Bloc Party

Bloc Party are a British indie band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Their brand of music is said to have been drawn from such bands as The Cure, Mogwai, Siouxsie and the Banshees and in their more recent work Radiohead.  The band was formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition.
==Links To Peel==
Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio One DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices". Peel himself then got hold of their material from Steve Lamacq and liked them so much, that he invited them for a session, which sadly he was not alive to see or hear.
==Festive Fifty Entries==
*2004 Festive Fifty: Little Thoughts #44
*2004 Festive Fifty: Banquet #20
*2004 Festive Fifty: Helicopter #11
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 2004-11-04. First Broadcast: 30 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank). 'Compliments' released as a b-side on the reissued Banquet single (Wichita, 2005).
*So Here We Are / Tulips / Luno / Compliments
==Other Shows Played ==
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site)
2004
*13 April 2004: 'The Marshalls Are Dead (LP-Duct Tape Rainbow)' (Dim Mak)
*27 May 2004: 'Banquet' (7") Moshi Moshi
*08 June 2004: 'Banquet' (7") Moshi Moshi
*08 June 2004: 'Little Thoughts' (CD Single) Wichita
*17 June 2004: 'Little Thoughts' (Single) Wichita
*18 June 2004 (BBC World Service): 'Banquet' (7") Moshi Moshi
*24 June 2004: 'Banquet' (7") Moshi Moshi
*06 July 2004: Little Thoughts (CD Single) Wichita
*23 September 2004: Helicopter (CD Single) Wichita
*October 2004 (FSK): Helicopter (7" - Helicopter / Skeleton) Wichita
*06 October 2004: "Helicopter" (CD Single) - (Wichita)
*08 October 2004 (BBC World Service): "Helicopter" (CD Single) - (Wichita)
*25 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Banquet' (single) (Moshi Moshi Records)
*14 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Positive Tension' (CD Single) - (Wichita)
*23 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'So Here We Are' (CD Single) - (Wichita)
*28 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Little Thoughts (Maxi CD)' (Wichita) FF #44
*30 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Banquet (CD single)' (Moshi Moshi) FF #20
*30 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Helicopter (Maxi CD)' (Wichita) FF #11
== See Also ==
* May 2004 (Peel's Record Box)
*July 2004 (Peel's Record Box)
*September 2004 (Peel's Record Box)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists