The LeeVees is a rock band from New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 featuring Adam Gardner

Adam Gardner

Adam Seth Gardner is a guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs...

 of Guster

Guster

Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...

 and Dave Schneider of the Zambonis

The Zambonis

The Zambonis are a Connecticut-based indie rock band formed in 1991 by musicians Dave Schneider , Peter Katis, Jon Aley, and Tarquin Katis. The Zambonis write songs exclusively about hockey...

. The band was formed when the two bands went on tour together. The latter band only writes songs about hockey

Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

. Gardner and Schneider thought it would be fun to form another rock band, a Jewish one, that only wrote songs about Hanukkah

Hanukkah

Hanukkah , also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE...

, because there was a dearth of contemporary songs about that holiday. It first came to prominence near the end of 2005

2005 in music

-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

 with its debut album, Hanukkah Rocks

Hanukkah Rocks

-Track listing:#“Latke Clan”#“Apple Sauce vs. Sour Cream”#“Goyim Friends”#“At the Timeshare”#“How Do You Spell Channukkahh?” #“Kugel”#“Jewish Girls ”#“Gelt Melts”#“Nun, Gimmel, Heh, Shin”##“Holiday”-External links:*...

. After realizing its initial approach was rather narrow, it continues as a band with a strong Jewish identity

Jewish identity

Jewish identity is the objective or subjective state of perceiving oneself as a Jew and as relating to being Jewish. Under the broader definition, the Jewish identity does not depend on whether or not a person is regarded as a Jew by others, or by an external set of religious, or legal, or...

.

Members

• Adam LeeVee (Adam Gardner
  Adam Gardner
  Adam Seth Gardner is a guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs...
  
  )—Vocals, Guitar
• David LeeVee (Dave Schneider)—Vocals, Guitar
• Michael LeeVee (Michael Azerrad
  Michael Azerrad
  Michael Azerrad is an American author, journalist and musician. He grew up in the New York City area and received his BA degree from Columbia College in 1983...
  
  )— Drums
• Shawn LeeVee (Shawn Fogel
  Shawn Fogel
  -Life:Shawn Matthew Fogel was born on December 12, 1981 in New York State. He began learning how to play music as a young child, picking up the piano in third grade...
  
  )—Bass
• Shank Bone Mystic (Daniel Saks)—Keyboards, Banjo

External links

• The LeeVees' official website
• The LeeVees collection at the Internet Archive
  Internet Archive
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  's live music archive