Gang of Four
Every once in a while, the forces of musical resistance coalesce into a vision of perfect clarity. That was the sense you had when you first heard Entertainment! Sure, you'd heard some of this before in the work of contemporaries like The Clash, The B-52's, XTC and The Stranglers. But no one was saying it as succinctly as this Gang were: guitars that slapped you in the face, flatly read vocals that sought to incite a revolution against capitalism, and a funk/punk rhythm section that made the whole thing a guilty pleasure. The Sex Pistols were anarchists, The Clash just working-class blokes at heart, but Gang of Four struck at the malaise in America: capitalism that had robbed a nation of its natural resistance by sating its basest needs (food, sex, television). After fighting the good fight for a few albums, the band dissolved only to re-form in the '90s. As with many of the early punk bands, Gang of Four's impact on music was far more important than its short career would suggest.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Damaged Goods |
| 1979 | ENTERTAINMENT! |
| 1979 June | At Home He's A Tourist |
| 1980 | Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time |
| 1981 May | SOLID GOLD |
| 1981 | What We All Want |
| 1981 | To Hell With Poverty |
| 1982 January | ANOTHER DAY/ANOTHER DOLLAR (EP) |
| 1982 | Lord Make Me A Cowboy |
| 1982 | SONGS OF THE FREE |
| 1982 May | I Love A Man In A Uniform |
| 1982 | Call Me Up |
| 1983 | HARD |
| 1983 | SELECTIONS FROM HARD (EP) |
| 1983 | Is It Love |
| 1983 | Silver Lining |
| 1984 | AT THE PALACE |
| 1984 | Is It Love (live) |
| 1986 | THE PEEL SESSIONS |
| 1990 | Money Talks |
| 1990 November 6 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
| 1990 | FOUR FROM A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (EP) |
| 1991 May 7 | MALL |
| 1991 | TO HELL WITH POVERTY - THE LOADED REMIX EP |
| 1991 | Cadillac |
| 1991 | Don't Fix What Ain't Broke |
| 1991 | Satellite |
| 1995 | Tattoo |
| 1995 September 19 | SHRINKWRAPPED |
| 1996 | I PARADE MYSELF (EP) |
| 1998 November 3 | 100 FLOWERS BLOOM |
| 2005 October 11 | RETURN THE GIFT |
SEE ALSO...
SHRIEKBACK discography
NDN Records' awesome visual discography of Go4
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