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Gogol Bordello
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 Phill 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, frontman Eugene Hütz cites Jimi Hendrix and Parliament-Funkadelic as among the band's musical influences. Nikolai Gogol, the band's namesake, was an ideological influence because he "smuggled" Ukrainian culture into European literary society, and Gogol Bordello wants to "smuggle music into the English speaking world." One goal of the band is to spread gypsy music to an audience that would not normally be exposed to it. They list Manu Chao, Fugazi, Zvuki Mu, Sasha Kolpakov, Rootsman, and The Clash as influences as well. Gogol Bordello first played at an after-hours club called Pizdetz on Ridge Street, where they became the house band and DJ Hũtz became the house DJ. The band was originally titled Hũtz 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." Another possible name for the band was Kafka Whorehouse. They have toured with such bands as Primus, Flogging Molly and Cake. 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. "Start Wearing Purple", without lyrics, can be heard in parts of the 2005 movie Everything Is Illuminated, at the end credits with lyrics, and is the closing song of the soundtrack. Moreover Eugene Hütz played one of the main characters in the movie. "Start Wearing Purple", is also considered an unofficial theme song of the Baltimore Ravens football team, which was broadcast on local radio and television stations during the 06-07 season. 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 Hũtz, Balkan Beat Box and Gogol Bordello. The song "I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again" has a short interlude of an arrangement of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) in B minor played on strings. The band are to appear in a short film directed by Madonna, Filth and Wisdom (2008). Hutz and Ryabtsev also performed "La Isla Bonita" with Madonna at the London Live Earth concert on July 7, 2007. Gogol Bordello Mp3 DownloadsDownload audio files (mp3 and wma) with Gogol Bordello Songs using these download websites. The list will be updated perciodically.Gogol Bordello RingtonesYou can get any Gogol Bordello ringtone you like (realtone, polyphonic, mono tone, mp3 ringtone) using the next service:
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Madonna has invited her favorite new band, gypsy punk rockers Gogol Bordello, to perform with her at Live Earth this Saturday 7/7 at Wembley Stadium in London. I has been great sport watching Congress pretend to reform itself over the "earmarks" (pork) it adds to spending bills. Riding into power on a wave of promised reform, the Democrats imposed new rules that changed almost nothing, and since then, they have gone to considerable lengths to get around their own rules, feeble as they are.
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