Shalom Hanoch
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Shalom Hanoch (born September 1, 1946) is an Israeli rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 singer, lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

 and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

.

He is considered to be the father of Israeli rock
Israeli rock
Israeli rock is rock music created by Israeli bands and singers.-The development of Israeli rock in the 1960s:Israel's initial attitude toward rock music was extremely negative. Israeli musicians of the time believed it was a trend that would soon pass...

 and the most important artist of that area. His works have profoundly influenced Israeli rock and modern Israeli music. His collaboration with Arik Einstein
Arik Einstein
Arik Einstein is an Israeli singer-songwriter.Einstein was a vocalist for Batzal Yarok , Shleeshiyat Gesher Hayarkon and Hahalonot Hagvohim . His collaboration with Shalom Hanoch and the Churchills planted the seeds for the first Israeli rock albums...

 produced some of the first Israeli rock albums.

Biography

Shalom Hanoch was born in Kibbutz Mishmarot. As a child his musical talent was known in the kibbutz, and until he discovered Rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

, he listened to a wide variety of genres (from Classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

, through Russian folk music, Gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

, and Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

).

After getting his first Jazz guitar
Jazz guitar
The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of guitar playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed "jazz"...

 when he was around 12 years old, Hanoch began composing his own songs. By the age of 14 he had completed his first song – Laila (Night). Along with another member of the Kibbutz, Meir Ariel
Meir Ariel
Meir Ariel was an Israeli singer-songwriter.He was known as a "man of words" for his poetic use of the Hebrew language in his lyrics. His influences included Hebrew poets such as Natan Alterman, S. Y...

, he wrote more songs, and joined the Kibbutz's band – HaMishmaron. Songs from that time include Agadat Deshe (Grass Legend), Nisa LaYam (We'll Go To The Beach), Risim (Eyelashes) and Yom Acharon (Last Day). At 16, he took acting classes at Beit Tzvi arts school.

Nahal Army Troupe

Although at that point he was more interesting in acting than in creating music, Hanoch was recruited by the Nahal
Nahal
Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas...

 army troupe when he turned 18, and wrote a few songs for the troupe while in the service. He was demobilized in 1968, but not before he had participated in a recording of the best-of album made of re-recorded versions to 50's and 60's hits by the troupe called Kol HaKavod LaNahal (Well Done, Nahal). In this album Hanoch sang Mitria Bishnaim along with the troupe's star, Shula Chen. The two were mentioned on the cover, an innovation for army band recordings.

Pre-Rock

In 1967 Shalom performed with the High Windows club in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

. It was there that he was introduced to Arik Einstein
Arik Einstein
Arik Einstein is an Israeli singer-songwriter.Einstein was a vocalist for Batzal Yarok , Shleeshiyat Gesher Hayarkon and Hahalonot Hagvohim . His collaboration with Shalom Hanoch and the Churchills planted the seeds for the first Israeli rock albums...

, who was already a star in Israel. Impressed with what he had seen and heard, Einstein suggested that Hanoch write songs for him. A first EP, Hagar was released the same year, with four of Hanoch's compositions performed by Einstein.

Hanoch's great breakthrough occurred in 1968 when Arik Einstein recorded his second album, Mazal Gdi, which contained only songs written by Hanoch. He also wrote the lyrics for six of them. The Cooperation between the two continued in the Israel Song Festival (Festival HaZemer), when Einstein performed Hanoch's songs. But the complex, unusual song "Prague," which dealt with the Soviet invasion of the capital of the Czech Republic, was not well received by the audience. In 1969 Hanoch and his former Nahal-band member, Chanan Yovel, joined with Beni Amdurski and founded the band HaShlosharim. Shalom composed many of the band's songs. In these years he also wrote a lot of songs for other artists.

Rock Revolution

In 1970 Arik Einstein, Shalom Hanoch and The Churchills
The Churchills
The Churchills was an Israeli band founded in 1965, active until the mid-1970s. It was a part of the rhythm bands scene that were active in Israel in the 1970s, especially in Ramla. The band played rock music in English, from psychedelic rock to hard rock...

 created a new Israeli sound, influenced by Anglo-American Rock n' Roll. The album Shablul, in which Hanoch composed all the songs, pioneered this new sound. One of the best-known songs from this album was Ma Ata Ose KsheAta Kam Baboker (What Do You Do When You Wake Up in the Morning). The Churchills, who played on most of the songs, was a band influenced by the Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

 of the late 60s, and this kind of psychedelia appeared in some of their songs. Shablul's lyrics were another expression of musical innovation and changes in Israeli music. The words were written in popular rather than official and formal language, as was used in Israeli songs before. Along with the extraordinary lyrics, one old-style song was in the album – HaBalada Al Yoel Moshe Salomon (The Ballad About Yoel Moshe Salomon).

