Zikney Tzfat were a grunge

Grunge

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 / punk band formed in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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, Israel

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 around 1990 by Maor Cohen, Yoni Bentovim, Oren Lutenberg, and later joined by Rea Mochiach. They were known for their wild and chaotic concerts and their extreme lyrics which were full with absurdist humour.

Description

In the period of their first album (simply titled Zikney Tzfat) their music was very noisy and influenced by American grunge bands like Killdozer and Butthole Surfers. Around 1994 the band members changed and the band released another album (Zikney Tzfat 2), which was more soft and melodic and was more successful commercially (it sold gold) but musically was less appreciated by critics and band fans. In 1995 they released two more albums (Ten Li Shlager and Ten Li Shlager 2 which were more "Low Fi" in their nature and were musically more reminiscent of the first album. The band split in 1996.

++Recent activities
Cohen continues to make music as a solo artist, Lutenberg is playing guitar with some of the best musicians in Israel (Bari Sacharof amongst them), Mochiach was playing with Gogol Bordello and David Byrne amongst others and continues to make music and Bentovim is a film maker based in London. Other musicians who played in the band in various periods are: Tom Mochiach and Yuval Kiner and Aviv Papo.
Discography

LPs all released by NMC:

• Zikney Tzfat - 1992
• Zikney Tzfat 2 - 1994
• Ten Li Shlager - 1995
• Ten Li Shlager 2 - 1996

External links

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/זקני-צפת-העמוד-הרשמי/114607608554203
• http://mooma.keshet-tv.com/artist.asp?ArtistID=1553 (in Hebrew)
• http://www.nmc-music.co.il/nmc/product_e.asp?sku=00200482NMC&dept_id=1
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12gOY5XDxr0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6sbCAQ7ps
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztUwPC7vBMc&feature=related