A while back I was approached by a chick who asked me if I'd heard of a band called Gogol Bordello. I said bordello what? She said I looked like the lead singer and assured me that was a good thing (she lied). So I asked her what type of music they played and she told me "gypsy punk". At that moment I knew one thing: I had to check this band out...and I'm glad I did, they kick ass. The Cd "Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike" is especially good.
Think a group of eastern europeans playing accordion/violin, banging on buckets and singing heavily accented punk themed lyrics. Sounds awesome, right?
Haha too funny to see you bring up Gogol. Eugene (the lead singer) used to be my bass player in a band I started in the early 90's. We gigged for about 3 years together. I always told him he should move to NYC and do something more important. When we broke up he started a punk band called The Fags with a drummer friend of mine and eventually did end up moving to the city. Next thing you know he's making a ton of noise in The Village Voice, etc. Funny thing is that I had planned on moving too, not necessarily with him, but with the drummer from the same band; I had made some connections and had been getting some attention from some people more important in the industry than I was. My girlfriend at the time said "no way" to moving to NYC and I stayed here and married her instead. TBH, probably saved my life.
Man it's a small world! I can't say I'm a fan of Gogol but I am definitely a fan of Eugene and always knew he would do something.
Anyway, the most recent find I've made on the music scene is a band called Walls of Jericho. If you are down with the Metalcore scene then you have got to check them out. The singer is a chick and on the newest album you would never even know it. She is smokin!
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