Yidcore

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Melbourne based Jewish punks made up of four silly schmucks called Bram, Myki, Dave and Rory. They also have a rubber chicken mascot named Scrambles who is taped to a microphone during most concerts. Between them they scream, hit things, break strings, and assault you with various foodstuffs catapulted from a smelly old ram's horn. The band formed in the late 1990s at Mount Scopus Memorial College, with their first public performance coming in 1998 at an event organised by the Australasian Union of Jewish Students.[1] 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. In November 2003 the band arrived in Israel for its first tour of the country, and released the live/rare tracks album Scrambles: New, Live, Rare and Classic Shtick to celebrate the tour.[2] New, Live, Rare and Classic Shtick included a version of Skrewdriver's "White Power" titled "(Song Formerly Known As) White Power", with anti-racist lyrics. In 2004, when Yidcore returned to Australia, they put out the Adam Slander EP, in which they cover the Chanukah Song as "The Punk Rock Chanukah Song". The following year, the band released a double album, titled Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin on Ya Roof, via Rubber Records. The band again arrived in Israel for a second tour, and this time releas

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