Wire were...

• Colin Newman - Vocals
• Bruce Gilbert - Vocals, Guitar
• Graham Lewis - Vocals, Bass
• Robert Gotobed - Drums

4 Art students with a fascination for the emerging punk scene formed Wire in 1976, and as required by all good punk bands, none knew how to play their instruments. The approached music as an experiment in art, resulting in short avant-pop songs. Their career appeared to be short when they disbanded in 1979, claiming they had exhausted their ideas. The next 6 years were filled with live material and solo project releases, and in 1986 they reformed. But by the early 90's all that remained for wire was a small cult following, and Gotobed left in 1991, fed up with his bandmates technological experimentation. In 1995 Elastica sampled Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" in "Connection" and Newman went on to collaborate with Elastica's Justine Frischmann on a one-off project in 1997. This year Wire return, making an appearence at the Shellac curated All Tomorrows Parties 2002.

Releases

• Read & Burn (EP) - single, out 19/11/2007 on pinkflag. (post review)

Past events

• Sat 03 May at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)

News

• 19/05/2008: Wire announce new album details
• 09/05/2008: A Week in Drowned in Sound: 09/05/08
• 01/05/2008: Exclusive: Wire confirmed as headliners at new London festival
• 21/07/2003: Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter

Features

• 07/05/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: the greatest bands to have never played at ATP
• 07/05/2008: Getting Stuk in: DiS catches the returning Wire in Belgium

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