1. Aviv Geffen is an Israeli rock musician, singer-songwriter, music producer and author.
17 Facts About Aviv Geffen
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Aviv Geffen was and is extremely popular among Israeli youth who were known during the 1990s as the "Moonlight Children".
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Aviv Geffen is often criticized for singing about the IDF while not having served, though he was discharged for medical reasons.
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Aviv Geffen was born in Ramat Gan and raised in Beit Yitzhak.
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Aviv Geffen is the son of the author and poet Yehonatan Geffen and actress Nurit Gefen.
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Aviv Geffen was named after his late grandmother, Aviva Geffen.
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Aviv Geffen performed in clubs with his band HaTauyot ["The Mistakes"].
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In 1993, Aviv Geffen released his second album, Achshav Me'unan [It's Cloudy Now], which went gold in the same year and expressed his generation's dissatisfaction with the Israeli government.
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Aviv Geffen was invited to perform, and surprisingly decided to perform Livkot Lekha ["Cry for You"], which he wrote and gave to Israeli singer Arik Einstein.
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In 1997, Aviv Geffen released his first compilation, which included a CD with the best songs of the early era, and a second CD which included B sides and live performances.
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In 2001 Aviv Geffen met and began to collaborate with British rock star Steven Wilson, with whom he created the band Blackfield.
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Two years after "A Journey's Log", Aviv Geffen released his next album: "Memento Mori", which he dedicated to his grandmother, who died a short time before the album's release.
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Aviv Geffen released a single at the end of 2008 and is touring throughout January 2009, with dates in Krakow, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Amsterdam, Munich, Paris and London.
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Aviv Geffen spent most of 2015 recording the upcoming fourth Blackfield record, still with involvement of Steve Wilson who obviously took over some guitar and vocal duties, although he had announced in 2014 that he had to stop from being part of Blackfield due to lack of time.
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In 2005 Aviv Geffen married Shani Friedan after a seven-year relationship.
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Aviv Geffen's third child, John, was born in 2025.
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Aviv Geffen has often cited Bob Dylan and Roger Waters as major influences.