Gordon Peter Moakes (born 22 June 1976) is an English multi-instrumentalist and backing singer for English Indie rock band Bloc Party. He was educated at Ousedale School in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, and formerly of Tilehurst, Reading. During the mid-to-late 1990s, Gordon created and edited short-lived fanzine "Conform or Die".
Moakes became a member of Bloc Party after responding to an advertisement placed in the NME music magazine by Kele ...
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Gordon Peter Moakes (born 22 June 1976) is an English multi-instrumentalist and backing singer for English Indie rock band Bloc Party. He was educated at Ousedale School in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, and formerly of Tilehurst, Reading. During the mid-to-late 1990s, Gordon created and edited short-lived fanzine "Conform or Die".
Moakes became a member of Bloc Party after responding to an advertisement placed in the NME music magazine by Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack, asking for bass players to join their band. Although not originally a bassist, Lissack told him at their first rehearsal that Moakes was the only player to have auditioned that was able to play the bassline for the song that Okereke and Lissack had played to him (apparently titled "Life of the Party"). Moakes, Lissack and Okereke formed the first incarnation of Bloc Party in 2002, The Angel Range, who played shows across London. Moakes also ran and updated the band's website at this time.
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