Wire
UK
Formed: 1977
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Punk/New Wave, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, British Punk, Punk, College Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental
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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 be...
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