Plastelina, the second Einstein-Hanoch album, was recorded four months after the first. Two more artists who worked with Einstein that time, Shmulik Kraus
Shmulik Kraus
Shmulik Kraus is an Israeli actor and Pop-Rock singer and composer. Kraus published solo albums, as well as participating in Rock groups and actor groups . He participted in some movies .He composed many songs for other performers Shmulik Kraus (Hebrew: שמוליק קראוס, born in 1935) is an Israeli...

 and Josie Katz, took part in recording and composing. In the same year Hanoch wrote and composed a song for Uri Zohar
Uri Zohar
Uri Zohar is a former Israeli film director, actor, and comedian who left the entertainment world to become a rabbi.-Biography:Zohar was born in Tel Aviv in 1934. In 1952, he graduated high school and did his military service in an army entertainment troupe. His first marriage ended in divorce.By...

's Hitromemut movie. In 1971 Hanoch flew to London in order to start an international career.

International career

In London Shalom signed a contract with producer and music publisher Dick James
Dick James
Dick James , born Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick, was a music publisher and the founder of the DJM record label and recording studios, as well as The Beatles' publisher Northern Songs.-Early life:...

, who worked with Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

 that time. In 1971 Hanoch recorded a solo album in English, Shalom. The album was recorded and produced by James' record company
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

, DJM
DJM
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, with Elton John's backing band. The record included songs that were composed by Hanoch in Israel and were translated to English, and also included new compositions. A few of these became more famous in Israel several years later, when they were translated into Hebrew and appeared in his solo albums, and in an album by his new band Tamouz
Tamouz (band)
Tamouz was an Israeli rock band which released the influential album "End of the Orange Season" in 1976.The band did not attain much commercial success, but they are a reference point in Israeli Rock, with hits like: "Sof Onat Ha'Tapuzim" and "Ma She'Youter Amok Yoter Cachol"...

. With his return to Israel in 1973 Hanoch claimed he had come back because it was hard for him to succeed in other countries, and writing in English did not suit him. In 1976 the album was released in Israel by CBS
Columbia Records
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 and sold out in stores very fast. CBS never produced additional copies of the album, and it was never re-released.

Back in Israel

In 1973 Hanoch returned to Israel. He and Ariel Zilber
Ariel Zilber
Ariel Zilber is an Israeli singer-songwriter and composer. He is considered one of the most prominent musicians and singer-songwriters in Israeli music, known for his highly literate lyrics and for his simple yet profound style.Zilber became a Baal Tshuva following the 2005 disengagement from...

 founded the group Tamouz
Tamouz (band)
Tamouz was an Israeli rock band which released the influential album "End of the Orange Season" in 1976.The band did not attain much commercial success, but they are a reference point in Israeli Rock, with hits like: "Sof Onat Ha'Tapuzim" and "Ma She'Youter Amok Yoter Cachol"...

. With them leading the band, Tamouz became the most significant rock band of the late 70s in Israel. Tamouz's only album – Sof Onat HaTapuzim (End of the Orange Season)(1976), was a milestone in the development of Israeli Rock, and became the preeminent album of its time. Tamouz went on a performance tour which was very successful. However, the tour's production costs were high and the band lost money. The group embarked on a last, successful tour which recouped some of its losses. However, it then disbanded due to its poor finances and Zilber's dissatisfaction with the band's musical type and genre. Tamouz reunited for a few tours in 1983, and also performed in the memory of Meir Ariel
Meir Ariel
Meir Ariel was an Israeli singer-songwriter.He was known as a "man of words" for his poetic use of the Hebrew language in his lyrics. His influences included Hebrew poets such as Natan Alterman, S. Y...

 in 2000, a year after his death.

Adam Betoch Azmo

After Tamouz disbanded, Hanoch released his first Hebrew solo album – Adam Betoch Azmo (1977, A Man Inside Himself). The songs were silent and minoric, including Adam Betoch Azmo, Ir Zara (Foreign Town), Tiyul LeYafo (A Trip to Jaffa
Jaffa
Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...

), and Rack Lirkod (Just Dance). Most of these songs talked about Hanoch's life, after a bitter divorce from his wife. In 1978 Hanoch performed in the Neviot Festival. The performances there were very successful, and made Hanoch an esteemed rock singer. In this time Hanoch recorded his song – Haya Kedai (It Was Worth It), which was a huge success.

