Bloc Party is an English art rock/post-punk revival band. The band has been around in various guises since 2002, with names such as Superheroes of BMX, The Angel Range, Diet, and Union, before settling on Bloc Party in September 2003. The name is a play on block party, a name for an informal neighborhood festival, which might hire a local band as entertainment. The band has said that the name was not intended to be an allusion to the Soviet Bloc or the Canadian political party Bloc Québécois; the absence of a 'k' is purely for aesthetics.
However, the band's bassist, Gordon Moakes, said on the group's official internet forum that it was more a merging of the eastern "blocs" and the western "parties", in the political sense. Moakes notes that the name was not driven by politics, but rather it "looked, sounded, seemed fine so we the band went with it."
==The band=
Band members Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack have formed the fulcrum of these various incarnations, and were subsequently joined by bassist Gordon Moakes, and most recently drummer Matt Tong. Lissack and singer/guitarist Kele Okere...
| years active | 2002–present |
| country | Essex, England |
| status | |
| music genre | Indie rock, art rock, post-punk revival, Art punk |
| current members | Russell Lissack-Guitar Gordon Moakes-Bass Kele Okereke-Vocals, Guitar Matt Tong-Drums |
| past members | David Searston Mat Coleman James Chorley |
