Deaf Chonky ( he, דף צ'ונקי) is an Israeli folk, garage, punk rock duo. The band members are Adi Bronicki, Tami Kaminsky and Tom Mckinna.

Early years

The two members of Deaf Chonky grew up in

Rehovot Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...

, Israel where they met near the local bank. Their name was given to them by Kaminsky's father, and means "Girls" in Russian.

Musical influences

The band's musical influences are varied, most notably drawing from garage-punk,

folk punk Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was popularized in the early 1980s by the Pogues in England, and by Violent Femmes in the United States. Folk punk achieved some mainstream success in ...

, and

Russian folk music Russian folk music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. Ethnic styles in the modern era The performance and promulgation of ethnic music in Russia has a long tradition. Initially it was intertwined with ...

. In a 2016 interview, the band noted Blind Man Deaf Boy, Crass,

Honey Bane Honey Bane (born Donna Tracy Boylan, 1964, London) is an English singer and actress, possibly best known for her 1981 UK Top 40 single "Turn Me On Turn Me Off". Early life and career Honey Bane began her musical career at the age of 14 in 1978 ...

and

Billy Childish Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...

as their main musical influences.

Discography

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