interview: Andy Gill from Gang of Four
Tune into WMSE as Tom Crawford speaks with Andy Gill of the legendary Gang of Four in advance of the band’s show in Milwaukee on Valentine’s Day (at Shank Hall with The Quilz).
“The Gang of Four was always more than ‘just a band’. It’s an idea. A quicksilver place that is there to be grabbed by those that dare. Gill has drilled the band super-tight and infused them with that spartan, post-punk, spare aesthetic that sets them up perfectly for this modern dance.
“The 2018 Gang of Four are glorious. They sound enormous. They are exciting and have more than a whiff of danger and revolution about them. Gill radiates intensity and still plays the guitar like it’s sparking with Hendrix electricity or an AK47 Wilko scratch clatter, and his band of young droogs add a youthful exuberance and energy that electrifies the songs and makes Gang of Four a thrilling exercise in reinvention.”