Bloc Party
On Tour
44,759,010 plays (1,079,700 listeners)
Listening now: magne-, MaybeIKnowStuff, Ryu-San
London, United Kingdom (2002 – present)
Formation and rising popularity (2006–2008)
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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Talons
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Bloc Party - Talons
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Bloc Party - Where is home? (Burial remix)
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bloc party - hunting for witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix)
Top Albums
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She's Hearing Voices
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Shoutbox
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Tommy101 wrote:
charlesyo, you made me chuckle... a 'token black guy' who also happened to form the band. This might come as a shock to you, but there are black people in britain, who also like to play music.
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ben2501 wrote:
don't be a faggot, it's a full stop, no-one cares whether it's there or not.
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higginst wrote:
you think they might put the correct name of the band on their own website.... but according to you guys they didn't.
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higginst wrote:
about this whole Bloc Party. thing................ ITS STUPID!
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charlesyo wrote:
token black guy imo
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VicLight wrote:
Intimacy is nothing like Silent Alarm :D
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whygothere wrote:
Banquet is nothing like helicopter, in response to a shout ages ago.
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2144654944 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Anti+-+POP
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VicLight wrote:
yeah like, it doesnt matter.
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_ritualord wrote:
yes it should be spelled "Bloc Party.". I noticed this too some time ago, but refused to shout it after seeing all the mess with Arcade Fire mistagging. Anyway, if you type in the URL bar /Bloc+Party. you'll be redirected here... so no chance to fail! :-P
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Z3BR4K wrote:
awesome
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VicLight wrote:
pretty much aaye.
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keeeno wrote:
44,490,054 plays holy shit!
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r9r9 wrote:
in my view intimacy is their best album
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higginst wrote:
"Is it not spelled Bloc Party. (with a full stop)?" -- uuum.... what?
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macca7174 wrote:
Look at their record covers for confirmation.
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macca7174 wrote:
Is it not spelled Bloc Party. (with a full stop)?
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Manxome wrote:
it's like.. if it's so cold.. stop eating that freakin' ice cream!
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Manxome wrote:
in swedish "glass" means "ice cream", so I just can't take the song "like eating glass" seriously. :p
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Kxking wrote:
Great work and improvement on Intimacy. Lovin' it. Except Flux.
Events
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Bloc Party
O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Bloc Party
O2 Academy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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25
Bloc Party
O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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News
This Modern Love on Blogotheque
29 Oct 2008 | from www.blocparty.com
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'Intimacy' out now
27 Oct 2008 | from www.blocparty.com -
Olympia Supports Announced
26 Oct 2008 | from www.blocparty.com
Listeners
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Recent Activity
- wawanock, HCTotorro, skatcher and 13 other people added Bloc Party to their libraries. 15 minutes ago
- sarasherwood tagged Bloc Party with ‘band needed for when the revolution strikes up’. 7 hours ago
- jixmas, kaupervood, buzzfool and 18 other people added Bloc Party to their libraries. 7 hours ago
- in_doubts tagged Bloc Party with indie rock, alternative and indie. 9 hours ago
- broddhar, podgemocc, midnightsun2 and 5 other people added Bloc Party to their libraries. 9 hours ago
- victimofkratina created the wiki page for A Weekend In the City. September 2008
- Bulgey10 created the wiki page for Mercury. August 2008
- strange_breaker tagged Bloc Party with ‘indie’. August 2008
- lostlauren tagged Bloc Party with british and indie rock. August 2008
- bo_nielsen, hafidzi92, rebekahpalmer and 6 other people added Bloc Party to their libraries. August 2008
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