[1][2] Along with God Bless and Dewa 19, they are dubbed one of the greatest rock bands in the history of Indonesian popular music.

[3] The name Slank was inspired by friends who often called them "slengean guys" (in Betawi, it means men who are free in terms of characteristics and actions).

[4] Bimo Setiawan Almachzumi (Bimbim) created Cikini Stones Complex (CSC) in the early 1980s.

This album, which featured the songs "Memang" and "Maafkan", was an enormous hit and won the band the BASF Award for best newcomer category.

Solid rock and roll blues and a la Slank music finally got close to young people in Indonesia, and their success inspired the formation of other bands, such as Dewa.

Their distinctive style, ignorant, slengean, but friendly managed to attract the masses who were then still limited to a minority.

The singles from this album, "Mawar Merah" and "Terlalu Manis", were made in two versions: Fun and Sales.

Slank was plagued by a number of defections, some involving personal issues, others having to do with internal tensions based around creative decisions.

The best line up of the band was Kaka (vocals), Bimbim (drums), Pay (guitar), Bongky (bass) and Indra (keyboards).While working on the sixth album, Lagi Sedih, Bimbim decided to fire Bongky, Pay and Indra.

But there is also a mention that Bongky, Indra and Pay quit or resigned because of the behavior of Bimbim and Kaka who have been too severe in drug use.

Kaka and Bimbim finally continued to work on their sixth album with the help of additional musicians.

Reynold entered to fill the position of guitar and Ivanka who was often hanging out at Potlot also helped in working on the Slank project for the sixth album with the formation of this transition period.

The negativity was overcome, and over the next 20 years, Slank was able to increase their profile, tour the world and maintain commercial success.

In the spirit of reaching a greater jazz audience by combining genres, this show featured Michael Paulo, Ron King and Tony Monaco.

[14] For more than two decades, Slank has managed a healthy attitude towards their music career, which in turn has helped them throughout the years.

In 2009 Slank took part in a film called Generasi Biru that depicts their life and journey.