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Bloc Party

British indie rock band

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Origin: London , England
Genres: Indie rock post-punk revival alternative dance dance-punk post-Britpop alternative rock art punk
Years active: 1999–present
Labels: BMG Wichita Frenchkiss Atlantic Infectious Vagrant Transgressive Trash Aesthetics Vice Arts & Crafts Dim Mak Dew Process
Spinoffs: Pin Me Down Young Legionnaire Novacub The None Wet Market
Members: Kele Okereke Russell Lissack Louise Bartle Harry Deacon
Past members: Gordon Moakes Matt Tong Sarah Jones Justin Harris Daniel Pugsley
Website: blocparty .com

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Bloc Party are an English rock band that was formed in London in 1999 by co-founders Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, sampler) and Russell Lissack (lead guitar). Their first four albums all featured Gordon Moakes (bass, keyboards) and Matt Tong (drums), who have since left the band. Their current lineup also contains Louise Bartle (drums, percussion) and Harry Deacon (bass, synthesizer). Their brand of music, whilst rooted in rock, retains elements of other genres such as electronica and house music.

Upon their formation at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack, the band 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. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices".