▁English ▁through ▁his ▁musical ▁" ment ors " ▁because , ▁as ▁he ▁put ▁it , ▁" Russ ian ▁rock ▁always ▁had ▁lyr ics ▁that ▁were ▁super b ▁and ▁more ▁advanced ▁than ▁the ▁original ▁Western ▁rock ▁‘ n ’ ▁roll , ▁I ▁think . ▁Of ▁course , ▁Western ▁rock ▁is ▁much ▁stronger ▁when ▁it ▁comes ▁to ▁performance ▁and ▁production , ▁but ▁Russian ▁song writ ers ▁were ▁the ▁champions ▁of ▁writing ▁lyr ics . ▁So ▁naturally , ▁I ▁picked ▁ment ors ▁who ▁taught ▁me ▁how ▁to ▁tell ▁a ▁story , ▁like ▁Johnny ▁C ash ▁or ▁Nick ▁C ave ▁or ▁Leonard ▁C ohen ▁or ▁Sh ane ▁Mac G owan ▁from ▁The ▁P og ues . ▁I ▁learned ▁English ▁through ▁my ▁ment ors . ▁I ▁feel ▁like ▁they ▁are ▁kind ▁of ▁my ▁un cles ▁in ▁this ▁sense ." ▁ ▁H üt z ' s ▁transition ▁into ▁a ▁U . S . ▁singer ▁was ▁a ▁long ▁journey ▁through ▁Poland , ▁Hung ary , ▁Austria ▁and ▁Italy . ▁Des c end ants ▁of ▁gy ps ies ▁called ▁the ▁Ser vo ▁Roma ▁( a ▁tribe ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁black sm ith s , ▁hor set rad ers ▁and ▁mus icians ), ▁H üt z ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁fled ▁their ▁h omet own ▁after ▁hearing ▁of ▁the ▁Ch ern ob yl ▁mel td own . ▁However , ▁H üt z ' s ▁Roma / U k rain ian ▁background ▁provides ▁his ▁central ▁insp iration , ▁influen cing ▁his ▁l ifest yle ▁and ▁the ▁music ▁of ▁his ▁band ▁G og ol ▁B