Bloc Party
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London, United Kingdom (2002 – present)
Formation and rising popularity (2002–2005)
Bloc Party have been together since 2002, with names such as Superheroes of BMX, The Angel Range, Diet, and Union, before settling on Bloc Party in September 2003. Band members Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack have formed the fulcrum of these various incarnations, and were subsequently joined by bassist Gordon Moakes who answered an advert in the NME, and most recently drummer Matt Tong. Lissack and singer/guitarist Kele Okereke first met in 1998 in Essex, where Lissack had grown up and Okereke attended school. Lissack attended Bancroft’s School and Okereke attended Ilford County High School until 16 then Trinity School for sixth form. They bumped into each other again in 1999 at the Reading Festival and soon after formed the band Union.
In 2003 they changed their name from Union to Bloc Party. The name is a play on block party, a name for an informal neighbourhood festival, which might hire a local band as entertainment.
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Silent Alarm
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A Weekend In The City
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Intimacy
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Silent Alarm Remixed
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Videos
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'This Modern Love' (A Capella)
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One More Chance (Tiësto Remix)
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Events
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Aug
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Hard Summer 2012
Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States
56 going
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Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival 2012
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA, United States
276 going
75 shouts
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Aug
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Lollapalooza 2012
Grant Park, Chicago IL, United States
642 going
1,017 shouts
News
- Kele Announces solo album 'The Boxer' 6 Apr 2010 | from www.blocparty.com/
- Silent Alarm 12" Re-Issued 31 Mar 2010 | from www.blocparty.com/
- Kele Announces Irish Dates in May 30 Mar 2010 | from www.blocparty.com/
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