(1976-06-22) 22 June 1976 (age 48) Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
Genres
Indie rock
post-punk revival
alternative dance
post-hardcore
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)
Bass guitar
vocals
keyboards
synthesiser
Years active
2002–present
Member of
Young Legionnaire
Formerly of
Bloc Party
Musical artist
Gordon Peter Moakes (born 22 June 1976) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of rock band Young Legionnaire and former member of indie rock band Bloc Party.[1]
^Phares, Heather. "Biography: Bloc Party". AMG. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
Moakes was the only player the band auditioned who was able to play the bassline for a song that Okereke and Lissack had presented. In 2002, Moakes,...
went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. GordonMoakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Matt...
Paul Mullen (of The Automatic, formerly of yourcodenameis:milo) and GordonMoakes (formerly of Bloc Party) alongside drummer Dean Pearson. Will Bowerman...
really want either of them in my life right now" of Tong and bassist GordonMoakes, who also left Bloc Party in 2015 after 13 years. Tong played the drums...
consisted of guitarists Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack, and bassist GordonMoakes. After drummer Matt Tong auditioned and joined the trio, the band members'...
with Bloc Party bassist GordonMoakes and Brontide/La Roux drummer William Bowerman. Mullen had previously worked with Moakes on the Yourcodenameis:milo...
up in Milton Keynes) Adam Ficek, drummer of London band Babyshambles GordonMoakes, the bassist for the London-based rock band Bloc Party Capdown, a ska...
culture in the area each time they sporadically returned. Band member GordonMoakes has noted, "The contrast we saw between being away on tour and being...
children's television series Grange Hill, lived and educated in the town. GordonMoakes (born 1976), bassist of Indie band Bloc Party, educated in Newport Pagnell...
Recorded 2004 Genre Dance-rock Length 4:22 Label Wichita Oxfam Songwriter(s) Kele Okereke Russell Lissack GordonMoakes Matt Tong Producer(s) Paul Epworth...
Madball) Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas (Mutemath) Naoshi Mizuta (The Star Onions) GordonMoakes (Bloc Party) Thiago Modesto (Quimere) Ole Moe (Immortal, Aura Noir)...
Jack Blades – Night Ranger Michael Shuman – Queens of the Stone Age GordonMoakes – Young Legionnaire Greg Lake – Emerson, Lake and Palmer Matt Sharp...
United Kingdom, and on the Kill Rock Stars label in the United States. GordonMoakes of Bloc Party has cited the album's song "Blow Dry" as being influential...
noted). All music composed by Bloc Party (Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, GordonMoakes & Matt Tong). All tracks produced by Paul Epworth and Bloc Party. "Two...
Hilary Mantel, writer and novelist, twice awarded the Booker Prize GordonMoakes, Bloc Party bassist and backing singer Fred V & Grafix, drum and bass...
manager. Mullen formed Young Legionnaire with former Bloc Party bassist GordonMoakes, who released their debut album Crisis Works in 2011. Frost formed a...
effusing on their love of Sluts of Trust in many interviews, Bloc Party's GordonMoakes was seen to wear a Sluts of Trust T-shirt when the band played Glastonbury...
Mortal and Fold Zandura) June 21 – Mike Einziger (Incubus) June 22 – GordonMoakes (Bloc Party) June 23 – Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer June...
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