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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Videos Various Refers
WIRE
London, GB
*  10/1976

Line-Up (2011):

WIRE (photo)
 

Colin Newman - voc,g
Matt Simms - g (j.h.)
Graham Lewis - bg,voc
Robert Grey - ds

Former Members:

Bruce Gilbert (g,voc, 10/76-1980, 1985-91, 2000-cca 6/03)
George Gill (g, 10/76-1977)
Robert Gotobed (ds, 10/76-1980, 1985-91, 2000-cca 6/03)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Pink Flag
produced by: Mike Thorne		11/1977 Harvest
2.Chairs Missing08.09.1978Harvest48
3.15428.09.1979Harvest39
4.Document And Eyewitness: Electric Ballroom7/1981 Rough Trade
5.Document And Eyewitness: Notre Dame Hall
(mini LP, album bonus)		7/1981 Rough Trade
6.Play Pop
(mini LP)		3/1986 Rough Trade
7.In The Pink8/1986 Dojo
8.The Ideal Copy4/1987 Mute87
9.A Bell Is A Cup ... Until It Is Struck5/1988 Mute
10.It's Beginning To And Back Again5/1989 Mute 135
11.On Returning (1977-1979)8/1989 Harvest
12.Peel Sessions: Wire Volume 21/1990 Strange Fruit
13.Manscape5/1990 Mute
14.The Drill4/1991 Mute
15.The First Letter
credited to: Wir		10/1991 Mute
16.The A List17.05.1993Mute
17.Exploding Views9/1994 Materiali Sonori
18.Behind The Curtain4/1995 EMI
19.Turns And Strokes27.05.1996WMO
20.Coatings27.04.1999
21.Read And Burn, Vol. 102.07.2002Pink Flag
22.Send28.04.2003Pink Flag
23.Wire On The Box26.10.2004Pink Flag
24.Live At The Roxy, London: April 1st & 2nd 1977 - Live At CBGB Theatre, New York14.11.2006Pink Flag
25.Read & Burn 0313.11.2007Pink Flag
26.Object 4715.07.2008Pink Flag
27.Send Ultimate
(2CD)		07.07.2010Pink Flag
28.Red Barked Tree10.01.2011Pink Flag
29.The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 201114.02.2012
30.Change Becomes Us25.03.2013Ais
31.Wire13.04.2015Pink Flag71
32.Eliminated Artist
& Pete Swanson & Yarn		18.09.2015Issue Project Room Distributed
33.Nocturnal Koreans22.04.2016Pink Flag98
34.Silver / Lead31.03.2017Pink Flag96
35.Mind Hive1/2020 Pink Flag82
36.10:2019.06.2020

Bruce Gilbert:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.3R4
& Graham Lewis
(mini LP)		11/1980 4AD
2.Mzui (Waterloo Gallery)
& Graham Lewis & Russell Mills		5/1982 Cherry Red
3.To Speak4/1983 Dome
4.This Way8/1984 Mute
5.The Shivering Man3/1987 Mute
6.8 Time
& Graham Lewis		5/1988 4AD
7.Insiding1/1991 Mute
8.Music For Fruit8/1991 Mute
9.Pacific / Specific
& Graham Lewis & Russell Mills		12/1995 W.M.O.
10.Ab Ovo18.03.1996Mute
11.Orr
& Hampson & Kendall		20.05.1996Mute
12.In Esse03.11.1997Mute
13.Ordier Table of the08.06.2004Elements
14.Oblivio Agitatum13.10.2009Editions Mego
15.This Way08.12.2009Editions Mego
16.Meltaot / Souls On Board
& Meltaot & Souls On Boar		15.04.2010Ash International
17.Diluvial
& Beaconsfield Art Works		03.09.2013Touch

Graham Lewis:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.3R4
& Bruce Gilbert
(mini LP)		11/1980 4AD
2.Mzui (Waterloo Gallery)
& Bruce Gilbert & Russell Mills		5/1982 Cherry Red
3.8 Time
& Bruce Gilbert		5/1988 4AD
4.Pacific / Specific
& Bruce Gilbert & Russell Mills		12/1995 W.M.O.
5.Bastard14.07.1997Swim

Colin Newman:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.A-Z10/1980 Beggar's Banquet
2.Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish8/1981 4AD
3.Not To29.01.19824AD
4.Commercial Suicide9/1986 Crammed Discs
5.It Seems5/1988 Crammed Discs
6.Bastard30.06.1997Swim/Indigo

