Biography

Dave Allen founded the band Gang of Four with Hugo Burnham and Andy Gill and Jon King in 1977. Allen left the group in 1981 to form the band Shriekback with Barry Andrews from XTC. Shriekback released numerous albums and its music appears in films such as Manhunter (1986) and Band of the Hand (1986) and Free Enterprise (1998) as well. Dave Allen has performed in many other bands such as The Crash Baptists, The Elastic Purejoy, King Swamp, Noise Abroad, and The Squall Collective. Dave was also the President and co-owner of World Domination Records and later the Director of Intel's Consumer Digital Audio Services Operation.
- IMDb mini biography by: Robb Hand