Lead singer and founder Nachman Solomon grew up in Mevo Modi'im, a communal village founded by the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
[1] Hamakor was formed at Mevo Modi'im in January 2006 by a 19-year-old Solomon and lead guitarist Lazer Grunwald, although the latter was replaced with Yakir Hyman after he moved to the United States a few months later.
[2][1][5] In November, they performed at the Jerusalem launch party for Erez Safar's Shemspeed website, alongside Yood, Nosson Zand, missFlag, Aharit Hayamim, Sagol 59, Funkenstein, and Coolooloosh.
After a period of inactivity, the band resurfaced in 2014 with the Solomon brothers accompanied by guitarist Ben Katz, keyboardist Mendy Portnoy, and drummer Chemy Soibelman of The Groggers.
[1][14] Although many of Hamakor's lyrics were religious-themed, Nachman Solomon argued that non-Jews could also enjoy their music, saying, "The words are meaningful and spiritual, but we don't play mostly songs based on biblical verses".