, I was wondering where was I when they were rocking back then. Well, those guys were like the forefathers of rock and roll in my hometown and now I'm pretty impressed knowing that that kind of community exist here and finally think that my hometown isn't that suck after all hahah. Well, the place is not called "ocean" anymore I don't know since when, and that place is now a university if I'm not mistaken. The guys said that the community is still exist but they are now playing in different places. Sometimes they have gatherings but no common place to play in a gig together anymore because that community is now only on FB. 

The host asked what was it like to be a musician in that community back then. They said "just like the saying -- Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. We lived that philosophy back then" and then the metal fella added "we tried all that, but there was nothing in there." It's pretty impressive to hear that from the mouth of a person who lived the Sex, drugs, and rock and roll last time hahah maybe they were impacted by some of their friends who died of overdose. Also, they confessed that during those times the people who go there are mostly drunk, hence triggered some fights. I asked one of my cousin who used to go there regularly, and he said that it was true.  I think that this kind of thing makes other people think that rock or maybe hardcore musicians are bad people *sigh*.

The host also asked when they will stop being a musician. And the fellas said that they will not stop. "we might not be active as last time, but we will not stop being a musician." I thought since they are already old, they might stop playing already because most of them already have a family and a steady job, but surprisingly the spirit is still there even though they are old. I was inspired.

I hope I can still play bass even when I'm already 60+ years old. Well, if God allows me to be that old and given that I don't have Parkinson disease or any other that prevent me from playing hehehe.

Oh yeah, I wanna share the messages they gave at the end of the show..

"Be humble, don't do sex and drugs especially just to prove that you are 'cool', cherish the friendship with fellow musicians, and be creative."

This came from those guys who lived the Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll philosophy. Wow.