Charlie Megira And The Hefker Girl

Band Formed By Israeli Musician Charlie Megira And Michal Kahan. Also Spelled Charlie Megira Und The Hefker Girl
Charlie Megira Und Hefker Girl
Charlie Megira & The Hefker Girl
Charlie Megira And The Hefker Girl Background In The 2000s Charlie Was Dating Michal Kahan An Active Singer And Guitarist In The Tel Aviv Scene. He And Kahan Were Living In Jaffa A Blown-Out Section Of Southern Tel Aviv That Was Then And Remains A Magnet For Artists With Cartoonish Murals Decorating Alley Walls And Arab Flea Markets Overflowing Onto The Streets. Together They Released A 12-Track Album As Charlie Megira And The Hefker Girl Entering A World Of Goth-Inflected Post-Punk. “Fear And Joy” Where Charlie Abandoned His Surf-Rock Reverb For The Same Cold Metallic Production That Launched A Plethora Of Early ’80s Joy Division Clones Out Of England. And While “Nothing” Truly Echoes The Memories Of A Make-Up Drenched Robert Smith “Kiss Of Death” Shows Megira Reemerging From His Private UFO To Create A Sonic Youth-Ian Noise-Scape With Kahan Conjuring A Low-Fi Siouxsie Sioux Vibe Behind The Microphone.”. In 2008 Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club Was Formed. At Charlie’s Behest Kahan Moved From Guitar To Drums And The Group Was Rounded Out With Tal Fatale On Bass And Javi Scheiner On Rhythm Guitar. With The Modern Dance Club Megira Enjoyed His First Proper LP Release And Logged His First European Tour. And It Would Prove To Be His Most Assaultive Project To Date. The “Love Police” Album Was First Released In 2009 As A Single LP On Germany’s Burnout Record Store Label And Then Again In 2011 As A Double LP On Eran Yarkon’s Guitars And Bongos Records Of Oakland California. The Album Showcased A Grungier More Driving Vision Of Trashy Post-Punk With Megira Snarling In English Over A Gut Punching Wall Of Crazy Electric Guitars. “Elvis Is Not Dead” Captured A New Unchained Megira Screaming Lyrics About Whores While Attacking His Guitar With Vicious Methodical Abandon. Love Police Confronts The Senses From The Racially And Sexually Provocative Cover To The Distorted Screamed Vocals Within. Megira Would Later Confess That The Album Was Heavily Influenced By San Francisco Hardcore Outfit Millions Of Dead Cops. Yet Just As Megira Was Harnessing Momentum With The New Band He’d Hit A Rocky Patch With Kahan. Since The Beginning Of Their Relationship Megira And Kahan Had Been In Lockstep With Each Other As Lovers And As Musicians. Like Lux And Ivy Of The Cramps Charlie And Michal Made For An Amazing Rock ‘n’ Roll Spectacle He The Alien Rock Star And She The Talented Vixen With An Attitude. The Break-Up Which Happened On Charlie’s 38th Birthday On October 10 2010 Was The End Of A Significant Chapter In Megira’s Career. Later Megira Was Married To Seurat Sash Samson And Welcomed A Son In 2012. Then The Megiras Announced That They Were Leaving Israel And Moving To Berlin. He Thought Himself Too Old To Continue A Career In Music Seeing The Move As An Opportunity To Focus His Development As A Chef And A Painter. But Even So Midway Through 2013 And After A Short “hiatus” He Formed The Bet She’an Valley Hillbillies - Named After The Homeland He’d Recently Left Behind. See More In The Hillbillies Page Font —David Katznelson June 2019
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