"Ha'Amuta Le-Heker Hatmuta" ("The Society for the Study of Mortality") sounds influenced by The Cure, "Miflatzot Ha-Tehila" ("The Monsters of Fame") sounds influenced by The Pixies and grunge, "Si Ha-Regesh" ("Emotional Peak") has the blues influence of Pink Floyd
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Their early sound was obviously imitative of ska bands like Madness; they didn't bother to hide the influence, titling what became one of their earliest hit songs "Rakevet Laila Le-Kahir" ("Night Train to Cairo"), an homage to Madness' "Night Boat to Cairo", or "Geveret Sarah Hashchena" ("Miss Sarah, the Neighbour") that copied the theme, music and opening lyrics of Bob Dylan's "The Hurricane".
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His father, the late Yossi, was an actor and singer, as are uncles Gabri and Ya'akov, along with many of Yuval's cousins.
The song inspired the Israeli hit "Rakevet Laila Le-Kahir" Hebrew for "Night Train to Cairo", by the Israeli rock group Mashina.
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