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Erev Rav- anarcho-punk from israhell

Discussion in 'Band promotion & new album releases' started by Pirhah, Jan 9, 2014.

  1. Pirhah

    Pirhah Member New Member


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    shameless self-promotion ahead

    so we are Erev Rav, which means something like horde or riffraff but i'm not sure about the exact translation. according to the biblical story, when the Israelites got out of Egypt, along with them there were a combination and nations ("goyim") which join them to their journey in the dessert, and make them do sins and upset god. the famous golden calf was under their influence for example. we see them as one of the first examples of resistance against organised religion, and god himself. also in Israeli slang "Erev Rav" is used by the right to describe left-wings. anyway we are 4 piece anarcho/hardcore/rocknroll/punk rock band from israhell and we trying not to get stuck on one genre of music and focusing on social and political issues. our songs are in Hebrew and dealing with issues such the brutal occupation, war crimes and human rights violation by the Israeli state in occupied Palestine, life in a militarist and violent state, animal liberation, environmental destruction, racism in Israeli society, support of immigrants and refugees, insurrection against the state and capitalism, emotional stuff, and so on.
    we had a tour in israhell this winter, to promote our EP. right now we're taking a break because our bass player wants to do another band (and she's a permanent member of our band so we're not looking for other bass player), but we will record another EP soon with all the other songs that didn't recorded yet on the first EP and then maybe form other bands \m/ :thumbsup: :D
    http://imageshack.com/a/img845/9996/dboz.jpg
    http://imageshack.com/a/img202/859/dj5b.jpg
    http://imageshack.com/a/img826/2191/xblr.jpg

    anyway here our bandcamp for the first EP:
    http://erevrav.bandcamp.com/

    too lazy to translate the songs right now, but I'll do it if there is enough demand :)
     

  2. Pirhah

    Pirhah Member New Member


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    forgot important thing- the cover of our EP is Moshe Silman seting himself on fire during a demonstration for social justice in tel aviv. he left a letter blaming the Israeli state for his poverty.
    read his story:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Silman

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  3. Rebellious twit

    Rebellious twit Experienced Member Experienced member


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    you guys sound great!..translation please!
     
  4. Havran

    Havran Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    Yea, translation would be nice :)
     
  5. Pirhah

    Pirhah Member New Member


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    1. Holding Tight
    I saw how magazines and shows on tv
    holy prophets of a cheap and empty culture
    poisoned the minds of entire generations
    harmony of horror and disgust

    Holding tight, barely surviving
    struggling to keep my mind sane

    I saw sacred values turning into ridicule
    I saw kids wearing uniform and going to murder
    I saw whole forests turning into a sea of dirt
    in the name of a dying human civilization

    Holding tight, barely surviving
    struggling to keep my mind sane

    2. Columbine High School massacre
    Have you ever thought about that
    you might be the next victim
    of a spontaneous violent outbreak
    when nothing will stop the loneliness
    that this sick society is creating
    when loss of goal and cumulative frustration
    will turn into live ammunition and weapon
    when the paralyzing reality
    that wraps our lives
    and chokes us when we look in the mirror
    will turn into a ever growing tumor
    until it will explode and there will be nowhere left to go

    These are not rotten apples
    this is not a warning
    this is merely a by-product
    of a death culture
    this is the reality you have created
    and cultivated for years
    this is the reality you grudgingly accept
    every time you waking up to work in the morning

    3. Empty Days
    Life in front of a screen
    has no actual value
    a sequence of empty days
    and sleepless nights
    I'm not going to tell you
    that everything is going to be okay
    I'm am not wrapping the reality in a gift packaging
    a glory morning will not shine tomorrow
    our hopes and dreams will not save us from a culture of death
    how disgusting their cities are
    how much madness is required to keep the machine working
    skulls and fractures of lives in the sideways of the state
    on the path of self destruction
    I'm not going to tell you you only need to believe
    not going to feed you empty cliches
    it's the dreamers, the amazing, the creative ones
    that this world is breaking most easily
    maybe in the last time
    we will stand on barricades
    and stop with our bodies white smoke
    when the last attack on authority will pass without blinking
    and the state will attack systematically any sign of life
    maybe then people will sleep without waking up
    zombies will stare into colorful screens
    shopping mall managers will seat satisfied in their offices
    harmony from theory to practice

    4. Amusement for the weekend
    So how can you scream
    when everybody are sensitive to noise
    everybody are dead around
    unfortunately there's nothing new about that

    Emotions are going wild inside
    the silence is destroyed by noise
    they ear only screams
    they can't ear any words

    Amusement for the weekend

    5. Rotten system
    Sitting, wondering to myself
    how come it's moral to hold weapons yet illegal to hold flowers
    animals in cages
    rules that require injustice

    A system that allows to one person
    be the master of another
    yet doesn't allow the whole humanity
    to be the master of themselves

    How come those in uniform
    can take lives
    and we are nothing but a workforce

    Hierarchy and authority will kill us all
    not to mention nations and borders
    a rotten systems that shits the fate of the whole humanity

    6. Self-destruction mechanism
    If it's so good to die for our country and death is so wonderful
    why won't you take a gun and shoot yourselves in the head
    before you sick ideology and your twisted nationalism
    will corrupt even more mind then its already done

    Abused child turned into abusing father
    oppressed people turned into oppressors
    your hypocrisy turned into a status quo
    and everyone with eyes
    can see where this shit is going to

    Self-destruction mechanism

    7. Almost dead
    Bloodsuckers are hiding in every corner
    forced human interaction
    the best defence is the attack
    and we're all natural born killers
    turning backward is actually a progress
    everybody sacrificing their lives to a goal
    they know nothing about
    they only thinking they have no choice
    they are right about one thing
    nothing will ever change
    but even if everything around me is almost dead
    I'm not going to allow them keep destroying others
    (I'm keeping destroying others)
     
  6. Havran

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    Nice lyrics, especially Columbine high school massacre, I guess that's something many people don't even think about, and automatically label these killers as psychos. Well, that face in my avatar has pretty similar story :D
     
  7. ungovernable

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    Nice stuff. Do you have any contacts with Anarchists Against The Wall ? How's their influence in israel anarchist scene ?

    This website is donating money to them through the t-shirt sales
     
  8. Pirhah

    Pirhah Member New Member


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    I was active with them for a while, went to meetings and demonstrations in the West Bank. I don't live in Tel Aviv anymore so it herder for me right now, but still going to Bill'in every once in a while.

    in terms of Israeli anarchist "scene", things kinda faded since the 90's and 00's. AAtW is the only thing that is actually still active and ongoing, except the rise of radical feminism and queer politics, which taking an interesting turn. there is also a nation-wide rise of the animal liberation movement is israhell, in which anarchists taking a small part.

    you can read all about the situation of the current anarchists movement in israhell here:
    http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2013/11/ ... a-history/
     
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