In 1979, Arik Einstein and Shalom Hanoch started an elaborately produced joint tour. The performance was recorded in Heichal HaTarbut
Frederic R. Mann Auditorium
Fredric R. Mann Culture Center, commonly referred to as The Culture Palace, is a performing arts venue in Tel Aviv, Israel, which was opened in 1957 at Habima Square.It is home to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra....

 and was released as Arik Einstein VeShalom Hanoch BeHofa'a Meshutefet. This album contained new songs of both Einstein and Hanoch, and two medleys (almost 20 minutes long each) of their best songs from their albums in the 1970s.

In 1980 Hanoch produced Einstein's MiShirei Sasha Argov
Sasha Argov
-Early life:Argov was born in Moscow. He immigrated to Palestine from Russia in 1934 with his parents.-Music career:He started composing at the age of five, began his formal music training one year later, and composed hundreds of popular songs. Among them were songs for the Israel Defense Forces,...

. In the same year he also wrote and composed Shir Lelo Shem for Yehudit Ravitz
Yehudit Ravitz
Yehudit Ravitz is an Israeli singer-songwriter. She was born in Be'er Sheva, in southern Israel. As of 2010, she had released 20 albums and has been performing for nearly 20 years, also musically producing several albums for other musicians.-Music career:...

, which was written in memory of Shalom's nephew, Avshalom, in November. Hanoch also composed a few songs for Einstein's album Hamush BeMishkafaim (Armed with Glasses), and composed Nurit Galron
Nurit Galron
Nurit Galron is an Israeli singer. She is married to the Israeli TV and radio journalist, Rafi Reshef.- Discography :# What the Heavens Give # Greatest Hits # Goodbye Honey # That Place # Classic # Within The Storms...

's very well known song – Ki HaAdam Etz HaSade.

White Wedding

In 1981 Hanoch created one of his most prominent albums – Chatuna Levana (White Wedding). This album differed from Hanoch's previous albums, since it was very dark sounding, and it was the first time Hanoch sang in his familiar voice of today, and not in a tenor as at the start of his career. The songs were very complex, and dealt with Hanoch's divorce, relationships, money and success. The album did not achieve commercial success for the first several years after its release, but today it is recognized as a modern, heavy and rough rock creation in Hebrew.

The 1980s

In 1983 Hanoch recorded the album Al Pnei HaAdama about man and nature. The album contained three new songs, and re-recordings of older songs. In 1985 he recorded his most successful album – Mehakim LeMashiach (Waiting for Mashiach). The album contained political-social songs: "Waiting for Mashiach" dealt with the suicide of Mashiach after the crash of the Israeli Stock Market, Lo Otzer BeAdom (Doesn't Stop For Red Lights) was written about the 1982 Lebanon War
1982 Lebanon War
The 1982 Lebanon War , , called Operation Peace for Galilee by Israel, and later known in Israel as the Lebanon War and First Lebanon War, began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon...

. It also contained personal songs and love songs. This album was produced by Hanoch and Moshe Levi, who since then became his musical partner. Hanoch planned a tour in small halls, but eventually he decided to risk putting on four stadium shows. In 1988 Hanoch created another album, "Rak Ben-Adam" (Only human) which wasn't very successful because it was partially made in England.

The 1990s

In 1991 Hanoch recorded his album BaGilgul Haze which was a big success. One of the songs, Kacha VeKacha, was written as a joke but was very successful.
In 1992 Hanoch released a collection of songs, partially from a live show, called Lo Yachol Lishon Achashav (Can't Sleep Now). In 1994 he recorded A-Li-Mut (Violence); in 1997 he released Erev Erev (Evening Evening), which also included a few translated songs from his English album. In the same year he composed Shalom Haver (Goodbye Friend), in the memory of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....

, for Einstein's album LeAn Parhu HaParparim. This was the first cooperation between Einstein and Hanoch after 17 years. The cooperation resulted in a joint album by Einstein and him – Muskat (1999).

New Millennium

In 2001 an independent label, "C90", produced a bootleg
Bootleg recording
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 from Hanoch's White Wedding tour. In 2002, 25 years after the release of Adam Betoch Azmo, the album was released again with a bonus song that was recorded in 2000 with David Broza
David Broza
David Broza is a multi-platinum Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Personal life:The son of an Israeli–British businessman and a folk singer, Broza was born in Haifa, Israel. He was raised and educated in England and Spain, where he was schooled at Runnymede College, in Madrid...

. In 2003 he recorded Or Israeli with the rock band Monica Sex
Monica Sex
Monica Sex is an Israeli rock band that is very popular among young fans and the contemporary music scene. Their music is generally characterized by its alternative rock sound and catchy lyrics, which led many of their songs to become radio hits and greatly recognizable in Israeli culture.One of...

