Talk:Gang of Four (band)

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Maybe it should be mentioned that the Entertainment album is number 490 in the Rolling Stones 500 Great Albums thing. How they could rank Entertainment below something like "californication" is absolutely beyond me, but hey at least it gets some recognition. Never mind... the album article mentions it right up front...Aranc23 17:42, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Return the Gift

 * I de-linked Return the Gift because it has no page of its own. The link redirects to Entertainment!--Hraefen Talk 17:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, that's wrong. Return the Gift needs its own page. 24.69.71.254 (talk) 16:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I removed the statement that they influenced Mission of Burma, a common misperception (fostered by the friendship between the bands). Everything Go4-like in Burma was already present when Burma first heard them; in fact, Roger Miler's 1977-8 Ann Arbor band, the Red Ants, was more Go4-like than Burma.Emvan 20:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

First Single?
The article says:

Their first single "Damaged Goods" (1978, Fast Records) was a No.1 indie chart hit and John Peel radio show favourite

and then:

Critic Stewart Mason has called "Love Like Anthrax" (their first single, later re-recorded as "Anthrax") not only the group's "most notorious song" but also "one of the most unique and interesting songs of its time".

Which was the first single? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.160.245.2 (talk) 20:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC).
 * "Love Like Anthrax" and "Damaged Goods" were both on the same 7" EP. The third track was "Armalite Rifle".Robman94 (talk) 17:53, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Not Named After Mao's Gang of Four? Really?
Someone should dig up a reference for the statement that the band was named after four structuralist philosophers and not Mao Zedong's Gang of Four. The band's logo and album covers suggest a Red Chinese connection. And even if a reference in fact exists, we have to make sure it's not a band member having fun at an interviewer's expense. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 15:47, 19 April 2008 (UTC) The artwork on Entertainment is a clear reference to Situationist artwork which added subversive meaning to everyday things, especially cartoons. It doesn't have anything to do with Maoism Xavier garcia (talk) 16:01, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

At Home He's A Tourist
Were they really invited to appear on Top of the Pops with this song? It didn't make the Top 40, so it seems unlikely. Has anyone got a reference for this story? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.82.79.193 (talk) 11:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It went top 60 according to this http://www.theguardian.com/music/gangoffour Jonpatterns (talk) 12:12, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Damaged Goods #1 Indie chart hit?
According to the wiki page UK Indie Chart the independent chart didn't start until 1980, so I don't see how "Damaged Goods", which was released in December 1978, could have been #1 in this chart. I can confirm that it didn't crack the Top 75 national chart (Guinuess Book of British Hit Singles). The only chart placing that I could find for it is the reviewer based chart rateyourmusic.com where it was ranked #5 for 1978 singles. Robman94 (talk) 18:09, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Years active 1977–1983?
Everywhere I read that they announced their split in 1984 (e.g. on this website: http://www.notgreatmen.com/gof_rel.html). Therefore I wonder if years active should be changed to 1977-1984? At least they released a live album in this year. --88.74.232.13 (talk) 08:53, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

definitely 1984. there was a "farewell tour" announced as such, with a date in London that I missed due to exams, & there are dates in the US & Canada which google can find. also, "at the palace", a clearly valedictory message at the beginning of "silver lining", was recorded on this tour.

duncanrmi (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Busta Jones Membership Dates
Busta Jones joined the band in 1981, not 1980 as mentioned in the article. There is a good discussion in this 1981 article from the Tuscaloosa News from Google News http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19810828&id=dTgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y6UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5817,7769843 The San Francisco show mentioned in the story was at what was know at the time as The Elite Club, better known as the Fillmore. You can see a photo of a concert flier here https://www.flickr.com/photos/33135085@N02/11121700834/ The San Francisco show at the Elite CLub was on July 14th 1981 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2002:3296:471D:E472:8832:A54B:8E70:D367 (talk) 05:00, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Image issue
At one time, the image in the infobox was File:Andy_Gill_and_John_%22Gaoler%22_Sterry,_Gang_of_Four.jpeg

That image did not have proper licensing; that has been resolved, but in the meantime, the image was removed and replaced by: File:Gang_of_Four_in_Chicago.jpg

Now that the licensing of the original image has been resolved, editors should determine whether the article should have a single photo, and if so which one, or should use both.

If there is no consensus, is there anyone who would object to restoring the image that was originally used, now that licensing is resolved?-- S Philbrick (Talk)  20:20, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Swapping, per email 2015030510028795 -- S Philbrick (Talk)  15:13, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

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Splitting Proposal- Discography
I propose splitting the discography into a separate page, in line with other artists. Thoughts? Geoffhunt3 (talk) 19:15, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * It's not a bad idea if someone(s) wanted to take the time to do it properly. On the other hand, this article is not so terribly long as to make it unwieldy in size, so I wouldn't consider moving the discography to a separate page especially necessary. I expect there are artists of comparable influence and notability that don't have separate discography articles. CAVincent (talk) 04:47, 22 March 2024 (UTC)