YIDCORE: YIDcore

YIDcore

YIDcore

© 2001 Swell Records (803142130426)

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Punk versions of Jewish classics.

tracks

1 If I Were A Rich Man
2 Hora #5
3 Dayenu
4 Haleluya
5 Minyan Man
6 Maoz Tzur
7 Adon Olam
8 Holy Aligators
9 Al Kol Ele
10 Just One Shabbos
11 Ma Nishtana
12 B'Tzeit Yisrael
13 Shir Hama'alot
14 Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
15 To Life
16 Ose Shalom

notes

Putting the "Oi!" into "Oy Vey!", these young, loud & snotty Australians rip out punk rock versions of Jewish classics.

Rumored to be the product of a brief but strangely intimate liaison between Mel Brooks and Sid Vicious in the late 1970's , YIDcore spent most of their formative years dodging paparazzi and eating chicken soup before discovering references to punk rock hidden in the Bible Code (the book that is, not the code itself). They immediately discarded their rabbinical aspirations, shaved their beards into mohawks, spiked them and started the band that one commentator has noted will see them go 'straight to Hell'.

With a repertoire that ranges from holy liturgy to Fiddler on the Roof and even South Park, YIDcore hold nothing sacred. Indeed, they have often been referred to as the Hebrew Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

YIDcore's self-titled debut album is rumored to be the official soundtrack for the opening ceremony of the Third Temple. If you don't think you can wait until then, act now and buy the album - they also make great gifts! It's available now on Swell Records.

Lock Up Your Kishkes Coz Here Comes YIDcore!!

reviews

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  • The Greatest!
    author: Susan

    Brilliant album. Time to visit the UK!!

  • as always fantastic
    author: nicole

    fantastic, great lost for words, ha ha. now you need a uk tour!!!! pretty please

  • The first Hebrew songs my teen brother's enjoyed since pre-school.
    author: yonatan

    My parents just gave me this CD for Chanuka! They can't stand it, but my younger brother (who usually can't stand Hebrew songs, and won't even sing along with us on Shabbat) loves this CD. In his words: "YIDcore makes Hebrew fun!" My new personal goal is to see YIDcore in concert, just because of how awesome this one CD is. YEAH to punk rock Jews!!

  • That's it!
    author: Aquablood

    What an awesome sound! Love the CD so much I think I am wearing a hole in it already!

  • An awesome idea with an even more awesome sound!
    author: Zach

    Somethin seriously original and helarious, great for any listener who's wantin something to jam to and chuckle about at the same time.

  • Your album is awesome and full of holiness!
    author: Matt Peterson

    Your album is awesome (tov miod/kol sabbaba) and full of kedusha.

  • Excellent for spiritual Pogo Dancing
    author: Rüdi

    Great band, great album! I listen to Punkrock since 20 years. But this band is one of the top artist for spiritual beer drinking and pogo dancing. I'll play this songs in my radio-show (www.pogoradio.com)

  • Incredible, Original and actually Good punk, to boot
    author: Beth Hamon

    Amazing, mindblowing collection of totally punked-up Judaica. Put this CD on and free your mind from those bad memories of Hebrew school. "Al Kol Ele" kicks in a whole new way on this disc!

  • 3 Thumbs Up
    author: Jennie

    Insanely good. Freaking awesome. I've run out of adjectives. This does indeed make Judaism even more fun, all the traditional songs I know "punked out". I desperately await new material! And the cover of Maoz Tsur...masterful.

  • author: Ted Gordon

    I like this CD. We need more music like this in the Jewish community.

  • YOU RULE!! HAHAHA
    author: Dudu

    im from israel, this is the funniest, wierdest yet coolest piece of music i've ever heard!!! you guys rule! keep it up!

  • author: emilia

    YIDcore makes being Jewish fun...really fun.

  • this cd rulz its jewish music with a kickass punk twist
    author: chaim
  • this stuff is amazing
    author: Ben Decker

    Yidcore's first Cd is amazing, they can perfectly mix classic jewish music and hardcore punk-rock. SOme of the songs are classic jewish songs that you'd never listen to unless u were forced into it, but i'd listen to this anytime.

  • A new genre; Yid Core.
    author: Tesserakt

    I can't believe this! I listened to a couple of the tracks and it IS punk but it's Jewish! Well, I guess it's like other religious bands now. There is no difference between them and other bands except the occassional reference to religion. YIDcore though has to be the first of a new genre; Yid Core!

  • Cultural Merger to the Extreme
    author: Ira Rosen

    Most might assume that a merger of punk rock and Jewish music would work as well as chocolate covered escargot - they would be dead wrong! Not only does Yicore combine these two 'incompatible' genres, but they do it successfully (any band can play punk rock badly - these guys do it very well). My family (including my two-year-old daughter) enjoy a bit of slam dancing to the classics contained on this CD. The comic attitude of Yidcore makes this review of Jewish cultural classics absolutely precious. If you're Jewish, you owe it to yourself to buy this CD. If you're not, convert! This is what you're missing ;-)

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