Gang of Four Get Edgy with Album Art

Gang Of Four at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, Jan.2005

The Gang of Four's upcoming album will feature cover art as artistically minded and socially charged as the band's music. The band will package a $1 bill in the jewel case for Return the Gift , as a not-so-symbolic measure of our culture's greed and exploitation.

"On the Original Entertainment cover there is a famous picture of a cowboy and an Indian shaking hands," explained guitarist Andy Gill in a statement. "At this point in their relationship the Indian is innocent and the cowboy innocently believes he can exploit him.

"Many years later and the Indian is addled and all the cowboys hopes are dased. The common currency is cash, the liquor that flows through all our veins. The advertisers call to us : sirens in the wilderness. we buy and sell. We are in it up to are necks.

"Return The Gift. But we probably won't, will we?"

Return the Gift hits stores Oct. 11.

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