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 Bloc Party performing live in 2015. From Left to Right: Okereke, Bartle, Lissack, Harris | |
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| Origin | London, England |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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Bloc Party is a British indie rock band. The band has four members: Kele Okereke sings and plays rhythm guitar, Russell Lissack plays the lead guitar, Justin Harris plays bass guitar, and Louise Bartle plays the drums. The band's music has been compared to bands such as the Cure, Gang of Four and the Strokes.[1]
The band formed during the 1999 Reading Festival. They tried many different names before they chose Bloc Party. Moakes joined after reading an advertisement in NME magazine. Tong was picked through an audition. The band was first noticed when they gave BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer Alex Kapranos a copy of its music demo, "She's Hearing Voices". It was later released as a single.
In February 2005, the band released its debut album, Silent Alarm. It received great reviews from many critics, and made NME's Album of the Year list.[2] The album was successful enough to reach platinum status in the UK a year later. The band released its second album, A Weekend in the City, in 2007. This album reached number two on the UK album chart and number twelve on the Billboard 200. In August 2008, the band released their third album, Intimacy. 4 years later, in 2012, the band released their fourth album, Four, and in 2016, the band released their fifth album, Hymns.
- ↑ "Listings - Artists - Bloc Party". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|archivedate=and|archive-date=specified (help); More than one of|archiveurl=and|archive-url=specified (help) - ↑ "NME Albums of the Year". NME. Archived from the original on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-05-05.