Ether, the opener to gang of four’s debut album, ‘Entertainment!’ parallels high usage of consumerism with the injustice faced by prisoners in Long Kesh prison in the North of Ireland were prisoners were unjustly tortured and punished for being suspected IRA members. The consumerism is spoken with the main vocals while the Injustice in the prisons are spoken with backing vocals, tying into the main theme of consumerism blinding injustice. This song was written before the infamous North of ireland hunger strikes by Bobby Sands
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Ether, the opener to gang of four’s debut album, ‘Entertainment!’ parallels high usage of consumerism with the injustice faced by prisoners in Long K… read more
Ether, the opener to gang of four’s debut album, ‘Entertainment!’ parallels high usage of consumerism with the injustice faced by prisoners in Long Kesh prison in the North of Ireland we… read more
Gang of Four are an English post-punk band formed in Leeds, England in 1976. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers". Storming, Doc Marten-booted and fueled by a heady co… read more
Gang of Four are an English post-punk band formed in Leeds, England in 1976. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, an… read more