HaClique
Israeli rock band
HaClique (Hebrew: הקליק; Eng: The Clique; lit. Haklik; AKA: The Click/HaClick) were an Israeli new wave band, founded in 1980 by Dani Dothan (lyrics and vocals) and Eli Abramov (music, guitar and production), with Jean-Jacques Goldberg (drums) and Oved Efrat (Bass) joining later in the year but forming the essential core.
The band started their activity in Tel Aviv in 1980. They became well known in Israel for songs like "Incubator", "Golem", "Ani Avud", "Al Tadliku Li Ner" and "Kol Haemet". In all, they released three albums, a live album, a mini-album, a box-set, and eight singles.
History
The Beginning. Two without experience, step out into the world
Dani Dothan and Eli Abramov met at their high school, the Rehavia Gymnasium, during the summer of 1968. Abramov noticed Dothan drumming on a table, and the two instantly bonded over English and American music and their dislike of school. They would meet in their schoolhouse, which is where all the outsiders congregated, playing music together and smoking. The two took regular trips to the Old City of Jerusalem, in particular the Jaffa Gate, and wrote fantastical songs about foreigners coming to the city, singing and playing rock music.
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