Boring lah kalau asyik cakap pasal sejarah & politik je. Hari ni aku mau kongsi satu lagi minat gua, punk rock! Yang dah tonton ’10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka’ sure noticed aku banyak guna lagu punk dalam soundtrack filem tu.

Aku start layan punk masa sekolah menengah. Abang aku, Faizal Reza yang banyak bagi dengar CDs punk dia dulu! I got completely hooked, mula2 to the music, tapi later to the aesthetics, philosophy & politics - especially to the whole DIY subculture behind it.

It was punk that raised my political consciousness. In a way, DIY punk attitude lah yang inspire aku to pick up a camera and taught myself macam mana nak bikin dokumentari!

Korang sure pernah dengar The Ramones, The Sex Pistols & The Clash, tapi mungkin tak tau yang muzik punk rock ni ada macam2 perisa lain! So hari ni aku mau kongsi a sample of my top 10 favourite punk subgenres, in my own bastardised version of PopIN’s MP3!

#10. Pop Punk
Buzzcocks – I Don’t Mind (2:18)(UK/1978)


Punk dirojak dengan pop. This subgenre started around the late 70’s. Kadang2 dipanggil power-pop. Sangat berirama. Lots of oooohs dan aaaahs.

#9. Ska Punk
Operation Ivy – Sound System (2:14)(US/1989)


Punk kahwin campur sama muzik ska. Mula in the late 80’s. Rentaknya cukup rancak & so very ngam for berronggeng!

#8. Thrash
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles – Capitalists Suck (0:39)(US/1982)


Punk yang bunyi macam ko tengah tekan your stereo’s fast-forward button. Muncul sekitar awal 80’s. Lagu tak sampai seminit. Laju macam mat rempit yang tengah merempit!

#7. Folk Punk
Defiance, Ohio - I Don’t Want Solidarity if it Means Holding Hands With You (2:26)(US/2003)


Punk pakai gitar kapok. Started around the late 70’s. Kadang2 biola pun ada!

#6. Oi!
Cock Sparrer – We’re Coming Back (3:23)(UK/1982)


Punk + skinhead = Oi! Kadang2 dipanggil streetpunk. Started around the late 70’s. Time chorus kadang2 dorang suka jerit “Oi! Oi! Oi!” beramai2.

#5. Anarcho-punk
Crass – Big A, Little A (6:00)(UK/1980)


Punk yang berhaluan anarchist. Late 70’s jugak. Lyrics berbentuk protest radikal. Sangat anti-authoritarian!

#4. Crust
His Hero Is Gone – Like Weeds (2:22)(US/1997)


Punk yang very, very heavy & dark. Started around the mid 80’s. Banyak dipengaruh bands D-Beat (look below). Cookie monster vocals!

#3. D-Beat
Anti-Cimex – Victims of a Bombraid (2:42)(Sweden/1982)


Punk yang rentak drumnya dipengaruhi band bernama Discharge dari UK. Kadang2 dipanggil Discore atau Kängcore. Started in the early 80’s. Lyrics banyak pasal anti-war. Sangat popular di Sweden.

#2. バーニングスピリッツ (Burning Spirits)
Death Side – The Will, Never Die (3:19)(Japan/1993)


Punk sound yang uniquely Japanese. Heavy D-Beat influence & secubit metallic sound. Mula around late 80’s. Gitar bila goreng tak ingat dunia! Memang bisa tangkap stim!

#1. Hardcore Punk
Bad Religion – I Want To Conquer The World (2:18)(US/1989)

Minor Threat – I Don’t Wanna Hear It (1:14)(US/1981)


Because it’s #1, I gotta put 2 songs lah. Punk yang ringkas, mampat & lazat. Macam mee segera. No intro, no outro, no bridges, no guitar solos. Verse-chorus-verse-tamat! Maybe gua patut start a new hardcore band and call it Maggi Hangus!

Cuma aku rasa list ni tak lengkap kalau aku tak letak 1 band tempatan. So ini dia!

#0. Malaysian Punk
Dum Dum Tak – Nyanyi Budaya Pembebasan (1:53/Malaysia/2009)


Punk mula bertapak di Malaysia around the late 70’s di Terengganu! Local punk bands started mushrooming sekitar mid 80’s. Satu hari nanti, aku rancang nak buat research pasal sejarah punk rock di Malaysia. Mana lah tau kalau ada ong, mungkin boleh dibikin dokumentari!

x Fahmi Reza