Dave Allen, the founding bassist of the highly influential British post-punk band Gang of Four and the funk-inflected group Shriekback, died last Saturday, according to a post from GO4 drummer Hugo Burnham on the band’s official Instagram account. Burnham noted that Allen had been suffering from early-onset dementia for the last several years; he was 69.
Formed in Leeds in Northern England in 1976 by Allen, Burnham, singer Jon King and guitarist Andy Gill, Gang of Four were one of the most important and influential bands of the wave that followed the initial punk explosion, with a strong political bent to their lyrics and a slashing sound that
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