Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, College Rock, Dance-Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1977 in Leeds, England
The Sex Pistols, Dr. Feelgood, Free, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & Robbie, The Velvet Underground, Television, Talking Heads, Funkadelic, The Clash, Lee "Scratch" Perry Delta 5, The Fall, The Mekons, The Au Pairs, Public Image Ltd., Joy Division, Mission of Burma, Girls at Our Best!, Glaxo Babies, Liliput, Band of Susans, Wire, Scritti Politti, Minutemen, The Embarrassment, The Clash, Maximum Joy Twig, The Warmers, The Rapture, Paradise Boys, Radio 4, !!!, The Young Knives, The Robocop Kraus, The Playwrights, Destroy the Rocker, Big Black, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Peephole, The Mekons, Fugazi, Einstürzende Neubauten, Minutemen, We Are Scientists, Turing Machine |  |
Formed in 1977 by Leeds University students Jon King (vocals), Andy Gill (guitar), Dave Allen (bass), and Hugo Burnham (drums), Gang of Four (along with the Fall, Mekons, and Liliput) produced some of the most exhilarating and lasting music of the early English post-punk era of 1978-1983. Fueled by the fury of punk rock and radical political theory, Gang of Four successfully welded the two in an inspired display of polemics and music that addressed the vagaries of life in the modern world (including love and romance) as matters of political inquiry. Despite the fact that this sounds rife with the potential for being long on rhetoric and short on groove, such was not the case. What made Gang of Four's polemical clang'n'roll so compelling was that it worked as harsh, bracing, and ultimately liberating rock & roll.
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Release: October 11, 2005
Label: V2 Records
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Release: January 21, 2003
Label: Wounded Bird Records
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