Kultur Shock is a Seattle-based gypsy punk band which specializes in mixing music like rock,

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Biography

Active since 1996, Kultur Shock combines Balkan folk music with punk, metal and art rock. Its members hail from Bosnia, Bulgaria, and the United States. The band has issued as many as 11 albums and had performed over 1,500 shows throughout the United States and Europe. Kultur Shock was signed to Bill Gould's KoolArrow record label from 2001 to 2006 and released three albums for the label: ''FUCC the INS'', ''Kultura-Diktatura'' and ''We Came to Take Your Jobs Away''. In 2006 the band formed its own label Kultur Shock Records and publishing company, Kultur Shock Music. In 2011, the band had attended

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band and performer

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. In 2014, Kultur Shock released ''IX'' their ninth album and sixth collaboration with engineer/producer

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. The band defines itself as "a live band of

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Current lineup

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(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) –

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, vocal *Matty Noble (USA) – violin, vocals * Chris Stromquist (Brooklyn, NY) –

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(Detroit, Michigan) – clarinet,

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, vocals

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and member of Kultur Shock, the

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brass band

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Discography

*''Live in Amerika'' (1999), Pacific Records *''FUCC the I.N.S.'' (2001),

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*''Kultura-Diktatura'' (2004), Koolarrow Records *''We Came to Take Your Jobs Away'' (2006), Koolarrow Records *''Live in Europe'' (2008), Kultur Shock Records *''Integration'' (2009), Kultur Shock Records *''Ministry of Kultur'' (2011), Kultur Shock Records *''Tales of Grandpa Guru, Vol. 1'' (2012), Kultur Shock Records *''IX'' (2014), Kultur Shock Records *''Live at Home'' (2015), Kultur Shock Records *''Tales of the Two Gurus, Vol. 2'' (2016), Kultur Shock Records (with

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) *''D.R.E.A.M'' (2019)

References

External links

Official Web SiteBand's page
on

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Kultur Shock, Osijek (5.12.2009.) - photo galleryKultur Shock at Maymunarnika (09.08.2016) - Photo gallery"Kultur Shock – Artisti — MTV Hrvatska
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Chris Stromquist links

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"Chris Stromquist @ARTISTdirect"
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