The Hoodska Explosive

Traditional Ska out of Zion. The Hoodska Explosive began playing in 2,004, and was led by lead singer and bass-player Haggai Zehavi (it was a deal by a friend tattooist ? a ska song for a tattoo). ?Skin Ink in Ska? is the opener of the band's 2-cd debut album ? ?The Misleading?. Yoav Elkayam (percussions) and Ido blaustein (drums) were also into playing ska, and the three started gathered Eyal laserovich (keyboards), Yotam Troim (trumpet) and for nearly a year the band spent it's time on writing songs and playing old ska hits.

The Hoodska Explosive began playing in 2,004, and was led by lead singer and bass-player Haggai Zehavi (it was a deal by a friend tattooist ? a ska song for a tattoo). ?Skin Ink in Ska? is the opener of the band's 2-cd debut album ? ?The Misleading?.

Yoav Elkayam (percussions) and Ido blaustein (drums) were also into playing ska, and the three started gathered Eyal laserovich (keyboards), Yotam Troim (trumpet) and for nearly a year the band spent it's time on writing songs and playing old ska hits. Things went on like this, until new arrivals joined the band ? Alon the big and real (tenor Sax) and soon after Benny ?Benon? Matalon (guitar). Finally the band started taking form. In September 2,005 they go-out on stage by fellow Israeli ska band Los-Caparos, and the 2 bands started playing venues together. Since then the band kept performing and set-out to record it's first album. In the midst of this process Yotam the trumpet-man left, and his space was filled by Nimrod Talmon (trombone).

Lior Romano replaced the laser on the keyboards and brought new ideas sounds and compositions into everything, but for that wait for the upcoming album.

The Hoodska Explosive sound is, and apparently will, remain evolving. With Ska as its mother ship, the band decided to research different influences of umza-umza music and combine them in their style - Kleizmer, polka and reggae music are some.

Today the band plays in venues, clubs, and festivals, all over Israel, as-well as it's weekly basking gig in the Nachlat-Binyamin ?arts and crafts market' in Tel-Aviv, every Friday morning. It also plays weddings and events when requested, and plans it's world tour for this upcoming summer.