The 'Anti' movement: true music lovers?

Things I have learnt:

1) A frontman/vocalist of a band has to be very careful with how he speaks or acts, because people can pounce on his mistakes like vultures but forget the good things he did.

2) A band, no matter  how good their music is, will be hated just because of their 'attitude'.

- People who used to like a band, now say "Ew, I xlayan." Why? Most of the time, itu bukan sebab musik diaorang tak best. No, most of the time, it is because "vocalist dari band tu punya perangai macam babi, doh"

3) We have a lot of unoriginal budak indies. They follow trends, not their own liking.

- Why do you get a group of friends liking and hating the same band? That isn't because all of them hate that one band, it's just because they feel stupid being the only ones liking the band everyone hates.

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People are confusing MUSIC with musicians. Real musicians and real music fans will not hate a band because of attitude or because of following a trend, forgetting completely about the actual thing: MUSIC.

REMEMBER: Without respect, there will never have been the togetherness that made the music scene we have today. So don't break the respect by being disrespectful towards musicians or music in general. Here's what we must know; just because a band might have done disrespectful things, or made mistakes, itu tak maksud kitaorang kena kutuk diaorang. Kita selalu cakap tentang 'RESPECT' tapi I selalu nampak semua 'peminat indie' macam punya hati dendam je. 

But that's the problem. People love making a band feel or sound like shit the moment the band has reached stardom.

I will use Hujan as an example, because I can actually refer to them with actual information.

Hujan started out and worked hard to get to the top, to the position they are at now. They created music well loved by the crowds, music that even those that don't layan Hujan can sing along to.

They created a sound so many bands, like Hijau, Bootsy Ruckus and The Hujans (yes, there is a 'The Hujans') have been influenced by. What does this mean? This means Hujan was/is something.

Then the 'ANTI's began:

What went wrong? 

Some say it was the Akademi Fantasia issue.

Some say it was the issue of Noh's utterance on homosexuals.

Some say it's just Noh's attitude in general. 

WHY the ANTI-ism is pointless, especially coming from those who call themselves "budak indie"s. 

On Akademi Fantasia:

Hujan is not, and will not be, and was not, the only band that had been difficult in terms of people using their stuff. Many bands before had sued other musicians for copping, for stealing, etc. 

A question untuk korang:

Is it the fault of Hujan; who rejected the use of their ONE song without publicizing it... or is it the fault of the media, and those who judged and insulted; who made it such a big oh-my-god thing?

On Noh's 'homophobic' issue:

I don't want to comment much on that, I am only going to put this reminder:

Even if Noh is homophobic (something that no one really knows), he is NOT the only one. 

He is not the only frontman that commented, joked or offended homosexuals. Again, he will not, he wasn't and isn't the only one. 

On Noh's attitude:

Then there is the issue of Noh's attitude offstage. 

"Dia ni sombong, tak layan orang lain, ingat diri sangat hebat"

This is a repeated line I hear. But you know, aku selalu dengar orang bagitau "Kawan I cakap, Noh sombong."

Tapi I tak pernah dengar orang cakap "I pernah jumpa Noh, dia ni sangat sombong doh, dengan I".

The only person I talk to who actually talks with Noh, says Noh is feeling so damn stressed because he feels responsible for causing so much trouble untuk Hujan. So, kepada semua orang yang Anti-Hujan: Congratulations, korang dah menang. -_-

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WHY the 'Anti' Movements piss me off:

No true peminat muzik will really, truly hate a band. I am not just speaking as a Rainger, tapi bagai seorang yang sudah menyampah dengan perangai semua poser "budak indie".

If you do not like a band because of their music, that is acceptable. 

If you don't like a band because of the members, that just looks like you don't care about the music at all, just the people. Itulah perangai peminat muzik ke? I tak rasa doh.

Remember Johor? How Hujan had to leave the stage with broken spirits because of the major group of Anti-Hujan people throwing objects and words at them? The middle fingers, the bottles, the sharp objects.

Ask yourselves... is that the acts of true music fans? Is it? Would a true peminat muzik/budak indie purposefully destroy the works of a rising band just because they want to 'fck diaorang'? The fact that people think it is okay to be so rude makes me sick. 

A true musician will not "ANTI" any band, musician or genre. Why? Because music is universal, and every type of music was built upon hard work and determination. A true budak indie will not hate, but only say "I tak layan diaorang". Remember that.

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With Love,

KL Mosher

PS: Again, I repeat: I did not write this because I want to SUPPORT Hujan.

Imagine this:

Now everybody LOVES Meet Uncle Hussain.

What if one day, Lan tiba-tiba cakap dia 'gay'?

An Anti-MUH will form, NOT because of the music, but because of the member. This is what I mean. It is a sick movement. It should stop.