Talk:Wire (band)
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[edit] Gilbert rumor
I've removed the following statement:
- In early 1995 it was reported that Gilbert had left the band. News of the band's future and any recording or live activity remain uncertain.
This contradicts the preceding paragraph (i.e. Wire regrouped in 1999 and continued to release sound recordings). And in 1995 the group was once again on hiatus anyway. I wonder if the editor meant 2005, but there is nothing on the band's website nor any Google hits to substantiate such a claim. If someone wishes to restore the statement then please cite a source. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:50, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Management denied the rumour in a less than emphatic manner http://www.wireviews.com/news/2005.html and there have been no further gigs or recordings.
In a recent interview, Colin Newman confirms that Bruce Gilbert has indeed left the band.
[edit] suggestion
Informative, but lacking the detail that they were the greatest band ever! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.50.228.4 (talk • contribs)
[edit] Colin Newman and Duchamp
Someone anonymously deleted the mention that Wire were influenced by Duchamp, so I reinstated that, and here's a citation of sorts, since I don't yet know how to provide footnotes within Wikipedia pages:
Colin Newman said "But Bruce wanted to bring in fine-art connotations, deliberately not to talk about us in a punk way - we're not living in council flats and on the dole, we're into Marcel Duchamp" in this article Mr Frosty 18:42, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Protopunk?
It says in the intro here that Wire are a protopunk band. Quite honestly, I think alot of this genre stuff splits hairs, but for the record I always though of Wire as a band that developed with the punk movement, not before it, and really, I'd call them one of the first post punk bands. Thoughts?
- Agreed. If the band started in 1976 they cannot by definition have been protopunk, which is defined in that article as 'precursors to punk'. The very early Wire stuff was Punk, but with Punk basically having run its course by 1977 they thankfully soon progressed beyond that and were one of the most important post-punk bands.--Michig 20:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
