Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Your blood so cheap?
Nope, Gang of Four haven’t rewritten the lyrics to Damaged Goods, but they are taking the old maxim of putting blood, sweat and tears into the making of an album quite literally. In a frankly quite bizarre response to the new musical climate where all recordings have to be pretty much self funded by bands, the post punk legends are selling vials of their own blood as part of a strategy to fund the recording of their new album, Content. The ‘unusual to say the least’ merchandise forms part of a box set which will include a scratch and sniff book, as well as artwork by the band illustrating the last 40 years the world’s history.
Jon King, singer of the Leeds band, explained the reason for releasing the album independently: ‘We recognise that there’s a fundamental change in the way that bands need to behave and act to make music,’he said with a straight face while sniffing the wind for the blood of a young virgin. ‘The other side is to form relationships with our fans who have become more and more important to us. We realise that they’re the people that make the most difference to us as musicians and have always been incredibly loyal to Gang of Four.’
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