Guignol is a long-running circus/Balkan/klezmer/jazz project featuring Peter Hess (Balkan Beat Box, advice World/Inferno) on clarinet, Franz Nicolay on accordion, George Rush on tuba, and John Bollinger on drums. Part of the NYC gypsy-punk explosion that included bands like Gogol Bordello and Luminescent Orchestrii, Guignol has produced two full-length albums, a split EP with Nanuchka (featuring Jack Terricloth of World/Inferno), and a live album. Their most recent, “Guignol & Mischief Brew Fight Dirty,” is a collaboration with Philadelphia’s Erik Petersen (aka Mischief Brew); which features Guignol backing Erik on six of his songs, Erik joining Guignol on guitar on six of theirs; a Django Reinhardt cover, and an Iron Maiden cover.
You can listen to and buy it all digitally at guignol.bandcamp.com or physically at the webstore. Learn more about Guignol at guignolband.com and facebook.com/guignol. For more information, contact franznicolay@gmail.com.
“Brooklyn’s Guignol is the best bet for Barbez’s crew of hard-working, hard-playing world-music mutants to crash the art-punk party at Death By Audio…it’s a crew that truly understands punk rock energy and Eastern Bloc flutter. The speed and energy of your favorite hardcore band next to annihilating klezmercore.” – Village Voice
“Guignol serves up a combination of punk, jazz, folk, tango, klezmer, cheap red wine, woolly pinstriped suits, newsboy caps and one waxed moustache.” – Times of London
