Slank Consistently Withdraws In Royalty Polemic, Bimbim: We Consider Snack Money

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JAKARTA - Drummer Slank, Bimbim, stated that his party was still steadfast with his attitude that he did not want to take sides in the polemic of copyrighted music and royalties, which in the last two years has become a major issue in the Indonesian music industry.

The 58-year-old drummer said royalties were like 'jan money' for Slank. Royalties are not the main thing in music. Therefore, Slank takes a distance from the polemics that occur.

"Because to this day, we consider the royalties to be just snack money. So, why are we fighting for pocket money. Is that true or not?" said Bimbim to the media crew in Kemang, South Jakarta recently.

As a band that has been poor across the road, the amount of royalty value is considered by Slank too small to worry about. But he does not deny the need for system improvements and governance.

"There's still a lot of house work," he said.

Furthermore, Bimbim admitted that many people questioned Slank's position in the royalties polemic, even since Ahmad Dhani and Once Mekel clashed over the ban on singing songs in 2023.

The drummer saw Dhani and Once actually both had good intentions to improve the country's music industry. But once again, he insisted Slank would not take sides.

"Many are asking. It's been a long time, 'How come you don't join Ahmad Dhani's camp?' 'How come you don't join his camp Once?' Both of them have good intentions if I say it," said Bimbim.

"So, just fight with you both. The results will definitely be the best. So we don't want to join the camp here or there," he said.