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Bloc Party: Kele Okereke
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It was another two years before Bloc Party picked up its third member, bassist Gordon Moakes. By that point, both Okereke and Lissak had plunged themselves into the club culture of their East London neighborhood, an immersion that marked the group's first major progression.
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At time though, the amplitude of the sound Bloc Party convey felt ever so slightly betrayed by their lacks of ostentatious on-stage character. Despite the front man being recognized in the past for his austere nature, any timid skin should be shed at a safe distance outside of his gifted domain, for he is indeed one of the most exceptional and sincere talents to emerge from the over-saturated indie scene in the last decade. His admiration evident, as the duo-syllables ‘Kele’ were descant over the heads of the crowd between songs. Yet kudos for the point at which he decided to unconvincingly crowd surf, and risked having those drainpiped legs dismembered from his person and taken home as souvenirs.
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Timekeeper Matt Tong, Bloc Party's newest member, came aboard in 2003. Although drummer issues are a rite of passage for many bands, the Party members' recruitment efforts are already legendary back in their native England: At one point, Okereke, Lissak and Moakes were so desperate to round out their rhythm section, they literally went knocking on doors. Giving up... was never an option.
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There was a time when Bloc Party -- a London foursome that plays a manic blend of fractured beats and Wire-sharp guitars -- felt anything but at home in the U.K. music scene. "When we were an unsigned band, everyone sounded like a sub-Travis/Coldplay rip-off," recalls the band's twenty-three-year-old frontman, Kele Okereke, whose vocals veer between a Robert Smith croon and a John Lydon sneer.
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For a moment in 2005, Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke became the voice of a generation when he shouted, "We're so handsome/ We're so cool/ Just entertain us." It caught the attention of the disenfranchised, the disaffected and the perpetually cool who, in turn, waited with bated breath for the London foursome's follow-up, hoping the sophomore release could do for them what "Nevermind" did a generation earlier.
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A Halloween smoke machine tossed up ambiance as Bloc Party modestly strolled up. Wearing a nature T-shirt, Kele Okereke, Bloc Party's front man, captured the audience's attention quickly with "Positive Tension." Matt Tong demonstrated his uncanny drumming abilities while Okereke's speedy solo near the track's end made the highlight reel. The singing crowd caught its breath during "Blue Light."
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