Deaf Chonky

Israeli folk/garage/punk rock duo

Garage rock
garage punk
punk rock
folk punk

MembersAdi Bronicki
Tami Kaminsky^[1]^[2]
Tom Mckinna

Deaf Chonky (Hebrew: 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, Israel where they met near the local bank.^[3] Their name was given to them by Kaminsky's father, and means "Girls" in Russian.^[1]

Musical influences

The band's musical influences are varied, most notably drawing from garage-punk, folk punk, and Russian folk music. In a 2016 interview, the band noted Blind Man Deaf Boy, Crass, Honey Bane and Billy Childish as their main musical influences.^[3]

Discography

Farsh (2016)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wild"	00:31
2.	"Shirley"	3:13
3.	"Folk(a) Party(a)"	3:30
4.	"Kontrol"	2:18
5.	"Bad Things Could Happen"	4:26
6.	"Social Security"	2:47
7.	"Brush Your Teeth"	1:26
8.	"08"	00:19
9.	"Dolijute"	1:32
10.	"Gozalim"	3:54
11.	"International Criminal"	3:29
12.	"Diagnosa"	3:30
13.	"Looks Good"	00:37
Total length:		31:35

Silence is Violence (2017)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Refugees"	00:21
2.	"Looks Good"	1:25
3.	"Kosta Kaplan"	3:19
4.	"City Rat"	3:27
5.	"Adder (Blackbird Raum Cover)"	4:02
6.	"Are Welcome"	1:04
Total length:		13:34

Deaf Chonky EP (2018)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bad Things Could Happen"	4:25
2.	"Dolijute"	1:29
3.	"Gozalim"	3:53
4.	"Bad Things Could Happen (Red Axes Remix)"	6:34
5.	"Dolijute (Manfredas Remix)"	6:25
6.	"Deaf Chonky (Manfredas Remix Bonus Track)"	5:03
Total length:		27:49

Harsh (2020)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cut Loose (How Do You?)"	2:03
2.	"This Isn't a Gimmick, This Isn't a Test"	2:58
3.	"X-Ray Baby"	3:27
4.	"Soldier Boy"	0:57
5.	"True Love"	2:30
6.	"Austrian Waltz"	3:40
7.	"Frontline"	3:18
8.	"Take Out the Trash"	2:53
9.	"The Romans' Road to Heaven"	0:38
10.	"Silence is Violence"	3:22
11.	"I Was Wrong, Turns Out It Feels Real Good"	3:13
12.	"The Babysitter"	3:28
Total length:		32:27

References

^ ^a ^b Shalev, Ben (19 January 2017). "Teenage duo "Deaf Chonky" Take Israeli Rock to School" (in Hebrew). Haaretz. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ Shalev, Ben (17 July 2017). "The Piercing Voice of "Deaf Chonky" Continues to Sound from the Sidelines" (in Hebrew). Haaretz. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Zer Aviv, Ori (30 August 2016). "Teenage duo "Deaf Chonky" Bring Hope to Israeli Punk" (in Hebrew). TimeOut Tel Aviv. Retrieved 19 October 2017.