Beer7 () is a

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band from

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. The name is a shortened version of the city's name – ''Sheva'' is Hebrew for seven. The band was formed in 2001, and recorded its first album in 2003. The album ''Skandal'' was distributed by an

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label named "Ra records". It was sold out and later uploaded online. Beer7 performs all over Israel, in punk festivals, clubs and pubs. They performed with Israeli bands

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, Sartan HaShad, Kuku Bloff veHayetushim, Beat 69, and the Australian band

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. Beer7's music video for the

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tribute ''The Radio's Not a Friend'' reached 1st place on the Israeli music video channel,

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. The band's currently recording their second album, "Birat Ha'Negev".

Line-up

* Dafna Arad –

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* Dudu Rosen –

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* Alon Ziv –

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* Guy Drory –

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* Oded Ben Itzhak –

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Former members

* Raz Lahav –

* Michael Lupu –

Beer7 in the Israeli punk scene

There were few women on stage in Israeli

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shows before Beer7's Dafna Arad. This started a whole girl scene that includes bands like Va'adat Kishut, Phoney Pony, and CUBAN B, all girl-fronted.

Discography

Skandal (2003)

No Space (2010)

References

External links

Beer7 on MySpace Music
Israeli punk rock groups Musical groups established in 2002 2002 establishments in Israel Music in Beersheba Ska groups {{Israel-band-stub