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The group entered the British Top 40 only once with the At Home He's a Tourist single in 1979. They played a stripped down mix of punk rock, with strong elements of funk music and dub reggae and a strong emphasis on the social and political ills in society. Their angular, slashing attack and liberal use of dissonance had a significant influence on their post punk contemporaries in the States, including Mission of Burma.

Gang of Four went on to influence a number of successful funk-tinged alternative rock acts throughout the 80's and 90's, although few of their followers were as arty or political. Michael Balzary (perhaps better known as Flea) has stated Gang of Four were very influential for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' early music.

Gang of Four can also be credited as one of the early influences on techno or electronic music.

Recently the band have enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, due to emergence of new post-punk influenced bands such as The RaptureThe Rapture is a post punk rock band with elements of acid house. The Rapture formed in 1998 and are currently based out of New York City. The Rapture gained widespread popularity after the release of the singles "House of Jealous Lovers" and "Sister Savi and Radio 4Radio 4 are a band from Brooklyn who formed in 1999. They claim that their sound, which has been described as danceable punk is "made in New York, is about New York, and sounds like New York". The band is a five-piece, comprising Anthony Roman (Vocals/Bas and the renewed patronage of the NMEThe New Musical Express (better known as the NME is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop.

• Hugo Burnham (Drums/Vocals) (first three albums)
• Dave Allen (Bass Guitar) (first two albums)
• Sara Lee (Bass Guitar) (replaced Dave Allen)
• Andy Gill (Guitar/Vocals)
• Jon King (Vocals/Melodica)

Discography

This list does not include compliation and greatest hit releases.

• Entertainment!Entertainment is the 1979 debut album by English post-punk band Gang of Four. An EP titled Damaged Goods preceded Entertainment . The music is influenced by, and the result of punk, yet also incorporates funk and less-obvious influences of reggae and dub, (1979)
• Yellow EP (1980)
• Solid Gold (1981)
• Another Day/Another Dollar EP (1982)
• Songs of the Free (1982)
• Hard (1983)
• At the Palace (1984)

• Mall (1991)
• Shrinkwrapped (1995)

See also :

• Post punk

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