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New York, United States (1999 – present)
Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brechtian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York’s immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz’s taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the The Birthday Party and Einstürzende Neubauten in his native Ukraine.
After being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the Chornobyl disaster, Hütz became enamored of the mystical, outsider qualities of gypsy music. Living as a refugee in Poland, Hungary, Austria, and Italy before moving to the United States in 1993, he experienced life as an outsider himself.
After arriving in New York, he teamed up with guitarist Vlad Solofar and squeezebox player Sasha Kazatchkoff. American Eliot Fergusen added a strong rock sound on the drums and the band was also augmented by Sergei Riabtsev on fiddle, a former theater director from Moscow whose past experience would prove helpful in the future in crafting Gogol Bordello’s bizarre stage shows (like one which tells the story of super-powered immigrant Ukrainian vampires).
The group’s early gigs involved playing straight gypsy music at Russian weddings, but their music soon evolved into the hyper-kinetic explosions that earned them a solid following amongst New York’s downtown hipsters. The band issued a single in 1999 entitled gogol bordello, quickly followed by their debut full-length, Voi-la Intruder, which was produced by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ drummer Jim Sclavunos. Solofar and Kazatchkoff were replaced by accordionist Yuri Lemeshev, who hails from the Russian island of Sakhalin, and two Israelis, guitarist Oren Kaplan and saxophonist Ori Kaplan, who despite their similar names were not related.
After being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the Chornobyl disaster, Hütz became enamored of the mystical, outsider qualities of gypsy music. Living as a refugee in Poland, Hungary, Austria, and Italy before moving to the United States in 1993, he experienced life as an outsider himself.
After arriving in New York, he teamed up with guitarist Vlad Solofar and squeezebox player Sasha Kazatchkoff. American Eliot Fergusen added a strong rock sound on the drums and the band was also augmented by Sergei Riabtsev on fiddle, a former theater director from Moscow whose past experience would prove helpful in the future in crafting Gogol Bordello’s bizarre stage shows (like one which tells the story of super-powered immigrant Ukrainian vampires).
The group’s early gigs involved playing straight gypsy music at Russian weddings, but their music soon evolved into the hyper-kinetic explosions that earned them a solid following amongst New York’s downtown hipsters. The band issued a single in 1999 entitled gogol bordello, quickly followed by their debut full-length, Voi-la Intruder, which was produced by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ drummer Jim Sclavunos. Solofar and Kazatchkoff were replaced by accordionist Yuri Lemeshev, who hails from the Russian island of Sakhalin, and two Israelis, guitarist Oren Kaplan and saxophonist Ori Kaplan, who despite their similar names were not related.
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Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
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Super Taranta!
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Voi-la Intruder
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olimak_Vo wrote:
pfпиздато то, что вы ублюдки, нихера не понимаете вставок на русском, ахахаха=)
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>3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3 Wonderlust King e Zina-Marina >3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3
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kojima2812 wrote:
hjjaskyyd kloalls gogol bordello daddÿjos étolödll
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Marisoul wrote:
The after concert party in México was the sickest party ever!! Those guys are true rockstars
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goddesspain wrote:
love these guys!
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calimaros wrote:
Shit I need some money they're coming to my area Sick band
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Signofthezodiac wrote:
<3
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Livsnjutaren wrote:
Totaly awsome.
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Quasimotox wrote:
VAMOS GOGOL! I'm totally going to see them in Thessaloniki, 16th of December :DDD
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Marisoul wrote:
They totally worth it
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ThePiggy wrote:
Thinking if I should spend 35 bucks on a ticket to see them at Webster Hall.
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Blackdragon5151 wrote:
they are in the band -_-
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necrokult wrote:
Who are those two girls.
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Hugo_89 wrote:
show aqui no rio mto f... nem a porcaria do SFA conseguiu estragar
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Victor_TheVic wrote:
Mto loko!
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huachiminga wrote:
yaaa meriitoooooo!!!!!!!!!! *.* :D
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rborgias wrote:
muito loco...
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SilverFoxChiffa wrote:
Позитив и ничего кроме позитива)))
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hts_boni wrote:
belo show ontem aqui em SP. quem viu Gogol nem se preocupou com apagão.
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Cirrocumulus wrote:
pepsi fest was AMAZING! thanks!
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Events
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Dec
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Gogol Bordello
ГлавClub, Санкт-Петербург, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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| 208 attendees
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Dec
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Gogol Bordello
Grand Milk Theatre, Москва, Moscow, Russian Federation
35 shouts
| 253 attendees
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Dec
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Balkanfest
Дворец Спорта, Киев, Kyiv, Ukraine
115 shouts
| 336 attendees
News
COPENHAGEN SHOW // USA XMAS TICKETS ON-SALE
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Tickets for the shows in New York, Washington DC and Charlottesville are now on-sale! Visit the tour page for links and details of dates and venues.
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