Bloc Party - Helicopter

 

Origin	London, England
Genres	Indie rock post-punk revival alternative dance dance-punk post-Britpop alternative rock art punk
Years active	1999–present
Labels	BMG Wichita Frenchkiss Atlantic Infectious Vagrant Transgressive Trash Aesthetics Vice Arts & Crafts Dim Mak Dew Process
Associated acts	Pin Me Down Young Legionnaire Menomena Novacub
Members	Kele Okereke Russell Lissack Justin Harris Louise Bartle
Past members	Gordon Moakes Matt Tong

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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".