Gogol Bordello Bring Contagious Gypsy Punk To Hollywood
August 28, 2007 - Music Box @ Fonda, Hollywood, CA
I had never seen Gogol Bordello before, but after last night’s show at the Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood, I can’t wait to see them again. For the people out there who have not heard of Gogol Bordello, they are a gypsy punk band from New York City’s Lower East Side. Many of the members are immigrants from Eastern Europe, but their sound is out of this world, like a Klezmer band on acid. They mix traditional gypsy folk with punk, ska, flamenco and rock. It was like nothing I had ever seen before.
Gogol came onstage at 9:15 led by frontman Eugene Hutz. Hutz is spastic, full of energy and sports a beautifully thick Ukrainian accent and mustache. The crowd loved him. Imagine a band that plays every song as if it’s the encore. That is Gogol Bordello.
Eugene ran around the stage, dancing wildly, masterfully strumming his acoustic guitar and belting out punk rock lyrics, meanwhile his band featured an accordion player and violin player, among others, delivering gypsy-inspired music at a frenetic pace. Gogol performed for an hour and 45 minutes including two encore sets.
Here are some highlights of the show: At some point a shirtless man with a bandana crowd-surfed his way onto the stage, at which point he tried to either touch Hutz or sing with Eugene into the microphone. He was quickly booted off the stage (see photo). The crowd hit its height of exuberance when Gogol played their first North American single, “Start Wearing Purple.” During the song Hutz came down from the stage and started to move among the crowd. Everybody was trying to get a piece of him. I took loads of photos of the show from the photo pit, so be sure to check them out.
September 14th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Yeah it’s an amazing show, I just remember Gogol Bordello opening for Manu Chao in NY like 6 years ago…hilarious..
Manu has a new album and it’s fantastic, check this link, it has new songs, video, tour dates, etc.
http://www.hipersonica.com/2007/09/07-la-radiolina-manu-chao#add_comment
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