This is very sad. All the post-punk heroes are dying too soon (Pete Shelley, Mark E. Smith, all with in the last couple of years)
Gang of Four were an absolutely incredible breakthrough that invented abrasive post-punk with a killer funk bass and beats.
ANDY GILL, Guitarist And Founding Member Of GANG OF FOUR, Dead At 64 (Feb. 1, 2020)
https://blabbermouth.net/news/andy-gill-guitarist-and-founding-member-of-gang-of-four-dead-at-64/
RIP
From the article:
"Andy, often cited as one of the world's greatest guitarists, left his mark on his own music, as founding member of GANG OF FOUR. In pioneering the band's sparse, jagged sound and looping feedback, Andy also inspired and informed generations of musicians. A groundbreaking composer and a brilliantly innovative producer, he worked with artists including the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, THE STRANGLERS, THE FUTUREHEADS, Michael Hutchence, Bono..
(The Minutemen, too)
Gang of Four - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time
(HD Audio, Lyrics)
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
(HD Audio, Lyrics)
"Your kiss so sweet, your sweat so sour. Sometimes 'm thinking that I love you, but I know it's only lust..."
Gang of Four - Ether
"Trapped in heaven life style (locked in long kesh)
New looking out for pleasure (H-block torture)
It's at the end of the rainbow (white noise in)
The happy ever after (a white room)
Dirt behind the daydream
Dirt behind the daydream
The happy ever after
Is at the end of the rainbow"
This may be the most insanely hard and dancing version of this, I dare you not to move to this:
Gang Of Four - What We All Want
https://youtu.be/0s2exI93vDA
#CoSoMusic
RIP - Adny Gill