Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999 and is known for its theatrical stage shows. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as some of its members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and fiddle (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with cabaret, punk, and dub as well as multiple languages. Phill Jupitus has described the band as "a bit like The Clash having a fight with The Pogues in Eastern Europe," while Kenneth Partridge of The Hartford Courant described lead singer Eugene Hütz's voice as "somewhere between that of Borat and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog."
Nikolai Gogol , the band's namesake, was an ideological influence because he "smuggled" Ukrainian culture into European literary society, which Gogol Bordello intends to do with their music in the English speaking world." The band was originally titled Hütz and the Béla Bartóks, but Eugene Hütz says that they decided...
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Track listing: SallyI Would Never Wanna Be Young AgainImmigrant Punk60 RevolutionsAvenue BDogs Were BarkingOh NoStart Wearing PurpleThink Locally Fuck GloballyUnderdog World StrikeIlluminationSanta MarinellaUndestructableMishto!Not a Crime
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Track listing: They AlwaysNever Young AgainNot a CrimeBordello Kind of GuyLet's Get RadicalDogs Were BarkingStart Wearing PurpleTroubled FriendsMusica AggressiaMala VidaOccurance on the BorderUnderdog World StrikeMussolini vs. StalinMy Sacred DarlingUndergroundBaro Faro
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Track listing: Sacred DarlingBordello Kind of GuyYek Dui TreiNever Want to Be Young AgainImmigrant PunkStrange UncleOccurrence on the BorderTroubled FriendsStart Wearing PurpleDogs Were BarkingMusica AggressiaMala VidaUnderdog World StrikeUndestructibleBaro Foro
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Track listing: When the Trickster Starts A-Pokin (Bordello Kind of Guy)Occurrence on the Border (Hopping on a Pogo Gypsy Stick)HalturaLet's Get RadicalSmarkatchFuture KingsPunk Rock ParrandaThrough the Roof 'n' UndergroundBaro ForoHats Off to KolpakoffHuliganjetta
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Track listing: Sacred DarlingVoi-la IntruderGreencard HusbandPassportStart Wearing PurpleShy Kind of GuyMussolini vs. StalinLetter to MotherGod-likeNomadic ChronicleLetter to Castro (Costumes for Tonight)Unvisible ZeddSex SpiderNo ThreatAgainst the Nature
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