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‘Bowie compared us to T Rex. Couldn’t get any better’: the Mekons on how they made Where Were You?

‘It’s about loneliness, really. It was the total opposite of that “It’s Friday night, let’s have sex” macho mentality that was in most rock music at the time’

The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody makes a record like that for the money’: how Gang of Four made Entertainment!

‘There was tension with the National Front and swastikas on walls. So I’m proud the album is an outsider classic – but feel depressed these songs are still relevant’

The Guardian - UK

“We’ve been so very lucky to have had the Ace of Bass in our lives:” Dave Allen, bassist for post-punk legendsGang Of Four, has died

The band's famous fans included Kurt Cobain

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“Dave was the master of some of the most iconic basslines in music history”: Dave Allen, former Gang of Four bassist and post-punk heavyweight, dies aged 69

Allen’s work on Gang of Four’s first two albums would inspire generations and influence the likes of Nirvana, REM, and Flea, who has paid tribute to the late bass icon

Guitar World

Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen dies aged 69

Bandmates pay tribute to friend and ‘Ace of Bass’ who helped forge the post-punk band’s sound

The Guardian - UK

Original Gang of Four member Dave Allen dead at 69

Gang of Four bass player Dave Allen has died at 69 years old, weeks ahead of the rock band's farewell tour.

BANG Premier

Dave Allen, influential Gang of Four bassist, dies aged 69

Musician’s distinctive playing style became a defining force for the post-punk band

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"We've been so very lucky to have had the Ace of Bass in our lives": Former Gang of Four and Shriekback bassist Dave Allen dead at 69

Former bandmates have paid tribute to influential bass player and digital advocate Dave Allen

Louder

OPINION - Nigel Farage, Mike Amesbury and the domino effect: how Runcorn could change British politics

It was a by-election that caused a political earthquake. In 1981, Shirley Williams changed the temperature in Westminster when the new Social Democratic Party triumphed in the once true blue seat of Crosby. Months before, her fellow Gang of Four member Roy Jenkins had come tantalisingly close to winning a…

Evening Standard

“Robin Trower’s guitar sound was the loudest I’ve ever heard. He had two Fender Twins, and he smoked both by the end of the night”: Buzz Osborne names the 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The Melvins main man picks the jazz, funk and metal players who made him who he is today, recalls the time he heard Jeff Beck’s warm-up routine, and names the unsung ’70s hero who deserves more recognition: “Why aren’t more people talking about him? It makes no sense”

Guitar World

“I have that Eddie Van Halen mentality of ‘it doesn’t really matter what it looks like – I wish someone would teach me, because it’s just been me destroying stuff!” David Pajo on modding guitars, Gang of Four and the launch of his lost folk-rock album

The Fender fan, who plays bass and drums on a new ‘lost album’ by Children’s Hour, didn’t realize what an influence Andy Gill had been until he filled the late guitarist’s space

Guitar World

Forget Manchester: Leeds was the REAL home of 80s alternative music

Often derided as ‘Goth City’, Leeds defined the independent music scene of the 80s from post-punk to weird-pop and dark electronica. No Leeds, no Trent Reznor

Louder

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Andy’s bandmates are ganging up... and rewriting history’

Catherine Mayer, the widow of late Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill, has criticised his bandmates for “misleading messaging…that rewrites the history of the band” ahead of their new tour.

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Grieving widow asks: stop the Covid conspiracists

CATHERINE MAYER, the widow of Gang of Four singer Andy Gill, has called on Spotify to do more than the “bare minimum” over pandemic misinformation.

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