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Written by Adam Dubbin   
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Lead vocals Eugene Hütz rocks out on the Which Stage.
Lead vocals Eugene Hütz rocks out on the Which Stage. Photo Adam Dubbin/TheSequitur.com
TAMPA, Fla. – I have to say, these guys are absolutely insane. I was blown away by their performance last year, and this time around I was equally impressed. Up close, these "gypsy punks" put on a show that takes you to another part of the world: a distant reality where Vaudeville still exists – some dark corner of an Eastern European insane asylum. The band also reminds me a lot of the electro-punk group Electric Six, and the lead singer has a stunning resemblance in stage presence to Mike Patton when he fronted Mr. Bungle.

Armed with an old bearded guy on violin, an accordion player, drummer, guitarist and bassist – accentuated by a chick in tights banging on a parade drum and another crashing hand cymbals – the two vocalists run amok onstage, churning the crowd into a frothing frenzy. When the lead singer isn't pouring wine all over himself or screaming into the mic, he sports an acoustic guitar and joins his bandmates in music-making. 

Definitely a band worth seeing live, especially if you're looking for something profoundly different than the mainstream.
[GogolBordello.com]


Adam Dubbin, managing editor of TheSequitur.com, is a doctoral student in audiology at the University of South Florida.


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