Yidcore
Yidcore were an Australian Jewish punk rock band from Melbourne, formed in 1998. Known primarily for playing punk covers of Jewish and Israeli songs, the band started writing more of its own material in later albums.
The band's logo was 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 logo can be seen on the album cover of Yidcore's compilation Rocket to Rechovoth. The band's mascot is a rubber chicken called Scrambles, which was usually taped to lead singer Bram Presser's microphone on concerts. The chicken has since fallen apart, which was the reason for Yidcore's breakup.
History
Yidcore's first self-titled album was released in 2000.
In 2002, the band released the Great Chicken Soup Caper EP, which contained a song, "Why Won't Adam Sandler Let Us Do His Song?", in which Presser laments about Adam Sandler not giving him permission to cover The Chanukah Song.
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- Eighth Day Slice released:
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Eighth Day Slice
- Pickle Me Screamo
- Lakchu Li Et Hachofest
- Why Won't Adam Sandler Let Us Do His Song?
- Wind Beneath My Wings
- Yo! Toilet Wall! Me! Marriage!
- Motherstrutter
- I Wanna Get to Know You in the Biblical Sense
- New Rock Is Just Like Old Rock Except Kinda Newer Sort Of
- Thank the Lord for Hipster Jeans
- Lu Yehi
- I Will Be So Brief I Have Already Finished
- Aware of the Time
- Anthem for a Slothocracy
- Yoya
- Especially for You
- I Wish I Was More Like Woody Allen Cos My Daughter's a Bit of Alright
- Since I Bothered You
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Total Commercial Failure
by: YidcoreThis is our seventh record
Third on our second label
No money has changed hands
There's still no food on our table
Somehow we're on a major
Does not mean that we've sold out
Cos first we'd have to sell some
And bargain bins do not count
We'll throw a party on the deck as our ship sinks
Let the countdown to our being dropped begin
We'll sure for discrimination
Finally we'll see some
Dollars for our degradation
Total Commercial Failure
We put out our last record
Got heaps of nice reviews
Somebody should have told us
Punk records are not for jews
They prefer top 20
Or crappy folk rock anthems
They'd probably disown us
If they ever paid attention
We're having too much fun
Won't ever write a number one
Cos most of what we do
Turns out commercial number two
But what's wrong with failure
When it still serves to entertain
Its not art or music
So long as it amuses you
So please don't count on us
We do not try avoid success
Can't you see like we must
It is success avoiding us
So where to who can tell
We could be flipping burgers still
We'll be here and so