Fun Trivia : International Music

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

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Mike Brant was born Moshe Brand Sela in an immigrant camp in Cyprus. He was Raised in Haifa, Israel. In 1969, at the age of 22, French singer Sylvie Vertan discovered him when both of them performed at the Baccara club in Tehran. Although at the beginning he did not know a word of French, he has skyrocketed to formidable success in France. What happened to him in April 25th, 1975?

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He has committed suicide. The burden of success was too much for the young Israeli singer. His voice had an incredible depth. Try to listen to his most famous hit "Laisse moi t'aimer" ("Let me love you"), you won't regret.



What is the name of two different Israeli jazz musicians who are based nowadays in the USA? One is a contrabass player, the other is a trumpeter.

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Avishai Cohen. The "first" Avishai Cohen is the gifted contrabass player who has participated in about 10 Chick Corea albums in the 90s and went solo in 1998. Nowadays he is a hot name in the modern jazz scene. The "second" Avishai Cohen is the trumpeter and member of fusion band Third World Love, three members of which are Israelis from Tel Aviv. Nir Zidkyahu is a session drummer who played and toured with Genesis, as well as with many other bands. Aviv Cohen is also a session drummer who played with Gloria Estefan. Tal Herzberg is a producer whose clients span from Christina Aguilera to Herbie Hancock.



Which Israeli band has revolutionized the trance scene in their album "Animal" (2000) by letting pure Rock music sounds enter right through the front door?

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Skazi. Skazi's innovative and somewhat provocative approach has earned Asher Swissa (band leader, aka Skazi himself) a status of a heretic in the psy-trance scene. Hardcore trance fans will never forgive him for using the guitar and other rock hero antics :-) But, this does not prevent him from becoming one of the busiest performers in major raves all over the globe.



The deceased founding member of which rock behemoth was born in Israel?

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Red Hot Chili Peppers. True that this doesn't exactly fall under the category of "Israeli music", as Hillel Slovak's family left Israel for the USA when Slovak was 5. Like many others in this quiz he was born in Haifa (1962), and also was a son of two holocaust survivors. In 1988, he died from a heroin overdose. Thanks for taking my quiz. Hope it lures you into further interest in the fascinating music Israel has to offer.