Playing was Gogol Bordello, possibly the nation's most whacked out, pumped up, and thrashing Russian gypsy-folk-punk band.
My sister, 31, and brother, 37, accompanied me to the show. The opening band, Kulture Shock, was kind of like Gogol Bordello "Light", although their geographical base roots are centered more around Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. Basically they shared similar Slavic origins and musical styles as GB.
GB took stage around 11:00 pm and for the next 2 hours proceeded to exhaust and induce more sweat, crowd surfing/diving and all types of related behavior than I have ever considered humanly possible. It truly was a monumental performance. The lead singer must have burned through about 4000 calories during the whole ordeal. I would have guessed he was on some kind of amphetamine...that, or the guy is wired like no one's business. He's the guy with the wild eyes in the photo.
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