David Geoffrey Allen (born 23 December 1955, in Kendal, Cumbria)[1] is an English musician, formerly the bass guitarist for the post-punk band Gang of Four. In 1981, he left Gang of Four to form Shriekback.[2]
Dave Allen
Dave Allen, circa 2009
Background information
Birth name
David Geoffrey Allen
Born
(1955-12-23) 23 December 1955 (age 67) Kendal, Cumbria, England
He later founded World Domination Recordings and participated in two bands who recorded for the label. Allen was the vocalist and primary songwriter for The Elastic Purejoy, and played bass guitar in Low Pop Suicide which was fronted by Rick Boston. He appeared on several LPs and EPs with each of these bands, though his ambitious plan to release a work of 20 volumes produced only three releases, The Harvest and the Elastic Purejoy's The Clutter of Pop and Talk Radio. After leaving Shriekback in 1988, Allen founded King Swamp with other former bandmates.[3] According to Pitchfork.com,[4] in 2006, Allen formed a "super-group" under the name Faux Hoax (supposedly pronounced 'Folks') with Danny Seim of Menomena, John Askew of Tracker, and Pioneers Press author Adam Gnade. A 7" single, "Your Friends Will Carry You Home," featuring Gnade on vocals, was released by Polyvinyl records in 2008.
Subsequently, he was director of Consumer Digital Audio Services at Intel in Portland, Oregon.[5] Then he went on to be the president of the entertainment division of the Overland Agency, an advertising firm based in Portland. He is now co-founder of digital strategy firm Fight, and runs the independent record label, Pampelmoose. In 2014, he joined Beats Music as Director, Artist & Music Industry Advocacy. After Apple Inc. acquired Beats, he stayed on in Apple Music Artist Relations.[6]
References
^Lester, Paul (2008). Gang of Four: Damaged Gods. Omnibus Press. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^Chadbourne, Eugene. "Dave Allen: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
^"King Swamp - FAQ". www.kingswamp.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^"Gang of Four + Menomena = Faux Hoax". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^"Give it away now". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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