Rockfour
| Rockfour | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Cholon , Israel |
| Genre (s) | Neo- psychedelic rock , progressive rock |
| founding | 1988 |
| Website | www.rockfour.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Baruch Ben Yitzhak | |
Bass , vocals |
Marc Lazare |
Drums , vocals |
Issar Tennenbaum |
Keyboard , guitar |
Yaki Gani |
| former members | |
singing |
Eli LuLai |
| Amir Tzoref | |
Rockfour ( Hebrew רוקפור) is an Israeli band formed in Cholon in 1988 . The band can be assigned to neo- psychedelic rock in terms of their musical style . Most of the pieces are written in English.
history
Rockfour's earliest pieces of music were written in Hebrew, such as the 1991 single HaKa'as , which was well received by audiences in Israel and entered the Israeli rock charts.
After the band had made various style and line-up changes, they finally found their own style with their second studio album Ha'ish Shera'a Hakol (in German: The Man Who Saw Everything ) in 1995 , to which they have remained largely true to this day. The music on this album was mainly based on the psychedelic rock of the 1960s, which was emphasized by the use of used vintage instruments and recording equipment. Six music videos were shot for the album. All were in amateur vintage film clips, supplemented by film material from the band in the same style. Although Rockfour were not very well known at the time, their reputation increased noticeably with this album until it was finally, especially among the younger critics, as the best Hebrew-language rock album on the market. Years later, the band received the gold record with 20,000 copies sold .
Towards the end of the 1990s, Rockfour began to write texts in English. During this time a studio album with cover versions of various Israeli rock songs was created; for example by Shalom Hanoch , Arik Einstein and Behazara L'shablul . Although the majority of the songs were written in the band's psychedelic phase and in the typical neo-psychodelic style, albums from this period, like Shablul , are considered to be the most straightforward and uncomplicated of the band. In 1999 Rockfour said goodbye to the Hebrew language with the live album Behofa'a . On the album they played both new and older pieces, accompanied by a string orchestra . The last song on the album is titled Mesibat Siyum , which means something like closing party .
Discography
Studio albums
Hebrew
- 1991: Resheth Parparim (Butterfly Net)
- 1995: Ha'ish Shera'a Hakol (The Man Who Saw Everything)
- 1996: Behazara L'shablul (Shablul Revisited)
English
- 2000: Supermarket
- 2001: One Fantastic Day
- 2004: Nationwide
- 2007: Memories of the Never Happened
- 2013: Too Many Organs
Other publications
Hebrew
- 1999: Rockfour Behofa'a (Live)
English
- 2001: Another Beginning ( compilation of English-language tracks by Supermarket and One Fantastic Day )
- 2003: For Fans Only! ( B-sides , covers and unreleased pieces)