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Gang Of Four beat Morrissey for Mojo Inspiration Award - Belfast Telegraph
posted by davidt on Friday June 17 2005, @10:00AM

 Belligerent Ghoul writes:
On the bright side, Siouxsie won the Mojo Icon Award.

Siouxsie Sioux, elder stateswoman of punk, is named 'Mojo' icon of the year - Belfast Telegraph

Excerpt:

One of the evening's surprises was the punk/new wave band Gang of Four triumphing over the Pixies, Tom Waits, Morrissey and Neil Young in the readers' vote to win the Inspiration award.

Mr Alexander said: "It will surprise a number of people, but the Gang of Four were touring about the time of the vote. History has shown them to be incredibly ahead of their time. Their music has had an impact on bands from REM and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to The Futureheads. In the last two years, the whole world has gone a bit Gang of Four."
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Gang Of Four beat Morrissey for Mojo Inspiration Award - Belfast Telegraph | Log in/Create an Account | Top | 12 comments | Search Discussion
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Gang of Four were Great but.... (Score:0)
The Smiths were much much much better! Fair enough all the "new" bands from Bloc Party to Franz name-check Gang of Four as an influence but it's about time that The Smiths were given a bit more credit!
Anonymous -- Friday June 17 2005, @10:55AM (#167538)
Way to butcher the english language... (Score:3, Funny)
"The Mojo awards, launched last year to recognise the elder statesmen - and women - of the music industry, also handed prizes to Paul Weller, named best songwriter, Gang of Four and Madness, winned their first music award"

Since when is "winned" a word. And talk about a run-on sentence! I'm no grammar nazi, but c'mon!
veradicere -- Friday June 17 2005, @05:36PM (#167600)
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    Gang of Four deserved it (Score:3, Insightful)
    Morrissey won the top Mojo award last year.

    Well done to Siouxsie Sioux- another worthy Icon.
    Anonymous -- Friday June 17 2005, @10:43PM (#167645)
      well, (Score:1)
      ....as much as I despise Andy Gill on a personal level, if you look at the bigger picture - this award was well deserved.
      Brighton Rich -- Friday June 17 2005, @11:48PM (#167654)
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      • Re:well, by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday June 18 2005, @12:38AM
          Re:well, (Score:3, Funny)
          I lived next door to him for half of the '90's. He was a miserable swine.
          Brighton Rich -- Sunday June 19 2005, @03:48AM (#167804)
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        they shouldn't... (Score:1)
        sadly the Marr was not the Star..

        hope be better than them
        MozPhig -- Friday June 24 2005, @12:45PM (#168553)
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          Re: Gang members (Score:2)
          Are Hinkle and Cook part of the Gang of Four then - doesn't sound very inspiring to me?!
          goinghome -- Saturday June 18 2005, @12:12PM (#167734)
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