Gang Of Four @ The Horseshoe, Friday

Here's Gang Of Four reprising "He'd Send In The Army" and "To Hell With Poverty" on their current North American tour. 

Gang Of Four release posthumous Anti Hero EP

Listen to "Forever Starts Now" which Andy Gill was working on at the time of his death on Feb. 1, likely from COVID-19.

A note about Gang Of Four's back catalogue...

Matador Records will now oversee a number of key catalog titles by the legendary Leeds band Gang of Four, including the classic albums 'Entertainment! '(1979), 'Solid Gold' (1981), and 'Songs of the Free' (1982). These records are once again available across streaming services and are joined by 14 live releases capturing performances between 1979 and 1984. Here's a playlist with some highlights : https://spoti.fi/3fqHGf1

“Ether,” the introductory track on 'Entertainment!', was recently sampled by Run The Jewels, who used the song’s core riff to form the backbone of their track “the ground below”on the newly released 'RTJ4'.

Gang of Four was formed in 1976 by bassist Dave Allen, drummer Hugo Burnham, guitarist Andy Gill, and singer Jon King. The band pioneered a style of music that inverted punk's blunt and explosive energies — favoring tense rhythms, percussive guitars, and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory and situationism. This first lineup of the group released two monumental albums, 'Entertainment!' (1979) and 'Solid Gold '(1981). A third, 'Songs of the Free' (1982), was recorded with Sara Lee replacing Allen. These records have endured as a formative influence, not only to subsequent generations of musicians, but also activists, writers, and visual artists.

stream ‘Entertainment!’ - matador.ffm.to/entertainment

stream ‘Solid Gold’ - matador.ffm.to/solidgold

stream ‘Songs of The Free’ - matador.ffm.to/songsofthefree

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R.I.P. Gang Of Four's Andy Gill, 1956-2020

Sadly, influential Gang Of Four guitarist Andy Gill passed away earlier today. He'll be greatly missed. 

Watch The Mekons at The Hideout in Chicago

Steve Goulding jumped on the mic to lead the sing-a-long on Gang Of Four's Armalite Rifle at The Mekons show on July 12th.  

Gang Of Four + The Faint @ Danforth Music Hall, Sunday

Gang Of Four created the blueprint for a generation of post-punk dance bands.