Gang Of Four : He'd Send In The Army
On October 22, 1980 Gang of Four released the Yellow EP, a collection of four previously released singles in the UK, including 1980's "Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time", He'd Send In The Army", Armalite Rifle" and "Its Her Factory". All four songs are now included on CDs of the band's staggering debut Entertainment!, even if they're not quite as good.
To help promote their first two releases Gang Of Four headed off on an America Tour where they were nearly given an opportunity to perform on Saturday Night Live. Instead, they spent night after night performing and day after day explaining their Marxist/Socialist views to music journalists.
Here's drummer Hugo Burnham to Trouser Press, for instance:
None of us belongs to a political party. Our politics are socialist to differing degrees...Generally speaking, we try to encourage wider thought, appreciation of different attitudes --not just accepting the status quo of attitudes towards other people, be it your wife, your kids of The Russians.
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