Biography

Formed in 1978, the Gang of Four came from Leeds, England, with sharp, political lyrics and a cutting, angular sound that mixed post-punk guitar with funk rhythms. The relative artiness of their early work put them in a class with aesthetes like Wire, but they later upped the danceability quotient to appeal to a larger audience, scoring their biggest success with the surprisingly catchy single "I Love a Man in a Uniform." During the post-punk revival of the early 2000's, the band, long since disbanded, came back into favor as a key influence, and briefly reformed for a U.S. tour and an album.

Top Tracks

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• Anthrax

• At Home He's A Tourist

• Cadillac

• Call Me Up

• Capital (it Fails Us Now)

• Cheeseburger

• Damaged Goods

• Don't Fix What Ain't Broke

• Ether

• Everybody Wants To Come

• I Can't Forget Your Lonely Face

• I Love A Man In Uniform

• I Parade Myself

• Is It Love

• It's Her Factory

• Not Great Men

• Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time

• Paralysed

• Tattoo

• To Hell With Poverty!

• We Live As We Dream, Alone

• What We All Want

• Who Am I?

• Woman Town

Discography

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• Content

  Yep Roc

  2010

• Shrinkwrapped

  Castle Music Ltd.

  1995

• Mall

  Polydor

  1991

• At the Palace

  Mercury

  1984

• Hard

  EMI Music Distribution

  1983

• Songs of the Free

  Infinite Zero / Warner Bros.

  1982

• Solid Gold

  Toshiba EMI

  1981