It's 1986 and Eugene Hutz, the future frontman of the rock band Gogol Bordello, is a normal-enough 13-year-old punk. He listens to Bad Brains and duct-tapes his shoes. He feels like Joe Strummer or ...
Gogol Bordello makes music that is best experienced with a crowd. The band’s frenetic, Eastern European-flavored brand of punk is tailor-made for the mosh pit. Ever since breaking out with their Steve ...
While on tour, drummer Shawn King of DeVotchKa found inspiration in fellow gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello’s relentless immigrant-rights advocacy and the slogan “No Human Is Illegal.” Upon returning to ...
Gogol Bordello’ s live shows are wild and worldly gypsy punk spectacles, unlike most anything else you’ll see onstage these days. For front man Eugene Hütz, every sweat-soaked concert by his ...
Is the “Ukrainian Gypsy Punk Cabaret” music of the band Gogol Bordello camp comedy or serious art? Damned if it’s not tough to tell. It’s probably both. Envision a mutant cross of Joe Strummer and ...
Gogol Bordello will headline the Roadmender this summer as part of the band’s tour supporting their latest album ‘We Mean It, Man!’ which was released last month.
Arriving in Burlington in 1992 as a Ukrainian immigrant whose only English was lyrics by punk bands like Dead Kennedys and Sex Pistols, Eugene Hütz found solace in the Queen City’s thriving music ...