Lissack had attended Bancroft’s School, while Okereke attended Ilford County High School, then Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green for sixth kind. They bumped into one another once more in 1999 at Reading Festival and decided to form a band. Bassist Gordon Moakes joined after answering an advert in NME, and drummer Matt Tong joined after an audition. After going via quite a lot of names, such as Union, The Angel Range, and Diet, the band settled on Bloc Party in September 2003, a play on block party. The band has said that the name was not meant to be an allusion to the Soviet Bloc or the Canadian political party Bloc Québécois.
“Under no circumstances arrive to a party with a weekend bag or – even worse – a rucksack,” says Martin. “Avoid high-maintenance styles,” says Ruffians artistic director, Denis Robinson, who suggests steering simple with unfussy cuts like a loose sweep again or mid-length minimize with natural waves. Both of which simply require slightly texturising product similar to sea salt spray or volumising powder to finish. No quantity of hairspray will maintain a quiff in place once pelted with unforgiving weather. So whereas it may go together with …