The Bowery Presents (Venue Partner)
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Courtesy Lauren Dukoff
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Sunday Dec 27, 2009 (8pm)
Monday Dec 28, 2009 (8pm)
Tuesday Dec 29, 2009 (8pm)
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- Price
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$35 / $32.50 advance
“Gogol Bordello are known for raucous live shows that spill into the crowd, often ending with a Gogol girl perched defiantly on top of a bass drum amid a sweaty, cheering audience. Expect no less from the band's trio of shows at Webster Hall. On the cusp of the new year, the gypsy punks bring their unique brand of East-meets-West hysteria to the melting pot of the world. Whether ranting against the Bible or espousing the benefits of purple attire, frontman Eugene Hutz alternates between the thoughtful and the whimsical — but his lyrics, and Bordello's tunes, are always irresistibly danceable.”
Chris Kompanek, Flavorpill
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 353-1600
Get directions
www.websterhall.com
“With SUPER TARANTA! Gogol Bordello is going to conquer the world,” boasts Eugene Hutz, Gogol bandleader and agent provocateur. “Everything on the album is taken to the next level. It’s more direct, more abstract, more focused, with more dark humor. The dub parts are deeper; the fast parts are faster, its pure orgasmo hysteria.”
The Hutz family settled in Vermont, but Eugene left for New York as soon as possible. In The City’s melting pot he found other refugees who shared his vision of an international punk rock sound. “Our gypsy fiddler, Sergey Rjabtzev, was a theater director in Moscow for 10 years. Yuri Lemeshev, our 53-year-old accordion player, is from Sakhalin in Russia. Guitarist Oren Kaplin is from Israel. The drummer is American Eliot Ferguson, the only sane person in the band.”
Hutz had a following from his DJ gig at Mehanata, where he cued up Gypsy, rai, flamenco and global underground sounds for exuberant crowds of artists, scene makers and local Ukrainians, Russians, Gypsies, and Bulgarians. Gogol took off immediately, with a high voltage show that demonstrated the extreme nature of gypsy music and those that sing and play it. “People after the show say: ‘I’m exhausted just watching the show, how do you do it, night after night?’ I say if you’re putting your soul into it, and pursuing your dream, it’s more than music and behavior. It’s a lifestyle; it’s a mission. It’s about pursuing the world for yourself; rejecting the fake convenience of the modern world. The economy wants to keep you happy with brand name shit, but people need to remember we’re all a bit supernatural. You just have do some work to get to it.”