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Mannequin / Feeling Called Love / 12XU11.11.1977Harvest
2.I Am The Fly / Ex-Lion Tamer24.02.1978Harvest
3.Dot-Dash / Options R6/1978 Harvest
4.Outdoor Miner / Practise Makes Perfect12.01.1979Harvest51
5.A Question Of Degree / Former Airline7/1979 Harvest
6.Map Ref. 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W / Go Ahead02.11.1979Harvest
7.Our Swimmer / Midnight Bahnhof Cafe05.06.1981Rough Trade
8.Crazy About Love / Catapult 30 / Second Length (Our Swimmer)25.03.1983Rough Trade
9.Snakedrill EP
(A Serious Of Snakes / Advantage In Height / Up To The Sun / Drill)		11/1986 Mute
10.Ahead / Feed Me (live)
12" + Ambulance Chasers (live) / Vivid Riot Of Red (live)		3/1987 Mute
11.Peel Sessions: Wire (18.1.78)
(I Am The Fly / Culture Vultures / Practise Makes Perfect / 106 Beats That)		7/1987 Strange Fruit
12.Kidney Bongos / Pieta
12",CD + Drill (live) / Over Theirs (live)		2/1988 Mute88
13.Silk Skin Paws / German Shepherds
12" + Ambitious (remix)
CD + Come Back In Two Halves		6/1988 Mute
14.Eardrum Buzz / The Offer
12"(1) + It's A Boy (instrumental)
12"(2) + Eardrum Buzz / Ahead / Kidney Bongos (all live)
CD + Silk Skin Paws / A Serious Of Snakes / Ahead (extended)		4/1989 Mute68
15.In Vivo / Illuminated
12",CD + Finest Drops (live)		7/1989 Mute
16.Life In The Manscape / Gravity Worship
12",CD + Who Has Wine		5/1990 Mute
17.So And Slow It Grows / Nice From Here
12" + Take It (For Greedy)
credited to: Wir		9/1991 Mute
18.A Big Blue Canal
withdrawn		11/1991 Mute
19.Read & Burn 1 EP25.06.2002Pink Flag
20.You & I30.05.2005Frauen Funk
21.Duckhunter / Codebreaker12.12.2005Hidden Kings
22.What Do You Care? / 4 Months / Fourth Flower14.04.2009Naked
23.Wired EP
(Word / Iced / Rail / Edge)		11.02.2014Mord
24.20.8.9.19.9 / 20.15.5.24.1622.10.2014Wire
25.Encounter EP
(Encounter / Vanish / Contrast / Distance)		19.11.2014Mord
26.WIRE01RMX EP
(20 15 5 24 16 (TM404 Remix) / 20 8 9 19 9 (Milton Bradley Remix))		02.04.2015Wire

Colin Newman:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.B. / Classic Remains / Alone On Piano07.11.1980Beggar's Banquet
2.Inventory / This Picture20.03.1981Beggar's Banquet
3.We Means We Starts / Not To (remix)5/1982 4AD
4.Feigned Hearing / I Can't Hear You ...10/1986 Crammed Discs
5.Interview / Interview8/1987 Crammed Discs
6.Better Late Than Never / At Last5/1988 Crammed Discs
7.Voice EP4/1995 Swim

Bruce Gilbert:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Ends With The Sea / Hung Up To Dry While Building An Arch
& Graham Lewis		8/1981 4AD
2.Instant Shed Vol 113.11.1995Sub Pop
3.Pacific / Specific (In A Different Place)
& Graham Lewis & Russell Mills		05.02.1996WMO
4.Ovo Mix12.02.1996Mute
5.Ends With The Sea / Hung Up To Dry Whilst Building An Arch
& Graham Lewis		13.02.2015Superior Viaduct
6.Oblivio Agitatum / Zeros / Isopyre02.10.2009Editions Mego

Graham Lewis:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Ends With The Sea / Hung Up To Dry While Building An Arch
& Bruce Gilbert		8/1981 4AD
2.Pacific / Specific (In A Different Place)
& Bruce Gilbert & Russell Mills		05.02.1996WMO
3.Ends With The Sea / Hung Up To Dry Whilst Building An Arch
& Bruce Gilbert		13.02.2015Superior Viaduct

Videos:

1. Wire On The Box - 26.10.2004, Pinkflag, live

Various:

1976 Overload
disbanded 1980
reunited 1985
1991 changed name to Wir
reunited 2000

Compilation Appearances:

"Lowdown" / "I.2.X.U." on LP "Roxy, London WC2 (Jan-Apr. '77) Live Album (6/77, Harvest)
"Spent (Louder, Faster mix)" on compilation "Buddyhead Presents ... Gimme Skelter" (21.10.03, Nettwerk)

Colin Newman:

produced by LP:

Virgin Prunes: If I Die ... I Die (19.11.82, Rough Trade)
Minimal Compact: Raging Souls (1985, Crammed Discs)

appeared on the LP:
Malka Spiegel: Rosh Ballata (2/94, Swim)

Bruce Gilbert:

produced by LP:

Desmond Simmonds: Alone On Penguin Island (1979, Dome)

appeared on the LP:
Colin Newman: A-Z (10/80, Beggar's Banquet)
Matt Johnson: Burning Blue Soul (9/81, 4AD)

Graham Lewis:

produced by LP:

Desmond Simmonds: Alone On Penguin Island (1979, Dome)

appeared on the LP:
Matt Johnson: Burning Blue Soul (9/81, 4AD)

Robert Gotobed:

appeared on the LP:

Colin Newman: A-Z (10/80, Beggar's Banquet)

Press References:

Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19818 233Ze světa
19833 78interview
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19772625.06.197720Albumsalbum review
19775010.12.197727Albumsalbum review
19775010.12.197746interview
19783609.09.197826Albumsalbum review
1979213.01.197920Singlessingle review
1979427.01.19793News
19792507.07.197935Caught In The Actgig review
19793729.09.197938Albumsalbum review
19793913.10.197920interview
19794103.11.197926Singlessingle review
19794317.11.197938Caught In The Actgig review
1980609.02.19803News
19801008.03.198026Caught In The Actgig review
19812305.06.198124Singlessingle review
1983926.02.19834Fast Forward
19831219.03.198319Singlessingle review
19932015.05.19935News
19942923.07.199435Albumsalbum review
19944519.11.199411A.W.O.L.profile
19952524.06.199547Info Freakodiscography
19962125.05.199636Live!gig review
Mute Magazine
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19903 3profile, discography
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19901607.12.199020Profilyprofile
199610 20Galerie
199911 15Pelmel - Venku
20068 75Šrotištěalbum review
20079 26
200810 42Playinterview