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American punk band

Key facts

Origin
New York City , New York , U.S.
Genres
Punk rock folk punk Latin rock polka folk rock dub Romani gypsy punk
Years active
1999–present
Labels
Rubric SideOneDummy Columbia MapleMusic
Members
Eugene Hütz Sergey Ryabtsev Pasha Newmer Leo Mintek Gill Alexandre Korey Kingston Pedro Erazo Erica Mancini
Website
gogolbordello .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
musical group
Has part
Eugene Hütz
Country of origin
United States
Official website
www.gogolbordello.com
Image
Gogol Bordello at the Aggie Theatre.jpg
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Commons category
Gogol Bordello
topic's main category
Category:Gogol Bordello
location of formation
New York City
inception
1999-01-01
start of work period
1999-00-00
social media followers
100000
native label
Gogol Bordello
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Encyclopedic overview

Gogol Bordello is an American punk rock band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 by musicians from all over the world and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Romani and Ukrainian music mixed with punk and dub, incorporating accordion and violin (and on some albums, saxophone).

The band has appeared in several popular films, most notably Everything Is Illuminated (2005) in which lead singer Eugene Hütz co-starred with Elijah Wood in a dramedy/adventure story about the Nazi purges in Ukraine. The group appears playing a brass band in a set that included the "Star-Spangled Banner" and the traditional Yiddish song "Bublitschki". Gogol Bordello contributed the song "Start Wearing Purple" to the film's score. The band is the focus of the 2008 documentary Gogol Bordello Non-Stop. The band recorded the song "Let's Get Crazy" for Coca-Cola's Euro 2012 advertising campaign.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gogol Bordello” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.