Gang Of Four


Interviews


Interview (2016)

Gang Of Four - Interview

Andy Gill, frontman, co-founder and only remaining original member of British post-punk band, the Gang of Four, speaks to Lisa Torem about new multi-media project ‘Live..In The Moment’ as well as his vast experience as a producer, guitarist and arranger


Profiles

'Songs of the Free'/'Hard' Profile (2008)

Gang Of Four - 'Songs of the Free'/'Hard' Profile

Anthony Strutt examines Gang Of Four's third album from 1982, ‘Songs of the Free’, and fourth album from 1983, ‘Hard’, both of which have been recently reissued


Live

Borderline, London, 12/4/2019

Gang Of Four - Borderline, London, 12/4/2019

Adrian Janes watches influential post-punk the Gang of Four in a show at the Borderline in London play a fiery set to promote their new album 'Happy Now'.


Metro, Chicago, 30/9/2016

Gang Of Four - Metro, Chicago, 30/9/2016

Lisa Torem watches as post-punk outfit Gang of Four bowl over new fans as well as old at a gig at Chicago's intimate Metro


Macbeth,London, 24/8/2009

Gang Of Four - Macbeth,London, 24/8/2009

At a warm-up secret gig at the tiny venue of the Macbeth in London before a UK tour, Anthony Strutt finds 1970s group the Gang of Four's combination of politics and dance-influnced post-punk still compelling and relevant three decades on


Reviews


Live…In the Moment (2016)
Gang Of Four - Live…In the Moment

Praiseworthy new live CD/DVD from seminal UK post-punk outfit, the Gang of Four


Second Life/Paralysed (2008)
Gang Of Four - Second Life/Paralysed

Superb first single of original material in fourteen years from the reformed Gang of Four


Related


Interviews

John and Jehn
Interview John & Jehn - Interview

John & Jehn are a French duo who are based in London and who have just released their debut album. With influences as diverse as Serge Gainsbourg, the Velvet Underground, the Gang of Four, Joy Division and Johnny Cash, John Clarkson speaks to them about their intense on and off stage love affair


Profiles

All Tomorrow's Parties
Minehead, Somerset, 8/12/2006...10/12/2006 Miscellaneous - Minehead, Somerset, 8/12/2006...10/12/2006

Dominic Simpson casts his mind back on December's All Tomorrow's Parties long weekend, which was curated by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, and featured performances from among others Fursaxa, Deerhof, the Gang of Four, Dinosaur Jr and Iggy and the Stooges


Live

Gigantic Indie All Dayer Vol. 2
Academy, Manchester, 23/5/2015 Miscellaneous - Academy, Manchester, 23/5/2015

Billy Seagrave attends the second Gigantic All Dayer at the Manchester Academy and enjoys sets from the Primitives, Hurricane No. 1, the Gang of Four, Pop Will Eat Itself, the Inspiral Carpets and the recently reformed the High, who have got back together after an absence of twenty-two yers


Gary Numan
Gary Numan/Gang of Four - Hammersmith Apollo, London, 28/11/2014 Gary Numan - Gary Numan/Gang of Four - Hammersmith Apollo, London, 28/11/2014

In front of an exuberant crowd, Adrian Janes watches 80's icon Gary Numan, with the reformed Gang of Four as support, perform a brooding but electrifying show at the Hammersmith Apollo in London


Features

#5 - ‘We all have good intentions/ But all with strings attached’: Music and Mental Health Part 2 In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #5 - ‘We all have good intentions/ But all with strings attached’:  Music and Mental Health Part 2

In his regular column ‘In Dreams Begin Responsibilities’, Steve Miles continues to looks at the issue of mental health and reflects on the positive effect of music and songs by The Gang of Four, The Fall, The Television Personalities, Black Uhuru, The Au Pairs and The Slits on his adolescence.