v513 - Kultur Shock - "King / Country Mohammed"

Meet Kultur Shock - multinational ‘Gypsy Punk’ pioneers, led by irrepressible ball of energy and good cheer, Gino Yevdjevich.Gino was quite the mainstream pop star in his native Bosnia (and the Balkans), when the shelling of Sarajevo began, trapping him in his family’s apartment for two years. He was finally able to flee, first to New York, then on to Seattle. - {For Gino’s harrowing tales of the war, check his upcoming interview on Jello Biafra’s Renegade Roundtable podcast} -Instead of reviving his pop career, Gino chose (a full plunge) to reinvent himself, reaching deeper into his heart and Balkan roots, and Kultur Shock was born! They began playing slightly electrified Traditional Folk, to a growing refugee audience, including many a dancing Serb. The fan base quickly widened to Krist Novaselic and Vic Bondi, among others, who then drew in Jello Biafra. -  Then something happened -A year or two later, they debuted in San Francisco to a sold-out audience at the Bottom o