London
Gang of Four
Gang of Four formed in Leeds in 1976, the band pioneered a style of music that inverted punk’s blunt and explosive energies — favouring tense rhythms, percussive guitars, and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory and situationism.
Despite not troubling the UK Top 40 charts, they put every element of the traditional "rock band" format to question, from notions of harmony and rhythm to presentation and performance.
The gang are back and are ready for more.
