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Equally inspired by Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Gang of Four, and the Cure, East London art punkers Bloc Party mix angular sonics with pop structures. Consisting of singer/guitarist Kele Okereke, guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist/singer Gordon Moakes, and drummer Matt Tong, the band was formerly known as Angel Range and Union before settling on Bloc Party. Okereke and Lissack met each other through mutual friends at the Reading Festival, and discovered that they had musical tastes as well as friends in common. Tong and Moakes soon joined their collaboration, and under the name Union, the quartet issued a demo in early 2003; later that year, they switched their name to Bloc Party.

The group's demo and concerts began to attract attention from both the press and their peers; Okereke sent a copy of the demo to Franz Ferdinand, who invited them to play at the Domino tenth anniversary bash in fall 2003. Early the following year, the band released one of the demo's tracks, "She's Hearing Voices," as a single on Trash Aesthetics. A few months later, Banquet/Staying Fat arrived on Moshi Moshi. That spring, Bloc Party signed to Wichita to release their full-length album in the U.K., and to Dim Mak for U.S. distribution. The band spent summer 2004 recording and touring. Late that summer, Bloc Party, which collected the band's first two singles, arrived in the States. Their debut album, Silent Alarm, appeared early in 2005 and was released by Vice Records in the States to widespread acclaim. Later that year, Silent Alarm Remixed capitalized on the band's burgeoning popularity, as did the 2006 EP Helicopter. A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's second proper album, followed in 2007. A Weekend in the City leaked onto the Internet months before the album's street date, which inspired Bloc Party to issue their third album, Intimacy, online in late summer 2008; the album was released on compact disc that fall. ~ Heather Phares, All Music GuideMore

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Bloc Party
On August 18th, 2008, via a live webchat, Bloc Party announced that their new album was finished. ...
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Banquet (Video)
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I Still Remember [video]
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Talons (Video)
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Fan Comments

Jul 8th, 3:18am
Jun 9th, 10:18pm
Your band is the best.... you are my favorite. you are all I listen to! Please try to come to rochester New York?
Jun 9th, 12:16am
Come to London Canada :P
Oct 18th, 2:06am
i am avid fan of british post punk band of the 80's.....i really love your music.....
Sep 12th, 3:54am
i love your music! can you please play ENGLAND at your upcoming NYC show?!?!
Sep 9th, 8:19pm
I don't know if BP is gonna read this wall but i'm gonna write on it anyways. i went to Chicago (I'm from Atlanta, Ga.) to see the band @ Lollapalooza. The performace was a little shaky (My fifth time seeing you them) but i still enjoyed myself. Of course I went to the House of Blues to watch them there. I didn't even get to watch you guys get on stage because I lit a cigarette and was immediately kicked out by some douche bag bouncer.So, yeah, I missed BP's rendition of "I Would Die 4 U"/ Flux. I've only heard about how awesome that portion of the show was. Oh well, I now no longer smoke cigarettes so thanks, guys!!!
Jul 28th, 6:40am
I'm wicked pumped to see you guys in Chicago this Friday!