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Kele Okereke
Kele Okereke
English singer/songwriter and guitarist
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Pin Me Down
Pin Me Down
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Hercules & Love Affair
Hercules & Love Affair
American dance music group
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Ash
Ash
Northern Irish alternative rock band
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The Automatic
The Automatic
band that plays electro
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Hadouken!
Hadouken!
British rock/electronica band
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Sluts of Trust
Sluts of Trust
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Art Brut
Art Brut
English band
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The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings
English musical duo
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Paul Epworth
Paul Epworth
British music producer, musician, and songwriter
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The Dykeenies
The Dykeenies
Scottish rock band
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The Maccabees
The Maccabees
English indie rock band
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Klaxons
Klaxons
English band
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The Wombats
The Wombats
British band
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Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav
American indie rock band
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees
English rock band
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Yasmin
Yasmin
British DJ and singer-songwriter
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The Horrors
The Horrors
English rock band
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Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Canadian electronic music group
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Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro
Scottish rock band
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Cary Brothers
Cary Brothers
American musician
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Bakar
Bakar
British alternative rock musician
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The Rumble Strips
The Rumble Strips
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Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice
British rock band
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Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
English rock band
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Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Welsh alternative rock band
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The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
British electronic music duo
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Two Door Cinema Club
Two Door Cinema Club
band
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Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Disbanded Welsh rock band
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Muse
Muse
English rock band
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The View
The View
Scottish indie rock band
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White Lies
White Lies
English band
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Catfish and the Bottlemen
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Welsh rock band
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Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
British dance-punk band
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Mystery Jets
Mystery Jets
English indie rock band
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
British rock band from Glasgow
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The Cribs
The Cribs
English indie rock band
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Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club
British rock band
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Supergrass
Supergrass
English rock band
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Babyshambles
Babyshambles
English rock band
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¡Forward, Russia!
¡Forward, Russia!
English alternative band
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Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Scottish rock band
Members, past and present

Bloc Party are an English rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, sampler), Russell Lissack (lead guitar, keyboards), Justin Harris (bass guitar, keyboards, saxophones, backing vocals) and Louise Bartle (drums, percussion). Former members Matt Tong and Gordon Moakes left the band in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Their brand of music, whilst rooted in rock, retains elements of other genres such as electronica and house music. The band was formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices".

In February 2005, the band released their debut album Silent Alarm. It was critically acclaimed and was named Indie Album of the Year at the 2006 PLUG Awards and NME Album of the year which both honour indie music. That year, the record was also certified platinum in Britain. The band built on this success in 2007 with the release of their second studio album, A Weekend in the City, which reached a peak of number two in the UK Albums Chart and number twelve in the Billboard 200. In August 2008, Bloc Party released their third studio record, Intimacy which entered the UK Albums Chart at number eight and number eighteen on the Billboard 200. The band went on a hiatus in October 2009 to focus on side projects. They reunited in September 2011, and shortly thereafter released their fourth album, Four, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number three. In 2013, Bloc Party released their third EP titled The Nextwave Sessions in August; the band then began an indefinite hiatus to continue with their respective side projects. The band's fifth studio album, Hymns, the first to involve Harris and Bartle, was released on 29 January 2016. Bloc Party have sold over 3 million albums worldwide.