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Gang of Four was an English  band, formed in 1976 in .The original members were singer , guitarist , bass guitarist  and drummer . There have been many different line-ups including, among other notable musicians, ,  and . After a brief lull in the 1980s, different constellations of the band recorded two studio albums in the 1990s. Between 2004 and 2006 the original line-up was reunited; Gill toured using the name between 2012 and his death in 2020.

The band played a stripped-down mix of ,  and , with a lyrical emphasis on the social and political ills of society. Gang of Four are widely considered one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement. Their debut album, , was ranked as fifth greatest punk album of all time and at Number 483 in . In 2004, the album was listed by  as the 8th best album of the 1970s and, in 2020, by Pop Matters as "Best Post Punk album ever". Their early 80s albums ( and ) found them softening some of their more jarring qualities, and drifting towards  and . David Fricke of Rolling Stone described Gang of Four as "probably the best politically motivated band in rock & roll.