Gang Of Four Lyrics
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From the Album
1. At Home Hes A Tourist
2. Damaged Goods
3. Naturals Not In It
4. Not Great Men
5. Anthrax
6. Return The Gift
7. Its Her Factory
8. What We All Want
9. Paralysed
10. A Hole In The Wallet
11. Cheeseburger
12. To Hell With Poverty!
13. Capital (It Fails Us Now)
14. Call Me Up
15. I Will Be A Good Boy
16. The History Of The World
17. I Love a Man in Uniform
18. Is It Love
19. Woman Town
20. We Live As We Dream Alone
From the Single
Damaged Goods
Other Songs 5:45 A Man With a Good Car A Piece of My Heart Arabic Armalite Rifle Cadillac Capital Colour From The Tube Contract Damaged Goods - Dont Fix What Aint Broke Ether Everybody Wants To Come F.M.U.S.A. Glass Guns Before Butter Hed Send In The Army Hed Send the Army Hey Yeah Hiromi and Stan Talk History of the World Historys Bunk! Hole In the Wallet I Fled I Found That Essence Rare I Love A Man In A Uniform I Love a Man in a Uniform - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Remix If I Could Keep It For Myself Impossible In The Ditch Independence It Dont Matter It Is Not Enough Ivanka (Things You Can't Have) Life Its A Shame Love Like Anthrax Lucky Money Talks Motel Muscle For Brains Natural's Not in It - Ladytron Remodel Of The Instant Outside The Trains Dont Run On Time Paralysed [Live] Paralyzed Satellite Silver Lining Soul Rebel The Dying Rays (2020) The Republic Why Theory Womantown World Falls Apart Youll Never Pay For The Farm
Other Songs 5:45 A Man With a Good Car A Piece of My Heart Arabic Armalite Rifle Cadillac Capital Colour From The Tube Contract Damaged Goods - Dont Fix What Aint Broke Ether Everybody Wants To Come F.M.U.S.A. Glass Guns Before Butter Hed Send In The Army Hed Send the Army Hey Yeah Hiromi and Stan Talk History of the World Historys Bunk! Hole In the Wallet I Fled I Found That Essence Rare I Love A Man In A Uniform I Love a Man in a Uniform - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Remix If I Could Keep It For Myself Impossible In The Ditch Independence It Dont Matter It Is Not Enough Ivanka (Things You Can't Have) Life Its A Shame Love Like Anthrax Lucky Money Talks Motel Muscle For Brains Natural's Not in It - Ladytron Remodel Of The Instant Outside The Trains Dont Run On Time Paralysed [Live] Paralyzed Satellite Silver Lining Soul Rebel The Dying Rays (2020) The Republic Why Theory Womantown World Falls Apart Youll Never Pay For The Farm
Gang of Four are an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Leeds. The original members were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. There have been many different line-ups including, among other notable musicians, Sara Lee, Gail Ann Dorsey, and David Pajo. After a brief lull in the 1980s, different constellations of the band recorded two studio albums in the 1990s.
Between 2004 and 2006 the original line-up was reunited; Gill toured using the name between 2012 and his death in 2020. In 2021, the band announced that King, Burnham, and Lee would be reuniting for a US tour in 2022 with David Pajo on guitar and Sara Lee returning to the band. They continued to perform live, including at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California; headlining Luna Fest in Coimbra, Portugal and a UK Tour in October 2023.
They announced that their "Long Goodbye" tour in 2025 would be their last. For this tour, King and Burnham were joined by Ted Leo on guitar and Gail Greenwood on bass.
The band play a stripped-down mix of punk rock, funk and dub, with a lyrical emphasis on the social and political ills of society. Gang of Four are widely considered one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement. Their debut album, Entertainment!, was ranked by Rolling Stone as the fifth greatest punk album of all time and at number 483 in their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
In 2004, the album was listed by Pitchfork Media as the 8th best album of the 1970s and, in 2020, by Pop Matters as "Best Post Punk album ever". Entertainment! continues to be influential, and was voted 49th in Rolling Stones' 2023 poll of "100 Best Debut Albums of All time". Their early 80s albums (Songs of the Free and Hard) found them softening some of their more jarring qualities, and drifting towards dance-punk and disco. David Fricke of Rolling Stone described Gang of Four as "probably the best politically motivated band in rock & roll.".
-Wikipedia
Members:
Between 2004 and 2006 the original line-up was reunited; Gill toured using the name between 2012 and his death in 2020. In 2021, the band announced that King, Burnham, and Lee would be reuniting for a US tour in 2022 with David Pajo on guitar and Sara Lee returning to the band. They continued to perform live, including at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California; headlining Luna Fest in Coimbra, Portugal and a UK Tour in October 2023.
They announced that their "Long Goodbye" tour in 2025 would be their last. For this tour, King and Burnham were joined by Ted Leo on guitar and Gail Greenwood on bass.
The band play a stripped-down mix of punk rock, funk and dub, with a lyrical emphasis on the social and political ills of society. Gang of Four are widely considered one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement. Their debut album, Entertainment!, was ranked by Rolling Stone as the fifth greatest punk album of all time and at number 483 in their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
In 2004, the album was listed by Pitchfork Media as the 8th best album of the 1970s and, in 2020, by Pop Matters as "Best Post Punk album ever". Entertainment! continues to be influential, and was voted 49th in Rolling Stones' 2023 poll of "100 Best Debut Albums of All time". Their early 80s albums (Songs of the Free and Hard) found them softening some of their more jarring qualities, and drifting towards dance-punk and disco. David Fricke of Rolling Stone described Gang of Four as "probably the best politically motivated band in rock & roll.".
-Wikipedia
Jon King - lead vocals, percussion, melodica (1976-1984, 1990-1991, 1993, 1995, 2004-2012, 2021-present)
Hugo Burnham - drums, backing vocals (1976-1982, 2004-2006, 2021-present)
Gail Greenwood - bass, backing vocals (2024-present)
Ted Leo - guitar, vocals (2025-present)
Past Members:
Andy Gill
Dave Allen
Busta "Cherry" Jones
Sara Lee
Mark Heaney
Gail Ann Dorsey
David Pajo
Jon Finnigan
Thomas McNeice
John "Gaoler" Sterry
Tobias Humble
Linda Pardee
From: Leeds, England
Genre(s): Post-punk, dance-punk, funk rock
Associated Acts: 1995
