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Flogging Molly and Gogol Bordello
1 March 2007
The true spirit of punk music is about non-conformity. So when you have 386 bands all playing the same 3 chords and sporting identical hairdos, it is no longer punk in anything but a merchandising label. Enter 2 bands that not only epitomize the nonconformist manifesto but bring a level of diversity and virtuosity previously unheard of in punk or even rock for that matter:
Flogging Molly & Gogol Bordello are Often referred to as the bastard children of The Pogues, Flogging Molly take the finest traditions of Irish music and boot it up the arse with electric guitars, pounding drums and a truckload of punk attitude.
Combining punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through a mixture of debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Bandleader Eugene Hutz's taste in music was spun out of listening to black-market bootlegs of rebels like the Birthday Party and Einsturzande Neubauten while growing up in his native Ukraine.
Flogging Molly & Gogol Bordello hit Australia this April!
TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY 1 MARCH
THURSDAY 5 APRIL MELBOURNE, METRO NIGHTCLUB (18+)
Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849, www.webtickets.com.au & Missing Link
SATURDAY 7 APRIL SYDNEY, METRO THEATRE (18+)
Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849
TUESDAY 10 APRIL BRISBANE, THE ARENA (18+)
Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849, Rocking Horse & Skinny's
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