Kultur Shock
Georgiou Andreou
Thessaloniki 546 27
Greece
Kultur Shock @ Principal Club Theater | 27.04.13
Support: BAILDSA
Kultur Shock’s style is impossible to define- many critics throw SOAD, Gogol Bordello, Manu Chao, Gang of Four, The Pogues, Balkan folk music, punk rock, heavy metal as references to it, but nothing can prepare the unsuspecting listener to what is going to come out of their home stereo speakers or what’s going to happen to them during the 90 minutes live shows that the band is known for. In two words- the description is a mix of all of the above in a seamless new sound, that takes the listener on a trip and never lets go.
The band has under its belt over 600 Euro and US shows throughout the last 8 years alone. Almost all of its club dates are headlining (they are joking that they make a really lousy opener- “Go fuckin’ play after us….”), has headlined many festival stages and supported artist like Iggy Pop and the Stooges (twice), Manu Chao, The Whalers, Gogol Bordello (quite a few times), Burning Spear and has given the chance to many young and aspiring artists to share a stage with them.
Kultur Shock performs in Europe- from London to Istanbul and from Scandinavia to North Africa, the American Northwest, Northeast and upper Midwest, Russia- European and Asian parts, and has plans to tour Japan and Indonesia.
Major Festival appearances include- Bumbershoot (Seattle)- multiple times, Szeget (Budapest), Exit (Serbia)- twice, Sayanskoe Kolco (Siberia, Russia), Festival of Peace (Kazan, Russia), Esperanza (Belgium), Senglar Rock (Spain), Ariano Irpino (Italy), Lent Festival (Slovenia), Pireneus Sur (Spain), Sarajevo Film Fest, Stuffstock (Romania), and many more national, regional and city fests across Europe and the US.
Press Quotes:
“Kultur Shock is what punk rock should sound like” –Jello Biafra
“It s System of a Down finally consumed by their folkisms; it s a Romany campfire gathering where gypsies turn amps up to 11. It s six languages spilling over rock, hip-hop, samba, balladry and punk. But most of all, it will rock your world”
Kerrang! (4star review)
“they’re a hoot….Kultur Shock want their disparate sounds to pierce borders, create shock—which is the band’s own method of asserting control.”
Village Voice
“Kultur Shock are the very model of a multi-cultural punk rock band…some of it wouldn t sound out of place at your local kebab shop, but it s the sort of thing that would upset our WOMAD friends because it isn t pure or authentic enough.”
Metal Hammer
“Kultur Shock frontman lets his vibrato Gino Yevdjevich undulate in large waves, as if to swell his entire being in grandeur.”
Village Voice
“Mariachi gypsy-folk insanity from The Balkans. No, really….the closest approximation to Kultur Shock’s demented din.
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