Some of the most memorable music of the late-'70s British postpunk era came courtesy of Gang Of Four. The band's 1979 debut, Entertainment! , poured punk, funk, and politics into a groundbreaking sound that continues to influence such worthy modern rock descendents as Hot Hot Heat, The Rapture, and !!!. Rhino's 2005 issue of Entertainment! has been digitally remastered and expanded with bonus material, including the rare Yellow EP and four previously unreleased tracks. Booklet contains vintage   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Some of the most powerful, energized, and memorable music of the UK's potent post-punk era of the late 70's and early 80's came from the trailblazing band Gang Of Four, and it all started with 1979's Entertainment. Punk, funk, explosive prog-rock, and literate and often incendiary lyrics fuse into a signature, groundbreaking sound that would influence countless bands to come. Features the classics: "I Found That Essence Rare", "Damaged Goods", "Ether", and "Anthrax". Pressed on 180-gram   [ read more ]

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Gang of Four's debut album, Entertainment!, immediately made them a name to be reckoned with in post-punk circles after its release in 1979, and the group's third set, 1982's Songs of the Free, was their most popular, adding a bit of polish to their Spartan and metallic "neo-Marxist funk" and scoring a hit single in the process with the edgy-but-danceable "I Love a Man in a Uniform." This two-fer CD, then, features "the other two albums" (from the group's original run, that is), the ones t   [ read more ]

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Gang of Four's existence had as much to do with Slave and Chic as it did the Sex Pistols and the Stooges, which is something Solid Gold demonstrates more than Entertainment! Any smartypants can point out the irony of a band on Warner Bros. railing against systematic tools of control disguised as entertainment media, but Gang of Four were more observational than condescending. True, Jon King and Andy Gill might have been hooting and hollering in a semiviolent and discordant f   [ read more ]

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Driving their guitar spangles and jangled lyrics into the new wave morass of the early '80s, Gang of Four hoped to spin magic one more time with their 1983 swan song. The last studio album the band recorded before it disintegrated in 1984, Hard came under fire from critics and fans alike, both camps skewering this foray into lighter, more dance-oriented territory, screaming bloody sellouts and death-of-our-heroes up and down the streets, without once stopping to see the album for what it really    [ read more ]

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Entertainment! is one of those records where germs of influence can be traced through many genres and countless bands, both favorably and unfavorably. From groups whose awareness of genealogy spreads wide enough to openly acknowledge Gang of Four's influence (Fugazi, Rage Against the Machine), to those not in touch with their ancestry enough to realize it (rap-metal, some indie rock) -- all have appropriated elements of their forefathers' trailblazing contribution. Its vaguely funky rhythm   [ read more ]

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Entertainment! is one of those records where germs of influence can be traced through many genres and countless bands, both favorably and unfavorably. From groups whose awareness of genealogy spreads wide enough to openly acknowledge Gang of Four's influence (Fugazi, Rage Against the Machine), to those not in touch with their ancestry enough to realize it (rap-metal, some indie rock) -- all have appropriated elements of their forefathers' trailblazing contribution. Its vaguely funky rhythm   [ read more ]

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Gang of Four's existence had as much to do with Slave and Chic as it did the Sex Pistols and the Stooges, which is something Solid Gold demonstrates more than Entertainment! Any smartypants can point out the irony of a band on Warner Bros. railing against systematic tools of control disguised as entertainment media, but Gang of Four were more observational than condescending. True, Jon King and Andy Gill might have been hooting and hollering in a semiviolent and discordant f   [ read more ]

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