Gang of Four (singer, funk, punk, album, show)

White Lies · 07-29-2006, 09:51 AM

Anyone like this band?

I got into them and I'm really enjoying them. They play some pretty funky post-punk, and I'm guessing they were an influence on the Minutemen. Anyway, the album Entertainment is all kinds of awesome.

Yeah you should check them out

Alo · 07-29-2006, 11:08 AM

I'm listening to them now, they sound cool, it's catchy! With a non-hetero-touch.

Edit: wtf, Gay get's censored? o.0

DearJenny · 07-29-2006, 11:09 AM

I listened to them for a while, havent for quite a while though. They were okay.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-29-2006, 01:17 PM

Could never get into them for some reason. Dunno why I don`t hate them. I just think bands like Wire & A Certain Ratio were much better.

Piss Me Off · 07-29-2006, 01:55 PM

I love Entertainment, At Home Hes A Tourist being the song everyone should check out.

swim · 07-30-2006, 01:39 PM

Good band. Entertainment is loads of awesome.

White Lies · 07-31-2006, 07:18 AM

Yeah man. My favorite is probably Damaged Goods, that song rips. I know they formed in the late 70s, are they still together by any chance?

chumb · 06-04-2007, 03:10 PM

They did some reunion stuff recently, put out a new album too, I think. Surely one of my favorite post-punk groups, they certainly beat A Certain Ratio in my opinion.

GravitySlips · 06-04-2007, 08:07 PM

I've seem them live, last summer. They were pretty great, and the singer was really drunk, and drinking wine on stage throughout the show (at a small, local festival). During one song, the band played a typical Gang of Four style funky, angular bass/drum/guitar piece, while the singer took a baseball bat and continuously hammered it off a microwave that the band had procured from nowhere on stage. It gave the whole thing a really industrial style sound, and was awesome, especially when the microwave got totally trashed to huge cheers from the crowd, before the band transitioned into Damaged Goods.

Entertainment is amazing. Sold Gold is also money.

boo boo · 06-05-2007, 01:57 AM

A Funk Punk band if there ever was one.

Entertainment! is the cats meow.

07-29-2006, 09:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
White Lies destroy oh boy! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 492	Gang of Four Anyone like this band? I got into them and I'm really enjoying them. They play some pretty funky post-punk, and I'm guessing they were an influence on the Minutemen. Anyway, the album Entertainment is all kinds of awesome. Yeah you should check them out

07-29-2006, 11:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Alo Scarf Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 715	I'm listening to them now, they sound cool, it's catchy! With a non-hetero-touch. Edit: wtf, Gay get's censored? o.0 __________________ I rocked my shoelaces untied

07-29-2006, 11:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
DearJenny Raptor Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 1,321	I listened to them for a while, havent for quite a while though. They were okay. __________________ So here's to living life miserable. And here's to all the lonely stories that I've told. Maybe drinking wine will validate my sorrow. Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle.

07-29-2006, 01:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Could never get into them for some reason. Dunno why I don`t hate them. I just think bands like Wire & A Certain Ratio were much better. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-29-2006, 01:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	I love Entertainment, At Home Hes A Tourist being the song everyone should check out. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

07-30-2006, 01:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Good band. Entertainment is loads of awesome. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

07-31-2006, 07:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
White Lies destroy oh boy! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 492	Yeah man. My favorite is probably Damaged Goods, that song rips. I know they formed in the late 70s, are they still together by any chance?

06-04-2007, 03:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
chumb awamba Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 133	They did some reunion stuff recently, put out a new album too, I think. Surely one of my favorite post-punk groups, they certainly beat A Certain Ratio in my opinion.

06-04-2007, 08:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	I've seem them live, last summer. They were pretty great, and the singer was really drunk, and drinking wine on stage throughout the show (at a small, local festival). During one song, the band played a typical Gang of Four style funky, angular bass/drum/guitar piece, while the singer took a baseball bat and continuously hammered it off a microwave that the band had procured from nowhere on stage. It gave the whole thing a really industrial style sound, and was awesome, especially when the microwave got totally trashed to huge cheers from the crowd, before the band transitioned into Damaged Goods. Entertainment is amazing. Sold Gold is also money.