Tom Dunne: Mark Kermode is spot-on about the brilliance of the Gang Of Four
Jon King, Hugo Burnham and Dave Allen of the Gang of Four during one of their reunions in 2005. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
A lot of the bands that I love reside in the “if you know you know” realm. I name check them and people look blankly into the distance. Gang Of Four would be one of them. Understandable too. Not many bands reference the Frankfurt School of social criticism as an influence.
Mark Kermode, the much-beloved BBC film critic, is not one of those who look blankly away. And it’s not just love. It is devotion. He is in, essentially, a Gang of Four covers band. Being a man short, they are called, naturally, Gang of Three.
