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===Current Members===
===Current Members===
*Philip McCauley ([Vocals]) Original lead singer of the band
*[[Eugene Hutz]] ([[Vocals]], [[Steel-string guitar|Acoustic Guitar]], [[Percussion]], [[Fire Bucket]]) - [[Ukraine]]
*[[Eugene Hutz]] ([[Vocals]], [[Steel-string guitar|Acoustic Guitar]], [[Percussion]], [[Fire Bucket]]) - [[Ukraine]]
*Sergey Ryabtsev ([[Violin]], [[Backing Vocals]]) - [[Russia]]
*Sergey Ryabtsev ([[Violin]], [[Backing Vocals]]) - [[Russia]]

Revision as of 17:44, 8 October 2006

Gogol Bordello
File:Gogol Bordello Roskilde.jpg
Eugene Hütz, of Gogol Bordello, Roskilde Festival, Denmark, Friday June 30, 2006
Background information
OriginNew York City
Years active1999 - Present
MembersEugene Hütz
Sergey Ryabtzev
Yuri Lemeshev
Oren Kaplan
Karl Alvarez
Eliot Ferguson
Pamela Jintana Racine
Elizabeth Sun
WebsiteOfficial site

Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999. They are renowned for their frenetic, theatrical stage shows. Much of their sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as most of their members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and fiddle (and on some of their albums, saxophone) mixed with cabaret, punk, and dub.

They were described by Phil Jupitus on Jools Holland Live as a bit like "The Clash having a fight with The Pogues in Eastern Europe."

In an interview with NPR, Hütz cites Jimi Hendrix and Parliament-Funkadelic as among the band's musical influences, and Nikolai Gogol, the band's namesake, as an ideological influence. They list Manu Chao, Fugazi, Kalpakov, Rootsman, and The Clash as influences as well.

They have toured tirelessly throughout Europe and America appearing with such bands as Flogging Molly, Cake, and on the Vans Warped Tour in 2005. They were scheduled to play select dates on the 2006 Warped Tour, but had to cancel due to an arm injury from Eliot Ferguson. They have also played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK, the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary, Pukkelpop festival in Hasselt, Belgium, Lowlands festival in The Netherlands, and Rock'n Coke in İstanbul, Turkey.

Their first single was released in 1999. Since then they've released two more full-length albums, one EP, and one full length collaboration. In 2005 the band signed to punk label SideOneDummy Records.

Their song, "Occurrence on the Border", was featured on the 4th Punk Rock Strike compilation put out by Springman Records.

The “Voi-La Intruder” recording of "Start Wearing Purple" pioneered their UK success and was later re-recorded for their ”Gypsy Punks” album to be their first North American single. A video was also released.

“Not A Crime” was chosen as their second North American single, for which a video was also recorded.

Most recently, their single "Start Wearing Purple" was played as part of the closing credits from the 2005 movie Everything Is Illuminated and is the closing song of the soundtrack.

Several of the band members also take part in a dub and electronic side project with members of Balkan Beat Box entitled J.U.F. (Jewish-Ukrainian Freundschaft), whose sound pulls from their varied ethnic background, a sound that could be likened to a combination of DJ Hutz, Balkan Beat Box and Gogol Bordello.

Live Performance

Their Live shows have been dubbed scenes of pure carnage. They are a show a night band when they hit the touring trail, as the band exist on adrenaline for months on end. A typical trait of the show is when singer Eugene Hutz places a fire bucket ontop of his microphone and beats it in a frenetic way creating a slashing metal percussive noise.

One of their most notable performances came during the Bestival, on Friday the 8th of Sepetember 2006. They whipped the crowd into a folk fuelled frenzy as they tore through a set containing hits such as 'Start Wearing Purple' and 'Madagascar'.

The Members

Current Members

Former Members

Discography

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