Gang Of Four Biography

Gang Of Four was formed in 1977 in Leeds England by Andy Gill Jon King and Hugo Burnham all graduates of Leeds University and Dave Allen who answered an advert for a 'bass player wanted'. After their first single in 1978 they were snapped up by EMI and released their debut album Entertainment! in 1979.
Their second single At Home He's A Tourist actually made the UK Top 40 and Gang Of Four had been due to appear on Top Of The Pops but were dropped at the last minute when they refused to remove the word 'rubbers' from the lyrics. Having retained their artistic integrity but missed their chance of wider fame they were destined to remain a cult band and they never again reached the singles chart.
The second album Solid Gold was released in 1981 but shortly afterwards Dave Allen left to form Shriekback and was replaced on bass by Sara Lee. A third album Songs Of The Free followed in 1982 but by this point much of the original hard edge had been lost from the music. Hugo Burnham left after this album and the fourth album Hard (1983) featured Andy Gill programming the Linndrum with Jo Galdo Ron Albert and Howard Albert also heavily involved. Steve Goulding provided live drums until 1984 when the band broke up. A live album At The Palace features one of their last gigs.

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