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One hell of a sound and absolutely unique. Frusion now represents Kultur Shock.

Founded in Seattle in 1998 by front man Gino Yevdjevich (a Bosnian Serb and former Yugoslavian pop star), Kultur Shock is a cultural explosion as much as it is a musical collective. Guitarist Mario Butkovich is a Bosnian Croat who's been playing and touring with gypsy bands since childhood (he refined his guitar playing while living in refugee camps). Val Kiossovski, who plays rhythm guitar, defected from Bulgaria in the late 80's. Bassist Masa Kobayashi hails from Japan, while drummer Chris Stromquist brings a punk rock background and a love for Latin beats. Violinist Matty Noble is a recent addition from Seattle

"crossover" might be the one word that sums up Kultur Shock neatly. On Kultura-Diktatura, the band whips easily through rumba, samba-like beats, rock, punk, heavy rock, hip-hop and dark tribal and house beats. Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and English are all fair linguistic game and sound perfectly at home together in the Kultur Shock melting pot. What else could you expect from a band whose supporters range from folk legend Joan Baez to new-metalists System of a Down and who has earned rave reviews from magazines as varied as fRoots and Metal Hammer?

"Mariachi gypsy-folk insanity from The Balkans. No, really. ...the closest approximation to Kultur Shock's demented din is System of a Down gone mariachi."
Kerrang Magazine rating: KKKK Nov 3, 2001

"...the total sound is glorious. ...Imagine a rock fueled 3Mustaphas3 or Brave Combo if they'd come out of Sarajevo rather than US polka music."
fRoots Magazine Dec 2001

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