Gogol Bordello

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Gogol Bordello

Eugene Hütz and Yuri Lemeshev performing as part of Gogol Bordello at the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins, Colorado, 14 October 2005
Background information
Origin New York, New York, United States
Genres Gypsy punk
Gypsy folk
Years active 1999–present
Labels Rubrick, SideOneDummy
Associated acts Balkan Beat Box
Website www.gogolbordello.com
Members
Eugene Hütz
Sergey Ryabtsev
Yuri Lemeshev
Thomas Gobena
Oren Kaplan
Eliot Ferguson
Pamela Racine
Elizabeth Sun
Pedro Erazo
Former members
Karl Alvarez
Rea Mochiach
Sasha Kazatchkoff
Vlad Solovar
Ori Kaplan
Susan Donaldson

Gogol Bordello is a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999 and is known for its theatrical stage shows.[1] Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as its core members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and violin (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with punk and dub.

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[edit] History and influences

Nikolai Gogol, the band's namesake, was an ideological influence because he "smuggled" Ukrainian culture into Russian society, which Gogol Bordello intends to do with Gypsy/ East-European music in the English-speaking world.[2] "Bordello", in Italian, refers to a brothel or a "gentleman's club". The band was originally titled Hütz and the Béla Bartóks, but Eugene Hütz says that they decided to change the name because "nobody knows who the hell Béla Bartók is in the United States".[2] The band played their first show as the unofficial band at an after-hours club called Ohuetz on Ridge Street, where they became the house band and DJ Hütz became the house DJ.[2]

Gogol Bordello's first single was released in 1999, and since then they have released four full-length albums, and one EP. In 2005 the band signed to punk label SideOneDummy Records. The band has toured tirelessly throughout Europe and America on numerous international festivals and toured with such diverse bands as Primus, Flogging Molly, and Cake. In an interview with NPR, frontman Eugene Hütz cites Jimi Hendrix and Parliament-Funkadelic as among the band's main musical influences.[2]

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Television

The band was featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live (March 22, 2006 and September 5, 2007), on The Late Show with David Letterman (July 31, 2007), on The Henry Rollins Show (August 10, 2007), on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (July 30, 2008), and on Programa do Jô (brazilian talk show) they gave an interview and played the songs 'Wonderlust King'[3] and 'Lela Pala Tute' (10 November, 2009). They have also appeared on the Later With Jools Holland show (BBC Television)

The song '60 Revolutions' was featured on season 2 episode 12, 'Trapdoor' of the TV drama Life.

[edit] Music festivals

Gogol Bordello has appeared in many festivals worldwide throughout the past decade. However, a significant step towards greater publicity was made when Eugene Hütz and violinist Sergey Ryabtsev joined Madonna on stage. Hütz and Ryabtsev performed "La Isla Bonita / Lela Pala Tute" with Madonna at the London Live Earth concert on July 7, 2007.[4] They appeared at the Reading and Leeds festival UK on the main stage august 24 and 25 2007, Gogol Bordello made its first appearance at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 1, 2008. The band has also played Coachella and Bonnaroo 2007 and 2008. They also performed with Les Claypool and Kirk Hammett in SuperJam of Bonnaroo 2008 where the songs of Tom Waits were performed. Gogol Bordello also performed on the first day of Virgin Mobile Festival on August 9, 2008. They performed in Austin for ACL 2008 on September 26. They performed at the L.A. Weekly Detour Festival on October 4, 2008 along with bands such as Data Rock and The Mars Volta. They also performed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008 in San Francisco on October 5, at Tim Festival on October 24 and 25 occurred in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Optimus Alive! in Oeiras, Portugal on 10 July 2008. They also performed at Edgefest in Arizona in October 2008. They are scheduled to appear at Sasquatch Memorial Day weekend, Diversafest on July 24 and the All Points West Music & Arts Festival on August 1, 2009. The band has also been known to play Warped Tour. On May 25, 2009 the band played the Sasquatch Music Festival in George, Washington. On July 4, 2009, they played at Roskilde Festival on the Orange stage, where they replaced Lil' Wayne, who had canceled his show due to illness. They got a 6-star review in the festival newspaper, the only band that year to receive 6 stars. Two days after they appeared at Rock for People, the Czech Republic festival, on the Ceska Sporitelna Stage. Also recently they appeared at Mile High Music Festival.They recently played Voodoo Fest on October 31st, 2009

[edit] Film

The developing of the band was documented in the film Gogol Bordello Non-Stop directed by Margarita Jimeno. Jimeno's debut follows the band's rise from underground legends to international fame from 2001 to 2007.

Eugene Hütz was interviewed in Kill Your Idols, a 2004 documentary on New York's "No Wave" music scene.

In Liev Schreiber's 2005 directorial debut Everything Is Illuminated, which stars Elijah Wood, the role of Alexander Perchov was played by Eugene Hütz. It also includes other Gogol Bordello members. The band's music was also the backbone of the soundtrack for the 2006 film Wristcutters: A Love Story where a main character played by Shea Whigham was named after and based on Eugene.

The band's lead singer Eugene Hütz starred in the documentary film The Pied Piper of Hützovina, about his journey through Europe and back home as a Gypsy musician.

The entire band has been featured in another directorial debut - Madonna's film Filth and Wisdom, starring Eugene Hütz as one of the main characters. Madonna also allowed Eugene to add his own dialogue into the script.

The most recent appearance is in Larger Than Life in 3D featuring Gogol Bordello, Ben Harper and Relentless 7 and The Dave Matthews Band. This show played in theaters across the US but only from December 11-17, 2009.

[edit] Line-up

[edit] Current members

[edit] Former members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

[edit] Singles

[edit] Compilations

[edit] Side Projects

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Gogol Bordello at bbc.co.uk" (Web). www.bbc.co.uk. 22 June 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2007/artists/gogolbordello/. Retrieved 2007-07-09. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Gogol Bordello: Music from 'Gypsy Punks'". In Performance. 2006-04-29.
  3. ^ a b "Wonderlust King: Released on Sideonedummy Records"
  4. ^ Bowen, Rebecca (2007). "Gogol Bordello and Madonna continue collaboration". Paste (magazine) (News online). 10 July 2007. http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/4447/news/music/gogol_bordello_and_madonna_continue_collaboration. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 
  5. ^ "Gogol Bordello". Official MySpace Page. MySpace.com. 11/10/2006. http://www.myspace.com/gogolbordello. Retrieved 2006-10-11. 
  6. ^ Cooper, Ryan (2007). "An Interview with Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello" (Web). About.com. http://punkmusic.about.com/od/interviews/a/Eugenehutz.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
  7. ^ Billboard, Allmusic
  8. ^ "Filth and Wisdom (2008)" at IMDb, retrieved 2007 August 7
  9. ^ "Gogol Bordello Non-Stop (2008)" at IMDb
  10. ^ "Relentless Ringmaster of an Ecstatic Circus", New York Times, September 11, 2009

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