Red Set

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A History of Gang of Four

James Dooley

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Repeater Books
01 November 2018

Punk, New Wave & Indie; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

The Gang of Four's 'Entertainment' LP was called one of the best 100 albums of the 80s by Rolling Stone.

Based on detailed interviews with band members,Red Setconsiders the music, art and politics that shaped Gang of Four and how the band, in turn, left an indelible mark on popular music.

In the autumn of 1976, two young British Fine Arts students travelled to New York on a university grant, but instead of merely studying ended up staying with one of the city's pioneering punk journalists, visiting the Museum of Modern Art by day and hanging out in punk epicentre CBGBs by night. It is from this trip that Gang of Four emerged.

Blending revelations from interviews with the band conducted by the author with snippets from newspaper articles and record reviews, Jim Dooley tells the history of Gang of Four as they remember it. From their days at art school through countless tours, records and reunions,Red Setis the definitive history of one of Britain's greatest and most influential bands.

By: James Dooley
Imprint: Repeater Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781912248032
ISBN 10: 1912248034
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jim Dooley studied at the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he investigated the links between politics and popular culture and wrote an MA thesis on music piracy. Jim has conducted numerous interviews for reggae fanzines (some being compiled in More Axe 9- Interviews from the Culture Reggae Archive in 2013), written articles for the BEAT, and is the author of the Small Axe Guide to Dub (Muzik Tree, 2010).

Reviews for Red Set: A History of Gang of Four

Jim Dooley [...] has made us all look far better than we perhaps have deserved. Well, not really - we were fabulous. I expect that to shine through in this book for all his readers to marvel at. - Hugo Burnham, Gang of Four