NOT GREAT MEN THE GANG OF FOUR WEB SITE

GIG NEWS: Gang Of Four are back, with the original lineup playing their first shows together for more than 20 years. Links to reviews and photographs from recent gigs, and details of further planned dates, can be found here. Alternatively you can visit the official website www.gangoffour.co.uk or the US equivalent www.gangoffour.us.

LIVE CD: An official limited edition live CD was produced of the London (Barbican) gig on 24th September. A few copies may still be available; check out www.concertlive.co.uk/index.aspx for more information.

ALBUM NEWS: 'Return The Gift' consists of two CDs. CD1 is a series of re-recorded Gang Of Four classics, and CD2 is a series of remixes. This is out NOW. I believe the Japanese edition includes a couple of bonus tracks on the remixes CD. You can read more about the album here.

Introduction

These pages contain information about the band Gang Of Four. There is a detailed discography of Gang Of Four, plus links to a number of related artists. There is also a list of V/A compilations which include one or more Gang Of Four track(s), although brief details are included in the main discography. There is also a selection of pictures, and there are some lyric pages too (with more to follow).

Additions and corrections to the discography and biography pages, and anything else which may be of interest, are invited - my email address is here. Thanks for visiting!

Index

The following pages are available:

• The Notes, credits and copyright notice which apply to the discography in particular, but also to all of these web pages.
  
  
• Information pages:
  • A brief biography of Gang Of Four.
  • Information on related bands and side projects.
  • Tour dates and links to reviews from Gang Of Four's 2005 live shows.
  • And finally... a brief history of this website.
  
  
• Discography pages:
  • Andy Gill discography. (One solo single in 1987).
  • A detailed discography of Gang Of Four.
  • King Butcher discography. (One single in 1988).
  • New! Sara Lee discography. Her debut solo album was released in 2000.
  • A detailed list of V/A compilations featuring Gang Of Four tracks (although brief details are included in the main discography).
  
  
• Pictures:
  • Some pictures of the Gang Of Four records listed in the discography.
  • Some pictures of Gang Of Four in concert. (There are also off-site pictures linked from the 'live shows' page.)
  
  
• Lyrics pages:
  • Note: work on these pages is in hand, but the checking process is taking longer than expected... I am trying to get these as accurate as possible, so please bear with me.
  • Lyrics to 'Entertainment!'
  • Lyrics to 'Solid Gold' Not yet available
  • Lyrics to 'Songs Of The Free'
  • Lyrics to 'Hard' Not yet available
  • Lyrics to 'Mall'
  • Lyrics to 'Shrinkwrapped' Not yet available
  
  
• Links to other sites:
  • There is a new Gang Of Four official website - although at the time of writing there isn't much there. There is also a US-based equivalent here.
  • Andy Gill now has his own website, www.gillmusic.com.
  • There are links to a number of reviews from the iq451 Music Guide site.
  • Entertainment! is a Gang Of Four fan site based in Japan. It includes lyrics, although I can't vouch for their accuracy (especially in Japanese!)
  • There is an interview with Andy Gill about the early days here.
  • A 'live in studio' radio performance from May 2005 is available via the KEXP website.
  • A BBC Radio 1 documentary on Gang Of Four was broadcast on the evening of 17 August 2005. You can listen to it here.
  • Some Belgian gig photos from 1980 are available from Phillippe Carly's New Wave Photos website.
  • Original Gang Of Four bass player Dave Allen subsequently joined Shriekback. More information on his subsequent career can be found via my Shriekback website.