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Wire News

Wire to headline Hainault Forest festival

Young Knives and Ipso Facto on bill too

Classic Wire albums to be reissued

Three classic albums set to be remastered

  • Jan 4, 2006

ALBINI AND BOWIE - TOTALLY WIRED!

Meanwhile [a]David Bowie[/a] leads a tribute to the post-punk icons at their [b]New York[/b] show...

  • May 22, 2000

WIRE GIVE NEW YEAR PRESENCE!

And [b]Bruce Gilbert[/b] tells us they're giving it all away at their comeback gig...

  • Jan 16, 2000

TOTALLY WIRED

[b]Mute[/b] reissue band's back catalogue...

  • Nov 19, 1999

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Wire Pictures

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Wire Videos

Manic Street Preachers At T In The Park 2009

Manic Street Preachers At T In The Park 2009

Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire explains how he got banned from T In The Park ten years ago.

Manic Street Preachers in New York - Video Blog

Manic Street Preachers in New York - Video Blog

Dan Martin interviews Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire after the band's show at Webster Hall, New York, October 7.

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YouTube Wire Videos

The Wire - Avon And Marlo Meet

The Wire - Avon And Marlo Meet (02:45)

Season 5, Ep. 2 "More With Less"- Avon Barksdale surprises Marlo Stansfield when Marlo visits MCI Jessup to get word to The Greeks.

The Wire Season 1 Opening & Intro

The Wire Season 1 Opening & Intro (04:28)

The opening and intro to the first season of the excellent HBO show "The Wire", in which Detective McNulty learns about how America works. When I uploaded the Season 2 intro over a year ago, I think it was one of...

Charlie Brooker on The Wire

Charlie Brooker on The Wire (03:57)

Charlie Brooker explains why The Wire is the best TV show of the last 20 years.

The Wire - Marlo And Crew Hold Court In Jail

The Wire - Marlo And Crew Hold Court In Jail (02:23)

Season 5, Episode 9 "Late Editions" -Marlo, Chris, Monk and Cheese end up in jail and discuss the situation.

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Wire Reviews

Wire : Read & Burn

Wire : Read & Burn

Original art-rock punks return...

  • Jul 25, 2002

London Highbury Garage

As if you needed reminding, these men are not your friends. Heroes only to the sort of people who won't admit to having heroes, the [a]Wire[/a] reunion continues to be a source of marvel and confusion

  • Jun 6, 2000

London South Bank Royal Festival Hall

Then they go again, smiling smugly. We came to praise [a]Wire[/a]. The wankers went and buried themselves.

  • Mar 8, 2000

On Returning (1977-1979)

...it's easy to listen to [a]Wire[/a]'s [B]'On Returning'[/B]...

  • Feb 1, 2000

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Wire Biography

Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976, (and intermittently active to the present) by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), and Robert Gotobed (ne Grey) (drums). They were originally associated with the punk rock scene, appearing on the Live at the Roxy WC2 album - a key early document of the scene, and were later central to the development of post-punk.

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Wire's Best Songs

  • 1. Ex Lion Tamer
  • 2. Three Girl Rhumba
  • 3. Reuters
  • 4. Lowdown
  • 5. Mannequin
  • 6. Brazil
  • 7. Start to Move
  • 8. It's So Obvious
  • 9. Straight Line
  • 10. Pink Flag
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Wire Discography

Wire albums.

  • Pink Flag - 11/1977 (Harvest/GB)
  • Chairs Missing - 10/1978 (Harvest/GB)
  • 154 - 09/1979 (Harvest/GB)
  • The Ideal Copy - 27/04/1987 (Mute/GB)
  • A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck - 16/05/1988 (Mute/GB)
  • It's Beginning To and Back Again - 05/1989 (Mute/GB)
  • The Drill - 22/04/1991 (Mute/GB)
  • Send - 28/04/2003 (Pinkflag/GB)
  • Object 47 - 07/07/2008 (Pinkflag/GB)

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