Gypsy punk

Gypsy punk
Gypsy punk
Stylistic origins	Punk rock; Romani music; folk punk; post-punk; klezmer;
Cultural origins	Late 1990s, United States
Typical instruments	Guitar; drums; bass guitar; fiddle; accordion;
Regional scenes
	New York City
Other topics
	Anti-folk; dark cabaret;

Gypsy punk is a hybrid musical genre that crosses traditional Romani music with punk rock. One of the first rock groups to incorporate elements of punk and Roma music was Motherhead Bug, which was active mostly in the early 1990s. A broader audience became aware of the genre after the band Gogol Bordello released the album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, with front man Eugene Hütz describing their performance as a "Gypsy Punk Cabaret".^[1]

Gypsy punk bands usually combine rock beats and instrumentation with more traditional Roma instrumentation such as drums, tambourine, accordion, fiddle, trumpet and saxophone.^[2]

^ [1] Archived December 31, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
^ Ben Sisario, "The Rise of Gypsy Punkers" Archived 2015-01-23 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, 2 July 2005

[1] [1] Archived December 31, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Ben Sisario, "The Rise of Gypsy Punkers" Archived 2015-01-23 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, 2 July 2005

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Gypsy punk
Stylistic origins	Punk rock Romani music folk punk post-punk klezmer
Cultural origins	Late 1990s, United States
Typical instruments	Guitar drums bass guitar fiddle accordion
Regional scenes
New York City
Other topics
Anti-folk dark cabaret