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.