Russell Lissack - Bloc Party (Interview 2024)

Russell is on the podcast as we take a deep dive into the origins of Bloc Party, touring the world and announcing Oasis' split..
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[@simonmorgan9965]

Great interview, loved that you guys talked about video game soundtracks as that was a big thing back in the day for discovering new bands when you were a teen

[@22grandpod]

Yeah deff. Tony hawk 2 was unreal lol

[@musicwithguitars]

Absolutely loved Bloc Party in the 00s! Can't wait to watch this whole vid

[@user-vd9yr3hl8p]

Wow, just watched the Matt Tong interview, was wishing there was a Russell one and here it is! Looking forward to Kele and the mysterious 'Gordon'...

[@danevans4376]

Looking forward to sitting down & watching this tonight. You should 100% try and get Matt Tong on at some point.

[@erikanderson3761]

He got him on 3 weeks ago

[@michaelhenwood6588]

Great interview mate.
I have been a Bloc Party fan for so long now and I love how Russell has gone from someone who never spoke to doing podcasts interviews like this. He seems such a humble and genuine man, which just makes me love him even more.
Loved some of the topics you touched on in this and how Russell kept remembering things he hadn’t spoke about before.
Kele next? 😉

[@22grandpod]

Thank you mate. Matt next..

[@Kitty_Kankles]

@@22grandpodawesome!! Can’t wait to hear from Matt!

[@jeffreylebowski2440]

Underrated channel

[@toconnell88]

Loved this! Thanks for sharing. Russell is such a sweet guy. One of my favourite guitarists by far.

[@alanmonaghan8970]

Russell was my inspiration to play guitar, I used to copy his style so shamelessly that people called me "Blocparty Alan". I was about 16 and I emailed him asking how to play bits and he would actually reply! What a legend

[@Philip_Taylor]

You play some really nice guitar lines with Bloc Party, the one from This Modern Love is elegant and carries energy really well. Thanks for this podcast & it's never dull in 'ull.

[@rudyramirez125]

Love you Russell

[@matthewhaydock6430]

Great interview - great interviewer - great interviewee

[@BsEMillo]

Just Gordy and Kele to complete the set

[@mariotaz]

Odd memory, I always remember a picture of Russell playing GameBoy Advance

[@Tony-vf9zu]

You should ask him about the school girl he dated

[@panananananana]

?? what's this referring to?

[@Tony-vf9zu]

@@panananananana ask Russell

[@azaz...]

I thought bloc party were from Bethnal Green?

[@pookachu64]

Lol no

[@azaz...]

Chingford no way