Aviv Geffen is a rock musician best known by the younger generation in Israel. He rose to fame in Israel throughout the nineties with a series of successful solo albums.
Aviv Geffen was born on May 10, 1973. He became interested in music as a young man and made his first song recording at the age of seventeen, releasing a full solo album a year later entitled "That's Only the Moonlight (Ze Rak Or Hayareach)". His first musical appearance had actually been a few years earlier in 1987, when we wrote and performed a song called "Ima" in the movie "HaMitpahat". Aviv Geffen continued to release solo albums such as "Cloudy Now (Achshav Meunan)" in 1993, his first album to achieve Gold status. During this period he played his songs live with a band called "The Mistakes (Hatauyot)". The song "Cloudy Now" was Aviv Geffen's best known song which identified him to Israeli youth who were dissatisfied with government. Other albums released by Aviv Geffen over the nineties as his popularity increased included "Aviv Geffen III", "Nowhere (Shumakom)", "The Letter (Hamichtav)", "Let's Walk For The Dream (Shir Tikva)", "Hollowed (Halulim)" and "White Nights (Leilot Levanim)". The song "Cry For You" released during this period became symbolic of the Candle Youth movement.
Since the turn of the millennium, Aviv Geffen has released three more albums: "Journal", "Memento Mori" and "With the Time (Im Hazman)". In all, Aviv Geffen has released eleven albums over the course of his career. His sound has been compared to Pink Floyd, U2 and Radiohead. He has recorded more experimental rock as well as songs which have been compared to those of the pop groups the Beatles and Oasis. His style has gone through changes according to the political climate and the loss of people close to him, which has caused him to record more energetic or mournful music in different periods. As of early 2007, Aviv Geffen continues to record music and work with many other prominent Israeli rock musicians.