Abstract

On 14 January 1996, Jakarta hosted an Alternative Pop Festival (hereon JAPF: Jakarta Alternative Pop Festival), at which US acts, Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys and Foo Fighters, performed alongside local bands Pas, Nugie and Netral. In the following month, Californian punk band Green Day played in the capital. These gigs were the first international rock concerts (although organisers carefully dubbed the Festival a ‘pop’ event) to take place in Jakarta since riots occurred at a Metallica concert in 1993...

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