Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Bloc Party" in English language version.
With the new record, he said he was inspired by a song written years ago by Siouxsie and the Banshees called Peek-a-boo. "I heard it for the first time, and it sounded like nothing else on this planet. This is just a pop song that they put out in the middle of their career that nobody knows about, but to me it sounded like the most current but most futuristic bit of guitar-pop music I've heard. I thought, that'd be cool, to make music that people might not get at the time, but in ten years' time, people would revisit it."
I've spoken quite a lot over the years about music that informed me when I was younger, but I realised I've never really spoken about Blur. I think they were a big influence, certainly to me, and to Russell, the guitar player in Bloc Party.
I've spoken quite a lot over the years about music that informed me when I was younger, but I realised I've never really spoken about Blur. I think they were a big influence, certainly to me, and to Russell, the guitar player in Bloc Party.
With the new record, he said he was inspired by a song written years ago by Siouxsie and the Banshees called Peek-a-boo. "I heard it for the first time, and it sounded like nothing else on this planet. This is just a pop song that they put out in the middle of their career that nobody knows about, but to me it sounded like the most current but most futuristic bit of guitar-pop music I've heard. I thought, that'd be cool, to make music that people might not get at the time, but in ten years' time, people would revisit it."
