Years active 1999–present Website www.gogolbordello.com Role Band · gogolbordello.com | Name Gogol Bordello Lead singer Eugene Hutz | |
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Past members Oren KaplanPamela RacineEliot FergusonKarl AlvarezRea MochiachSasha KazatchkoffVlad SolovarOri KaplanSusan DonaldsonChris TattersallYuri Lemeshev Members Eugene Hutz, Elizabeth Sun, Pamela Racine, Sergey Ryabtsev, Yuri Lemeshev Profiles | ||
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Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music mixed with punk and dub. The band incorporates accordion and violin (and on some albums, saxophone).
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- Gogol bordello tribal connection indieatl session
- Goran bregovic feat eugene h tz from gogol bordello quantum utopia
- History and influences
- Film appearances
- Current members
- Former members
- Albums
- EPs
- Compilations
- Songs
- References
The band has appeared in a number of popular films, most notably in 2005's Everything Is Illuminated in which the lead singer, Eugene Hutz, co-starred with Elijah Wood in a dramedy and adventure story about the Nazi purges in Ukraine. The entire group was present for one shot in which they played a brass band in a set that included the Star Spangled Banner. They also played the traditional Yiddish tune "Bublitschki". Gogol Bordello contributed the song "Start Wearing Purple" to the film's score. The band also has their own documentary called Gogol Bordello Non-Stop. This documentary was filmed in 2008 and follows the band's progress. In 2012, the band recorded a song titled Let's Get Crazy for Coca Cola's Euro 2012 advertising campaign.
Goran bregovic feat eugene h tz from gogol bordello quantum utopia
History and influences
"Gogol" comes from Nikolai Gogol, a classical Russian Ukrainian writer, born in today's Ukraine. He serves as an ideological influence for the band because he "smuggled" Ukrainian culture into Russian society, which Gogol Bordello intends to do with Gypsy/East-European music in the English-speaking world. "Bordello," in Italian, refers to a brothel or a "gentleman's club." The band was originally titled Hutz and the Bela Bartoks, but Eugene Hutz says that they decided to change the name because "nobody knows who the hell Bela Bartok is in the United States." The band played their first show as the unofficial band at an after-hours club called Pizdetz where they became the house band and DJ Hutz became the house DJ.
Gogol Bordello's first single was released in 1999, and since then they have released six full-length albums, and one EP. In 2005 the band signed to punk label SideOneDummy Records. On 27 April 2010 Gogol Bordello made its major record label debut with Transcontinental Hustle on Rick Rubin's American Recordings, a subsidiary of Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment. Many of the songs on Transcontinental Hustle were inspired by Hutz's move to Brazil.
The band has toured tirelessly throughout Europe and America. They have made numerous appearances at international festivals and have toured with such diverse bands as Primus, Flogging Molly, and Cake. In an interview with NPR, frontman Eugene Hutz cites Jimi Hendrix and Parliament-Funkadelic as among the band's main musical influences. They have also mentioned Manu Chao, Fugazi, Zvuki Mu, Karamelo Santo, Sasha Kolpakov and The Clash as influences.
They performed live at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival 2011 for Bonnaroo's 10 year anniversary, playing a 1.5 hour set in the middle of the night and performed with Devotchka.
Gogol Bordello released a new song titled Let's Get Crazy in 2012 as part of Coca Cola's advertising campaign for the European Football Championships, which were part-hosted by Ukraine. The track samples one of their earlier singles, Wonderlust King, and the Coca Cola advertising jingle.
Film appearances
Current members
Former members
Albums
EPs
Compilations
Songs
Movement One : Start Wearing Purple
Wonderlust King
American Wedding
Immigraniada
Alcohol
Mishto!
Pala Tute
My Companjera
Through the Roof 'n' Underground
I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again
Undestructable
Think Locally - Fuck Globally
Sun Is on My Side
Trans-Continental Hustle
Super Taranta!
Lost Innocent World
Supertheory of Supereverything
When Universes Collide
Immigrant Punk
Tribal Connection
I Just Realized
My Gypsy Auto Pilot
Malandrino
Dig Deep Enough
60 Revolutions
The Other Side of Rainbow
Not a Crime
Raise the Knowledge
It Is the Way You Name Your Ship
Dogs Were Barking
My Strange Uncles From Abroad
Last One Goes the Hope