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Gang Of Four – ‘Anti Hero’ review: Andy Gill swansong blurs line between tribute and posthumous EP

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Gang Of Four, adorns the cover of ‘Anti-Hero’, as depicted by the acclaimed American artist Shepard Fairey, best known as the creator of the iconic ‘Hope’ poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign.

In the run-up to the EP’s release, Fairey spoke in elegiac terms about the “profound inspiration” that Gill offered, and his “devastation” to hear of the musician’s untimely death in February.

Gill was 61.Read more: Andy Gill – the NME obituary, 1956-2020: The guitar hero who made radical politics danceableThis demonstrates just how much Gill, and the music he produced with Gang Of Four, genuinely changed the lives of those who heard it – in turn prompting some, like Fairey, to help change the world.

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