JON KING interview 2025 (Gang of Four)

To Hell with Poverty! A Class Act: Inside the Gang of Four by Jon King (April 1, 2025) documents Jon King’s story from a South London slum and impoverished working-class background to international success as core musician, lyricist, writer, and producer in the legendary postpunk/funk band Gang of Four. The reader is taken on an episodic and kaleidoscopic journey full of adventures from childhood to the end of Gang of Four’s “golden period” in 1984. Thrown off the hit British TV show Top of the Pops; beaten by police at an anti-Nazi rally; being at the heart of the UK postpunk movement in the 1970s; fraternizing with Hells Angels and other “undesirables”; supported by bands like R.E.M. and playing with the likes of the Police and Talking Heads—King’s times with Gang of Four are rich with stories. #TPII51 Instagram:   / gangoffourofficial   Book: https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/... Merch: https://gangofour.myshopify.com/