. In 2004 the Yetzia tour was released as a live album
Live album
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. At the end of that year, a five-disk collection was released that summed Shalom's career until then. In the summer of 2005, Hanoch joined Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter, and composer.He was born on November 26, 1949, in Moshav Alonei Abba. In the course of his career, he has sold over 1.5 million albums, making him one of Israel's most successful male singers....

, and they went on a tour called Hitchabrut, which was very successful and was released as a double album.

In 2005, Hanoch was voted the 49th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet
Ynet
Ynet is the most popular Israeli news and general content website. It is owned by the same conglomerate that operates Yediot Ahronot, the country's secondleading daily newspaper...

to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.

Albums

  • 1970 – Plastelina, פלסטלינה [Plasticine] (with Arik Einstein
    Arik Einstein
    Arik Einstein is an Israeli singer-songwriter.Einstein was a vocalist for Batzal Yarok , Shleeshiyat Gesher Hayarkon and Hahalonot Hagvohim . His collaboration with Shalom Hanoch and the Churchills planted the seeds for the first Israeli rock albums...

    )
  • 1970 – Shablool, שבלול [ Snail
    Snail
    Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

     ] (with Arik Einstein)
  • 1971 – Shalom
  • 1977 – Adam Betoch Azmo, אדם בתוך עצמו [A Man Within Himself]
  • 1981 – Hatuna Levana, חתונה לבנה [White Wedding]
  • 1983 – Al Pnei HaAdama, על פני האדמה [On the Ground's Surface]
  • 1985 – Mehakim LeMashiach, מחכים למשיח [Waiting for Mashiach]
  • 1988 – Rak Ben Adam, רק בן אדם [Only Human]
  • 1991 – BaGilgul Haze, בגלגול הזה [In this [This Time Around]]
  • 1992 – Lo Yachol Lishon Achshav, לא יכול לישון עכשיו [Can't Sleep Now]
  • 1994 – Alimut, א-לי-מות [Violence]
  • 1997 – Erev Erev, ערב ערב [Evening Evening]
  • 1999 – Muskat, מוסקט [Muscat] (with Arik Einstein)
  • 2002 – Adam Betoch Azmo (25th Anniversary edition)
  • 2003 – Or Israeli, אור ישראלי [Israeli Light] (with Monica Sex
    Monica Sex
    Monica Sex is an Israeli rock band that is very popular among young fans and the contemporary music scene. Their music is generally characterized by its alternative rock sound and catchy lyrics, which led many of their songs to become radio hits and greatly recognizable in Israeli culture.One of...

    )
  • 2004 – Shablul (Remastered and expanded edition)
  • 2009 – "Shalom Hanoch"

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with HaShlosharim

  • 1969 – HaShlosharim, השלושרים
  • 1991 – HaShlosharim (1st CD release)

with Tamouz

  • 1976 – Sof Onat HaTapuzim, סוף עונת התפוזים [End of the Orange Season]
  • 2006 – Sof Onat HaTapuzim (Second Release)

Live albums

  • 1978 – Behofa'a Chaya, בהופעה חיה [Live]
  • 1980 – Arik Einstein VeShalom Hanoch Behofa'a, אריק איינשטיין ושלום חנוך בהופעה [Einstein and Hanoch Live]
  • 1989 – Shalom Hanoch BeHofa'a – Roman Amiti, שלום חנוך בהופעה – רומן אמיתי [Shalom Hanoch Live – Real Romance]
  • 2003 – Yetzia, יציאה [Exit]
  • 2005 – Shlomo Artzi VeShalom Hanoch BeKeisaria, שלמה ארצי ושלום חנוך בקיסריה [ Shlomo Artzi
    Shlomo Artzi
    Shlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter, and composer.He was born on November 26, 1949, in Moshav Alonei Abba. In the course of his career, he has sold over 1.5 million albums, making him one of Israel's most successful male singers....

     and Shalom Hanoch in Caesarea
    Caesarea (Israel)
    Caesarea is a town in Israel located mid-way between Tel Aviv and Haifa , on the Israeli Mediterranean coast near the city of Hadera. The town was built by Herod the Great about 25-13 BCE as the port city of Caesarea Maritima. Modern Caesarea as of December 2007 has a population of 4,500 people...

     ]

Compilations

  • 1995 – MiShirei Shalom Hanoch BaShanim 1969–1976
  • 2004 – HaKufsa, הקופסא [The Box]
  • 2006 – HaMeitav, המיטב [The Best of]

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External links

  • http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/991922.htmlA voracious appetite for Hebrew music, Haaretz
    Haaretz
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    , Nissim Calderon]
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