Bloc Party

Play Radio
Listen to Bloc Party Radio, featuring artists like Kele, Pin Me Down, Foals, Delphic and more…

84,752,122 plays (2,038,799 listeners)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Bloc Party Ringtones to Cell
More options
Add to my Library

London, United Kingdom (2002 – present)

Bloc Party are an English band. In 2005, the band released their critically acclaimed debut album Silent Alarm. Their second studio album, A Weekend In The City was released on February 5, 2007 in the United Kingdom and February 6 in the United States. A third album, Intimacy, was released in August 2008 as a download and later as a CD release on October 27. The band consists of Kele Okereke (vocals, guitar), Russell Lissack (guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass, vocals) and Matt Tong (drums).

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.
Read more… Edit

Popular tags: indie, indie rock, alternative, rock, british  See more

Shouts: 9,007 shouts

Share this artist:

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1  
7,273
2  
6,141
3
5,022
4  
3,733
5  
3,268
6  
3,194
7
3,173
8  
2,955
9  
2,909
10
2,691
11  
2,633
12
2,287
13  
2,212
14  
2,150
15  
1,957
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 9,007 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

See more Add event

News

Bloc Party is still Bloc Party

29 Sep 2011 | from www.blocparty.com/

See you soon.

Add comment

See more

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

Groups (984)

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels
“Put a Last.fm In Your Tank.”

More Last.fm Sites: Blog | Music Manager | Build | Playground (Subscriber VIP zone) | Best of 2011

© 2012 Last.fm Ltd. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | Updated Feb 11, 2009
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Text may also be available under the GNU Free Documentation License.