On April 5, Portland lost another champion of music with the passing of Dave Allen at 69. Allen was an early member of influential post-punk band Gang of Four, writing and recording their first two ...

Dave Allen, the founding bassist of English post-punk greats Gang Of Four, died last Saturday at 69. His former bandmate Hugo Burnham confirmed the news in a post today on Gang Of Four's Instagram ...

Sadly, Dave Allen of Gang of Four has passed away. He was 69 and had been suffering from dementia. Allen was a Gang of Four founder and was in the band from 1977-1981 and 2004-2008. After playing in ...

As the 1970s ended and the 1980s began, English group Gang of Four blended aggressive, angular guitar parts, funk rhythms and left-wing lyrical salvos into a potent mix, quickly becoming a seminal ...

Dave Allen, bassist for seminal post-punk band Gang of Four, died April 5 at home in Portland with his family, according to the band’s announcement on social media. He was 69. He had early-onset mixed ...

Dave Allen, the founding bassist of the highly influential British post-punk band Gang of Four and the funk-inflected group Shriekback, died last Saturday, according to a post from GO4 drummer Hugo ...

Dave Allen, who played bass guitar during influential British post-punk band Gang of Four's early years - and who went on to found the group Shriekback - has died. He was 69. Allen's former Gang of ...

Former Gang of Four and Shriekback bassist Dave Allen died Saturday of unspecified causes at the age of 69. The news was confirmed by his Gang of Four bandmate Hugo Burnham, who noted that Allen had ...