Yidcore

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Yidcore is a Jewish punk rock band from Australia, known for playing punk covers of Jewish and Israeli songs. Their first self-titled album was released in 2001. Though most of their material is covers, the band started writing more of its own material in later albums.

In 2003 the band arrived at Israel for its first tour of the country, and released the live/rare tracks album Scrambles: New, Live, Rare and Classic Shtick to celebrate the tour.

In 2005 the band released a double album, titled Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin on ya Roof, via Rubber Records. The band again arrived at Israel for a second tour, and this time released the album Rocket to Rechovoth to celebrate the event, in reference to Ramones album Rocket to Russia, using the Israeli city of Rechovot.

The band's most recent album, titled They Tried to Kill Us. They Failed. Let's Eat! was released in 2007, again via Rubber Records. The 16-track album contained only 3 covers of Israeli songs.

In April 2008 Yidcore went on their third Israeli tour, and released a new EP, titled The Hummusexual E.P., given away for free with every band merchandise purchased at the tour[1].

The band's logo is a variation of the Ramones logo (which, in its turn, is based on the Seal of the President of the United States), with the names of the band members in Hebrew. The eagle is replaced by a chicken with a menora above its head, the apple tree branch replaced by a shofar, the arrows replaced by the Magen David and the writing "Oy Vey, Let's Eat" instead of "Hey Ho, Let's Go". The band's mascot is a rubber chicken called Scrambles, usually taped to lead singer Bram Presser's microphone on concerts.

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[edit] Members

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  • Bram Presser - vocals
  • Myki Slonim - guitar
  • Tim Vogetherr - bass guitar
  • Rory Kelaart - drums

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

  • 2001 - Yidcore (Swell Records/Big Daddy Distro)
  • 2005 - Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin on ya Roof (Rubber Records)
  • 2005 - Rocket to Rechovoth (Speck Records)
  • 2007 - They Tried to Kill Us. They Failed. Let's Eat! (Rubber Records/EMI)

[edit] EPs/Splits

  • 2002 - The Great Chicken Soup Caper EP (Swell Records/Big Daddy Distro)
  • 2003 - The Adam Sandler EP (Little Big Music/MRA)
  • 2004 - Attack of the B-Killers - split with Man Alive, Useless ID, Atom And His Package (Boomtown/MGM)
  • 2008 - The Hummusexual E.P. (Speck Records)

[edit] Live albums

  • 2003 - Scrambles: New, Live, Rare and Classic Shtick (released independantly)

[edit] DVDs

  • 2005 - Wind Beneath my Wings (Rubber Records/Boomtown)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Darren Levin (2008-04-15). Punk band YIDcore set for Israel concerts. The Australian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ Darren Levin (2005-12-22). Yidcore. The Age. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.

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