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Gang of Four Artist Site: gangoffour.co.uk "They immediately reclaimed the meticulous ferocity that made the Gang of Four one of post-punk's most influential bands". -(New York Times) "Gang of Four are really rather excellent…(their) music hasn't aged in the slightest…the likes of 'Damaged Goods' and 'Natural's Not In It' are still spikily relevant." (NME) "Gang of Four are perhaps the single most compelling case that what followed punk was far more interesting than punk itself." (Independent On Sunday, ABC) "they exude intensity and their sound remains one of rock's strongest flavors" (Mail On Sunday) The band, icons and inspiration for many of the world's biggest acts (REM, U2, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers), and who perhaps more than any other, serve as direct stylistic antecedents of today's guitar heroes (step forward Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads, The Rapture, Radio 4, Liars et al), have not been seen in this formation since 1981. Jon King (vocals), Andy Gill (guitar and vocals), Dave Allen (bass) and Hugo Burnham (drums) had by then been responsible for 1978's epochal 'Damaged Goods' debut EP, as well as the genre-defining 'Entertainment' album (1979) and its follow-up 'Solid Gold'. Since then there has never been a time when 'Natural's Not In It' and 'Love Like Anthrax' haven't sounded like some of the most vital and coldly passionate records ever made, but recently the band who always sounded 20 years ahead of their time have finally found the world catching up and catching on. Consequentially, it is most timely that Andy Gill has come out from behind the producer's chair of such globe bestriding rock behemoths as The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Killing Joke, Futureheads, Michael Hutchence, Bono, Jesus Lizard, to once again strap on his trusty Stratocaster. Gang of Four has just finished work on a new double disc set, which will be released to coincide with US tour dates. More information to follow soon. We are pleased to announce Gang Of Four US dates! Gang of Four US Dates May 1 Coachella "Gang of Four are really rather excellent…(their) music hasn't aged in the slightest…the likes of 'Damaged Goods' and 'Natural's Not In It' are still spikily relevant." (NME) "Gang of Four are perhaps the single most compelling case that what followed punk was far more interesting than punk itself." (Independent On Sunday, ABC) "regardless of their (superb) polemical power, their sonic relevance is greater still" (Independent On Sunday, ABC) "…they exude intensity and their sound remains one of rock's strongest flavors" (Mail On Sunday) "History tends to dilute and assimilate every avant-garde advance in pop culture, but (GOF's show by comparison) served as a reminder of just how blandly palatable most modern rock bands have become." (The Times) "Watching Gang of Four is still more of an immediate exhilarating experience than an exercise in cozy nostalgia." (The Times) "…the short, sharp, shock of jagged punk0funk that Gang of Four can still muster…(is) like a bracing slap across the senses." (The Times) "…they could certainly teach the Pop Idol generation a few salutary lessons about rock music's duty to disrupt and question the status quo." (The Times) "Hearing them redo the battling bits and abrasive stop-starts of Entertainment! Is like experiencing Coltrane's great quartette once more making their musical inds up about how to go from here to there without sounding ordinary" (Sunday Telegraph) "It's a timeless pleasure to hear Gill's lethal guitar snarl and scratch somewhere between Keith Richards and Derek Bailey: (Sunday Telegraph) "The Gang play the violent heck out of the music, rekindling the fresh thrill of arranging guitar, bass, drums and voice in this particular way, and get the hell out of the way again." (Sunday Telegraph) "Several of today's bands may have picked up the Gang's pieces,
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