Biography
Wire emerged out of the British punk explosion but, from the outset, maintained a distance from that scene and resisted easy categorization. While punk rapidly became a caricature of itself, Wire's musical identity -- focused on experimentation and process -- was constantly metamorphosing. Their first three albums alone attest to a startling evolution as the band repeatedly reinvented itself between 1977 and 1979. That capacity for self-reinvention, coupled with a willingness to stop recording indefinitely when ideas weren't forthcoming, has been crucial to Wire's longevity and continued relevance.
By the time of punk, British art schools had long been a hotbed of musical activity, spawning some of the nation's most innovative rock acts from the '60s onward. Like many punk contemporaries, » Read more
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Influenced By
- The Sex Pistols
- David Bowie
- Can
- Virgin Prunes
- Brian Eno
- Roxy Music
- Kraftwerk
- The Adverts
- Kevin Ayers
- Neu!
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- Hawkwind
- The Velvet Underground
- Faust
- Pink Floyd
- Van der Graaf Generator
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- Kustomized
- Section 25
- Elastica
- The Mekons
- Scrawl
- Disco Inferno
- The Breeders
- R.E.M.
- Hüsker Dü
- The Passage
- Minor Threat
- fIREHOSE
- The Girls
- Slint
- Heavens
- Viza-Noir
- Tea Servants
- Mike Watt
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