An interview with Gino Jevđević – Berlin / Seattle 22. April 2022

Robert Soko: From what I remember, Eugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello) referred to Kultur Shock as being the inspiration and pioneers of this sound?

Robert Rigney: And why is Kultur Shock better than Gogol Bordello?

Gino Srđan Jevđević:  I would say we are two different things. You can even say that Puya is better than Kultur Shock in what they do. Because I was looking up to them. Nobody heard of them, but I was looking up to them.  You know, I think it’s different music. I think that Eugene has many different talents which I don’t have. And probably I have some that he doesn’t. And our musicians that have played with Kultur Shock are way, way – you know, they are different. Also, his music is much more commercial. And much more straight forward. They think more about consistency than us.  And I have heard a looooot of shit from my own band about my choices of “stopping and going”. I can’t really help it. I personally do not know how System of a Down got that huge because I love them, and usually what I like is not that famous. And it brings me hope that they’ve got so hugely famous  on music that is that good. Wow! Boom! And not everyone can do that…

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