Peter Roth (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: פיטר רוט; born on September 17, 1974) is an Israeli singer and record producer, and a member of the Israeli rock band Monica Sex.

Biography

Roth was born in

Bat Yam Bat Yam ( he, בַּת יָם or ) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In 2020, it had a population ...

to a musician couple. His father, a member in an Israeli army band, taught Peter to play the guitar at a young age. Roth played basketball in high school, but he wasn't tall enough to be good at it; he then took music lessons instead. Roth was a member of a few teenage bands, in which he met Shachar Even-Tzur. In the middle of the 90s, Roth joined Monica Sex, which already included Even-Tzur, Yahaly Sobol and Yossi Khamami. The band had many performances in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

, garnered a following, and signed a contract with Hed Artzi. In 1995 the band released the album '' Ptzaim Veneshikot'' (Wounds and Kisses), which sold a few tens of thousands of copies. In 1996 the band moved to New York City. After a year and half they disbanded. Roth came back to Israel and worked as a guitarist in bands of other artists, such as Eviatar Banai, Maor Cohen and Yahaly Sobol. He was also member of the bands ''HaZvuvim'' (The Flies) and ''Malkat HaPlakat'' (Queen of the Placard) and started to work as a producer. In 2001, Monica Sex reunited and recorded the album '' Yehasim Ptuhim'' (Open Relationships). In 2003 the band worked with

Shalom Hanoch Shalom Hanoch ( he, שלום חנוך) (born September 1, 1946) is an Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer. He is considered to be the father of Israeli rock and modern Israeli music in general, both of which have been profoundly influe ...

, and later that year released its third album, '' Haiot Mahmad'' (Pets). Roth started to work on a solo album in 2003 along with Dan Toren. He also worked with

Arik Einstein Arieh Lieb "Arik" Einstein ( he, אָרִיק אַייְנְשְׁטֵייְן, ; 3 January 1939 – 26 November 2013) was an Israeli singer, actor, comedian and screenwriter. He was a pioneer of Israeli rock music and was named "the voice of Is ...

Izhar Ashdot Izhar Ashdot ( he, יזהר אשדות; born 23 November 1958) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He is a co-founding member of the Israeli rock band T-Slam. Early life When he was eleven, Ashdot started to play t ...

and Maor Cohen. In 2005, Roth released a single from his album ''Hi Ohevet'' (She Loves). By the end of that year, he had released the self-titled album, which won the

ACUM Prize The Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel ( he, אגודת קומפוזיטורים, ומחברים ומו"לים), known by the acronym ACUM ( he, אקו"ם), is a non-profit copyright collective which engages in collectiv ...

. In 2006 he released the album ''Regaim'' (Moments) with

Discography

Monica Sex

* '' Ptzaim VeNeshikot'' (Wounds and Kisses) – 1995 * '' Yehasim Ptuhim'' (Open Relationships) – 2001 * '' Haiot Mahmad'' (Pets) – 2003 * Mangina (Melody) – 2011 * Miktzoim Hofshiim (Liberal Professions) – 2014 * Laila Hadash (New Night) – 2019

Other

* Solo Album: ''Peter Roth'' – 2005 * With

: ''Regaim'' (Moments) – 2006 * Solo Album: Shar Chizik (Singing Chizik) – 2010 * Solo Album: Singelim (Singles) – 2020

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Peter 1974 births Living people People from Bat Yam 20th-century Israeli male singers Israeli record producers Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent 21st-century Israeli male singers