Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring. Much of the bands sound is inspired by Gypsy music. The band incorporates accordion and violin (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with punk and dub. The band has appeared in a number of popular films, most notably in 2005s Everything Is Illuminated in which the lead singer, Eugene Hütz, co-starred with Elijah Wood in a dramedy and adventure story about the Nazi purges in Ukraine. The entire group was present for one shot in which they played a brass band in a set that included the Star Spangled Banner. They also played the traditional Yiddish tune Bublitschki. Gogol Bordello contributed the song Start Wearing Purple to the films score. The band also has their own documentary called Gogol Bordello Non-Stop. This documentary was filmed in 2008 and follows the bands progress. In 2012, the band recorded a song titled Lets Get Crazy for Coca Colas Euro 2012 advertising campaign. History and influences Gogol comes from Nikolai Gogol, a classical Russian writer, born in todays Ukraine (Gogol himself used the older common name Little-Russia). He serves as an ideological influence for the band because he smuggled Ukrainian culture into Russian society, which Gogol Bordello intends to do with Gypsy/East-European music in the English-speaking world. Bordello, in Italian, refers to a brothel or a gentlemans club. The band was originally titled Hütz and the Béla Bartóks, but Eugene Hütz says that they decided to change the name because nobody knows who the hell Béla Bartók is in the United States. The band played their first show as the unofficial band at an after-hours club called Pizdetz where they became the house band and DJ Hütz became the house DJ. Gogol Bordellos first single was released in 1999, and since then they have released six full-length albums, and one EP. In 2005 the band signed to punk label SideOneDummy Records. On 27 April 2010 Gogol Bordello made its major record label debut with Transcontinental Hustle on Rick Rubins American Recordings, a subsidiary of Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment. Many of the songs on Transcontinental Hustle were inspired by Hützs move to Brazil. The band has toured tirelessly throughout Europe and America. They have made numerous appearances at international festivals and have toured with such diverse bands as Primus, Flogging Molly, and Cake. In an interview with NPR, frontman Eugene Hütz cites Jimi Hendrix and Parliament-Funkadelic as among the bands main musical influences. They have mentioned Manu Chao, Fugazi, Zvuki Mu, Karamelo Santo, Sasha Kolpakov and The Clash as influences as well. They performed live at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival 2011 for Bonnaroos 10 year anniversary, playing a 1.5 hour set in the middle of the night and performed with Devotchka. Gogol Bordello released a new song titled Lets Get Crazy in 2012 as part of Coca Colas advertising campaign for the European Football Championships, which were part-hosted by Ukraine. The track samples one of their earlier singles, Wonderlust King, and the Coca Cola advertising jingle.
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