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Sampul Album Cadas Monumental: AROUND THE FUR

Around the Fur merupakan album major label kedua Deftones setelah Adrenaline. Dirilis pada 1997, dengan menjagokan singel My Own Summer (Shove It) serta Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) rekaman ini sanggup mengantarkan kontingen asal Sacramento, California, ini ke eselon terhormat jajaran artis Alternative Metal (bersama Korn, System of a Down, dsb). Terjual hingga mencapai hampir sejuta kopi, bisa jadi salah satu faktornya ditunjang oleh sampul depannya yang provokatif. Coba simak gambar sebelah kiri.
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Around the Fur merupakan album major label kedua Deftones setelah Adrenaline. Dirilis pada 1997, dengan menjagokan singel My Own Summer (Shove It) serta Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) rekaman ini sanggup mengantarkan kontingen asal Sacramento, California, ini ke eselon terhormat jajaran artis Alternative Metal (bersama Korn, System of a Down, dsb).

Terjual hingga mencapai hampir sejuta kopi, bisa jadi salah satu faktornya ditunjang oleh sampul depannya yang provokatif. Coba saja perhatikan.

Menurut si oknum yang bertanggungjawab terhadap artwork ini, fotografer bernama Rick Kosick?yang sebelumnya pernah menjadi kontributor di majalah skate Big Brother (almarhum) serta awak kamera bagi serial MTV Jackass serta Wild Boyz?pemilihan model berdada ranum ini sesungguhnya di luar rencana. Rick?vokalis Chino Moreno dan gitaris Stephen Carpenter merupakan fans beratnya?sengaja diterbangkan ke lokasi Around the Fur digarap, Seattle, untuk mengerjakan sampulnya.

» I know Chino was really into skateboarding at the time, and Steph has always been into BMX. At the time, I was doing a lot of Rock shots, too. They thought I was the right guy for the job, so everything fell into place «

Begitu tiba di studio rekaman, Rick segera saja menunaikan tugasnya. Gemuruh aktivitas Deftones apik diabadikannya. Bukan di wilayah itu saja, bahkan saat berpesta larut malam pun kameranya dibawa serta. Sampai akhirnya di sebuah suka-ria yang melibatkan banyak wanita di sebuah jacuzzi, Rick kepincut dengan salah satu dari groupie tersebut, utamanya karena buah dadanya yang subur lagi makmur. Ahem.

Fotografer yang memulai karirnya di majalah skate Poweredge dan Slap ini mencoba mengingat kembali kejadiannya,

» They were having this after-hours party with all these chicks hanging out in the jacuzzi. I just happened to take a photo of a girl at, like, 4 o’ clock in the morning. I don’t even know who she is?she was just a groupie, I think. I just saw her big tits and was like, damn, I gotta photograph this «

Foto sekali jepret?minus arahan gaya sebagaimana umumnya photoshoot profesional?tersebut, siapa nyana siapa sangka justru berujung menjadi sampul album Around the Fur.

» It was one photo?that was it. One-take Jake. It wasn’t like I was up there going, ‘Hey, we’re shooting the cover.’ I was kinda, like, leaning over with my fish-eye, and the shot just magically happened. Actually, you can see my feet right next to her «

Iya, sepasang kaki di sebelah sang model ya kakinya Rick Kosick. Hiks.

Rick mencoba mengingat lebih detail kejadian tepatnya. Katanya sang groupie sejatinya kurang menyambut gembira apa yang dilakukan Rick. Ia tersinggung. Selain menganggap Rick kurang menghargai ruang privatnya juga posisi Rick terlalu dekat dada si groupie. Rick tak peduli. Dia langsung main jepret?so-called “One-take Jake”?lalu kabur begitu saja (namun tampaknya gadis tersebut belakangan menyetujui foto provokatif itu dipajang sebagai sampul album).

» She was offended because I was in her personal space. She made some comment about being too close to her boobs. So I took the photo, walked away, and never spoke to her again. I know they found her and got her to sign a release, though «

Rick jujur mengakui dirinya bangga pernah punya peran penting di perjalanan karir Deftones.

» I was really stoked to be a part of that project. I’m actually looking at the gold record they gave me right now. It’s hanging on my wall. It’s like, Fuck, yeah?I did a Deftones cover «

Karya Rick Kosick pada versi lain dari Around the Fur


EP Deftones rilisan tahun 1998 yang juga buatan Rick Kosick


Salah satu cover depan majalah Big Brother hasil jepretan Rick

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*Artikel ini pertama kali tayang di Musikator pada November 2008

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Rudolf Dethu

Rudolf Dethu

Music journalist, writer, radio DJ, socio-political activist, creative industry leader, and a qualified librarian, Rudolf Dethu is heavily under the influence of the punk rock philosophy. Often tagged as this country’s version of Malcolm McLaren—or as Rolling Stone Indonesia put it ‘the grand master of music propaganda’—a name based on his successes when managing Bali’s two favourite bands, Superman Is Dead and Navicula, both who have become two of the nation’s biggest rock bands.
Rudolf Dethu

Rudolf Dethu

Music journalist, writer, radio DJ, socio-political activist, creative industry leader, and a qualified librarian, Rudolf Dethu is heavily under the influence of the punk rock philosophy. Often tagged as this country’s version of Malcolm McLaren—or as Rolling Stone Indonesia put it ‘the grand master of music propaganda’—a name based on his successes when managing Bali’s two favourite bands, Superman Is Dead and Navicula, both who have become two of the nation’s biggest rock bands.

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