British indie-rock band Bloc Party [ tickets ] formed in 1999 when fellow schoolmates Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack ran into each other at the Reading Festival in Leeds. Bass player Gordon Moakes, came on board soon after answering a classified ad in NME Magazine, and drummer Matt Tong joined the band via an audition.

Selecting the group's moniker took a bit of time for the bandmates, but they settled on Bloc Party because, as Moakes told Beat Magazine, it simply "looked, sounded, seemed fine so we went with it." The band dismisses theories that its name is a nod to some political viewpoint.

Currently touring North America in support of the band's latest album, "Intimacy," fans can see Bloc Party live in concert until early May. LiveDaily photographer Lyle A. Waisman attended their show in Chicago on Tuesday night (3/28), and here are some of his best shots.