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I loved them as a freshman in high school. everyone else was listening to nofx and op ivy and rancid on the bus and I was listening to wire, gang of four.. mr. bungle. haha. that's what punk should be like.
that being said, i haven't really pulled out a gang of four album in years. they're actually quite boring, in retrospect. they have some good bass lines and some good lyrics and their guitarist is... interesting... but they're just a bit.... boring to me now (i don't know if i just realized they're boring or if i just played them to death; a little of a, a little of b?). I LOVE "solid gold", it's about 100 times better than entertainment!. and i also named my livejournal (hah) after a gang of four song... "white noise in a white room." so yeah. they've been influential to me a bit. like most bands, their ep's are probably better than their full lengths.. and their later albums are terrible. i'd still reccomend "solid gold", though, i got many plays out of that. "paralyzed" has to be one of the best songs ever.
"dis hevi n givz me megrainz."
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