Noin Bullet Launches New Single with OmBags and Ends Unbeaten Tour

Kapanlagi.com - The SKA band Noin Bullet, formed in Bandung in 1996, has released four albums, including one EP album All Can Ska Can All released independently, the album Bebas, and the album Manusia released with Warner Music Indonesia, as well as the album Be A King in 2023.

Following frequent personnel changes since their first album, Noin Bullet faced the loss of two members in the bass and guitar positions after releasing their third album Be A King. This loss temporarily hindered the promotion of the album.

However, the band remained active and sought replacements, ultimately deciding to bring back Chaerul, one of the founders of Noin Bullet, as the guitarist. Currently, the lineup of Noin Bullet consists of Hadi Irhamsyah (vocals), Chaerul Adjam (guitar), Sugih Budiman (drums), Apink Van Basten (saxophone), Alfie (trumpet), and Angga (trombone).

1. Tour Title

Noin Bullet (Credit: Special)

Although the bass position is still vacant, Noin Bullet quickly devised a strategy to hold a small tour to introduce the album Be A King. This tour, named Unbeatable, successfully secured venues in several regions of Indonesia.

At the second stop of the tour taking place in Bali, Chaerul suddenly invited OmBags from NTRL, an idol musician and his good friend, to collaborate on the song This Madness. OmBags, the vocalist of NTRL known for his strong character, provided the vocals for the song.

"The song 'This Madness' is based on honesty in togetherness to go through this life. With honesty, all conditions of life can surely be faced together," said Hadi Irhamsyah regarding the meaning of the song.

Chaerul mentioned, "OmBags has known Noin Bullet since the era when SKA bands were booming and was interested in collaborating with us. OmBags has a strong vocal character and is still within the SKA and Punk genre, so this collaboration was not difficult."

2. Re-recording

OmBags enthusiastically welcomed the collaboration invitation, "I am interested in collaborating with Noin Bullet because I have never collaborated with a SKA genre band, and Noin Bullet is one of the pioneers of SKA bands in Indonesia."

During the Unbeaten tour, they took the time to record and rearrange the song Kegilaan Ini with the help of Haniel Ko, an old bass player who is also the owner of the Buraksa recording studio.

After completing the tour at the four planned locations, this tour suddenly expanded to 15 locations. On August 2, 2024, Noin Bullet held a release event for the collaborative single Kegilaan Ini as part of the closing of the Unbeaten tour.

"This event is the closing momentum of the 'Unbeaten' tour that started from May 2024 to July 2024, as well as the launch of a new single in collaboration with OmBags," concluded Chaerul.

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