Rob - Vocals, Keyboard
Josh - Guitar
Dan 'G'- Bass
Pete - Drums
Stevo - Player/Manager
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The Cure, Blur, Joy Zipper, The Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Japan, The Beta Band, Underground Deep House Music - DIY (Simon DK Digs & Woosh), Playing 4 Da City , DJ Rasoul, Migs, Pubs, The Smiths, Graham Coxon, Depeche Mode, Gorillaz, Soft Cell, Beer, Women, Focus , Kraftwerk, The Jesus & Mary Chain, John McGinlay, The Associates, Weather, Morrissey, Brakes, The Rollison Affair, Viva Voce, Bolton, Chinese Burn (Titanic), Sea & Cake, Air, Ian Brown, King Biscuit Time, Talking Heads, Happy Mondays, Electro Pop, The Seagulls, The Mission, The Budgie Rap!, Sulzer 6LDA, Geemeister, Brent, My Bloody Valentine, Velvet Underground, Stones, EE16SVT, Stone Roses, Joy Division, Stereolab, Tea, Telex.
Popgang formed in 2003 after Rob and Josh had spent several years writing house music with BRS/J & R Productions who had releases on Imperial Dub, Cyclo Records and Friends & Families labels. Gang had Dave Foo on Bass /Pete Twin - Drums but more often the 909 drum machine as Pete lived in London!
In 2008 The Gang split up (after long time drummer Jonny Casual moved to France), having played many gigs, in Stroud, London, Brighton, Bristol & Nottingham, one of the highlights being The Hub Collective Night in Stroud Sub Rooms with Brakes & Actress Hands.
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Le Gang is now back in service with Rob, Josh, G and Pete and Stevo (player manager/director of music - whatever that means!).
Released 2x EPs 'Get Out and Walk 'EP/Mini Album' and 'Foursides'.
Four Sides EP Review.
EP is a Rare Treat By Adam Horovitz. www.thsisstroud.com
Popgang's New EP is one of those rare treats - a zeitgeist-driven pop record that, despite its parochial origins could have been released on any good indie label.
Opening track Spacerock lives up to its name, being happy, hypnotic and pleasingly sqelchy in the synth department, while Deltic builds up slowly to a mantra-like romantic refrain.
December stretches Rob Evans' normal detached vocals into warm and ever so slightly punky territory, a little like later period Magazine. Final track Tescos is a revelation, though.
Spiced with an infuriatingly catchy synthesised whistle and littered with enough hooks to catch a stream-full of fish, this should have been the opening track and would play very well on the radio, given that is a big dumb pop song of the very best sort.
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