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BLOC PARTY

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Bloc Party

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Bloc Party are an England|English indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke on vocals and rhythm guitar, Russell Lissack on lead guitar, Gordon Moakes on bass guitar and Matt Tong on drums. Their brand of indie rock has been compared to bands such as The Cure, Blur (band)|Blur, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies and Joy Division.

The band formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in ''NME'' magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 disc jockey|DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand lead singer Alex Kapranos a copy of their demo, "She's Hearing Voices", which was later released as a single.

In February 2005, the band released their debut album ''Silent Alarm (album)|Silent Alarm''. It would be critically acclaimed and make ''NME''{{'s Album of the Year list.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear | title = NME Albums of the Year | publisher = ''NME'' |accessdate=2008-05-05</ref> The album was certified platinum in the UK a year later. The band built on this success with the release of their second studio album, ''A Weekend in the... read all

Bloc Party top albums

  1. Silent Alarm
  2. A Weekend In the City
  3. Silent Alarm Remixed
  4. 2005.02.07: Maison de la Radio, Paris
  5. 2004-2005
  6. Weekend in the City
  7. Bloc Party EP
  8. Two More Years
    9. ...show all albums

Bloc Party top songs and lyrics

  1. Banquet
  2. Helicopter
  3. Like Eating Glass
  4. This Modern Love
  5. Hunting For Witches
  6. The Prayer
  7. Blue Light
  8. So Here We Are
  9. Positive Tension
  10. I Still Remember
  11. She's Hearing Voices
  12. Luno
  13. Uniform
  14. Plans
  15. Pioneers
  16. Kreuzberg
  17. On
  18. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
  19. Sunday
  20. Compliments
  21. Waiting For The 7.18
  22. Price of Gas
  23. SRXT
  24. Where Is Home?
  25. Price of Gasoline
    26. ...show all songs

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    Bloc Party will be playing at these Events
    1. The Bowery Presents Summer 2008 on 5 Jul 2008
    Location: New York United States


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    2. Fuji Rock Festival '08 on 25 Jul 2008
    Location: Yuzawa, Japan
    3. Bloc Party + Does It Offend You, Yeah? at The Glass House, Pomona, CA on 28 Jul 2008
    Location: 200 W Second St, Pomona, CA 91766, United States
    4. Bloc Party + Does It Offend You, Yeah? + Friendly Fires at Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA on 29 Jul 2008
    Location: Los Angeles, CA United States
    5. Bloc Party + Does It Offend You, Yeah? at The Fillmore, San Francisco on 30 Jul 2008
    Location: 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco 94115, United States
    6. Lollapalooza 2008 on 1 Aug 2008
    Location: Congress Drive and Columbus Drive, Chicago 60601, United States


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    7. Bloc Party + CSS + Cansei de Ser Sexy + more at House of Blues, Chicago on 2 Aug 2008
    Location: 329 N. Dearborn, Chicago 60610, United States
    8. Bloc Party + Does It Offend You, Yeah? at Fillmore at the TLA, Philadelphia on 5 Aug 2008
    Location: 334 South Street, Philadelphia 19147, United States
    9. Bloc Party + Does It Offend You, Yeah? at Webster Hall, New York on 6 Aug 2008
    Location: 125 East 11th Street, New York 10003, United States

    Doors 8pm
    $26
    18+

    on sale 5/2 12:00 pm
    10. Bloc Party + Longwave at Webster Hall, New York on 7 Aug 2008
    Location: 125 East 11th Street, New York 10003, United States

    Doors 8pm
    $26
    18+

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