Gogol Bordello is a New York-based band founded in 1999 by Ukrainian frontman Eugene Hütz, who fled Ukraine as a refugee and built the group around musicians from across the globe. Their sound fuses punk rock with Romani and Eastern European folk - a genre they helped define as gypsy punk - and their live shows are known for their theatrical, high-energy chaos. Hütz co-starred with Elijah Wood in the 2005 film Everything Is Illuminated, and the band released their ninth studio album We Mean It, Man! in February 2026 on their own Casa Gogol Records label.
Eugene Hütz announced the release of his debut memoir Lost Innocent World: Chronicles of a Ukrainian Punk Rocker in the Free World, which will be published on December 8, 2026 by Matt Holt Books with a foreword by Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth.
Gogol Bordello released their ninth studio album We Mean It, Man! on February 13, 2026 on their own label Casa Gogol Records; the album was produced by Nick Launay and Adam "Atom" Greenspan.
The band launched the North American We Mean It, Man! Tour with 27 stops from Detroit to New York City, where the tour concluded on March 27 at Knockdown Center.
In November 2025, the band released the single "Hater Liquidator" and announced a new album and tour for 2026.
Gogol Bordello performed at the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, concluding their two-month European tour.
