Bloc Party
Bloc
Party are a British indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals,
rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar,
synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals).
Their brand of music is said to have been drawn from such bands as The Cure,
Mogwai, Siouxsie and the Banshees and in their more recent work Radiohead.
The
band was formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went
through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined
the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via
an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq
and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo
"She's Hearing Voices".
In
February 2005, the band released their debut album Silent Alarm. It was
critically acclaimed and was named 'Indie Album of the Year' at the 2006 PLUG
Awards and NME Album of the year which both honour indie music. That year, the
record was also certified platinum in Britain. The band built on this success
in 2007 with the release of their second studio album, A Weekend in the City,
which reached a peak of number two in the UK Albums Chart and number twelve in
the Billboard 200. In August 2008, Bloc Party released their third studio
record, Intimacy. The band went on a hiatus in October 2009 to focus on side
projects, and reunited in September 2011, releasing their fourth album, Four,
in 2012. As of May 2012, Bloc Party have sold two million albums worldwide
Origin:
London, England
Genres:
Indie rock, rock, post-Britpop, alternative rock, dance-rock
Years
active: 2003–present
Labels:
Frenchkiss, Wichita, Atlantic, Dim Mak, Transgressive, Trash Aesthetics, Vice,
Arts & Crafts
Associated
acts: Pin Me Down, Young Legionnaire
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Song:
Album:
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Full Album)
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