Flogging Molly and GogolBordello: a double-barrel punkexperience this April

Thu 1st Mar, 2007 in Local News

If the true spirit of punk music is about non-conformity, then how come we decorate every band who dress in black and plays the same three chords with the title? Have we no shame?

Thankfully there are at least two bands that live up to the non-conformist tag, and also bring their own diverse flavours to the punk table. And the best news is that they’re touring Australia together in April. Ladies and gentlemen…Flogging Molly and Gogol Bordello!

Flogging Molly are often referred to as the bastard children of The Pogues, and while they upkeep the finest traditions of Irish music, they also give it a mighty 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. Band leader 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. After an epic seven year trek through the refugee camps of Eastern Europe he arrived in New York and formed Gogol Bordello, a band renowned as an unstoppable live force.

Get your pure punk fix when Flogging Molly and Gogol Bordello hit Australia this April! Tix on sale now:

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