# Best Jewish Rock Musicians?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 16, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258 "2005-08-16T13:25:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258/62 "2010-11-08T20:10:52Z")

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Hillel Slovak, one of the original Red Hot Chili Peppers

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**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258/63 "2010-11-08T20:37:54Z")

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Mickey Hart, drummer for The Grateful Dead.

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258/64 "2010-11-08T21:05:26Z")

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> [@Walloon](#):
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> Catholic, of Irish and Dutch ancestry.

On his father’s side. His mother is Italian-American.

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**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258/65 "2010-11-08T21:13:51Z")

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> [@saoirse](#):
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> Don’t forget Joe Strummer.

I am afraid this is not really accurate.

Joe Strummer (born John Graham Mellor) was not raised in a religious household, but his mother was a Scottish Presbyterian and his father was raised as an Armenian Christian.

Joe’s grandmother on his fathers side (who died many years before Joe Strummer was born) was indeed Jewish, but that is about as close as Strummer had to Jewish ancestory, and was never exposed to any serious amount of any religion growing up.

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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258/66 "2010-11-08T21:15:30Z")

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Golden Throat William Shatner. You should hear him cover Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

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