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Nikmat HaTraktor ( Hebrew : נקמת הטרקטור, lit. Tractor's Revenge) is an Israeli rock music band established in 1988 in Tel Aviv by singer and bass player Avi Balali, keyboardist Ilan Green and guitarist Ophir Leibovitch. Other band members include Eyal Parson Shachar on keyboard (musical instrument), and Aviv Barak on drums. The band's name is an ode to the "famous" FortiSakharof (another Israeli rock band) song of the same name that was released the same year as Tractor's Revenge's establishment in 1988.1
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Nikmat HaTraktor ( Hebrew : נקמת הטרקטור, lit. Tractor's Revenge) is an Israeli rock music band established in 1988 in Tel Aviv by singer and bass player Avi Balali and guitarist Ofir Leibovitz. Other band members include Eyal Parson Shachar on keyboard (musical instrument), and Aviv Barak on drums. The band's name is an ode to the "famous" FortiSakharof (another Israeli rock band) song of the same name that was released the same year as Tractor's Revenge's establishment in 1988.
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Nikmat HaTraktor ( Hebrew : נקמת הטרקטור, lit. Tractor's Revenge) is an Israeli rock music band established in 1988 in Tel Aviv by singer and bass player Avi Balali, keyboardist Ilan Green and guitarist Ofir Leibovitz. Other band members include Eyal Parson Shachar on keyboard (musical instrument), and Aviv Barak on drums. The band's name is an ode to the "famous" FortiSakharof (another Israeli rock band) song of the same name that was released the same year as Tractor's Revenge's establishment in 1988.
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Israeli rock music band Nikmat HaTraktor Nikmat HaTraktor ( Hebrew : נקמת הטרקטור, lit. Tractor's Revenge) is an Israeli rock music band.
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israeli rock music band established in 1988 in tel aviv by singer and bass player avi balali and guitarist ofir
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israeli rock music band
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