Noam Rotem

Noam Rotem was born in 1974

Noam Rotem was born in 1974. He began playing music in high school in Kiryat Haim, as the guitarist of a cover band. Before his army service he did a service year with the Working and Studying Youth movement.

While he was a soldier at Galei Tzahal, the band Kerach Tesha was formed. The band released its debut album in 1997 and a second album in 1999. Its song "Ito Lanetzach" is considered the first explicit gay love song written in Hebrew.

The band broke up in 2000, and Rotem started a solo career. His first solo album came out in 2004, and his second, written largely while his wife was ill with cancer, came out in 2007. Galei Tzahal critics and artists chose it as one of the 5 albums of the decade.

In 2009 he won the ACUM prize for lyricists and toured Poland after covering a song by Jacek Kaczmarski. His third album came out in 2011 and was chosen as album of the year by several outlets. He has also written songs for other artists, including Berry Sakharof.