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 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 Chernobyl 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.
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United States, New York City |
| Band Members: |
Eugene Hutz (vocals, acoustic guitar), Sergey Ryabtsev (violin), Yuri Lemeshev (accordion), Oren Kaplan (guitar), Thomas Gobena (bass guitar), Eliot Ferguson (drums), Pamela Jintana Racine (percussion, dance), and Elizabeth Sun (percussion, dance) |
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