_Wire band_

Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976,[1] (and intermittently active to the present) by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), and Robert Gotobed (né Grey) (drums).[2] 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.

Discography

[edit] Studio albums

* Pink Flag (December 1977)
* Chairs Missing (August 1978) UK #48
* 154 (September 1979) UK #39
* The Ideal Copy (April 1987) UK #87
* A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck (May 1988)
* It's Beginning To And Back Again (May 1989)
* Manscape (May 1990)
* The Drill (April 1991)
* The First Letter (October 1991)
* Send (May 2003)
* Object 47 (7 July 2008)

[edit] Singles and EPs

* Mannequin / 12XU / Feeling Called Love (November 1977)
* I am the Fly / Ex-Lion Tamer (February 1978)
* Dot Dash / Options R (June 1978)
* Outdoor Miner / Practice Makes Perfect (January 1979, UK #51)
* A Question of Degree / Former Airline (June 1979)
* Map Reference 41°N 93°W / Go Ahead (October 1979)
* Our Swimmer / Midnight Bahnhof Cafe (May 1981)
* Crazy About Love / Second Length (Our Swimmer) / Catapult 30 (March 1983)
* Snakedrill (EP, November 1986)
* Ahead / Feed Me (live) (March 1987)
* Kidney Bingos / Pieta (March 1988, UK #88)
* Silk Skin Paws / German Shepherds (June 1988)
* Life in the Manscape / Gravity Worship (May 1990)
* So and Slow It Goes / Nice from Here (April 1991, as Wir)
* First Letter / The Last Number (December 1995, with Hafler Trio)
* Vien (1997, as Wir)
* Twelve Times You (January 2001)
* Read & Burn - 01 (June 2002)
* Read & Burn - 02 (October 2002)
* Read & Burn - 03 (November 2007)

[edit] Compilations & live albums

* Document and Eyewitness (live, June 1981)
* And Here It Is...Again... (1984)
* Play Pop (March 1986)
* In the Pink (live, August 1986)
* The Peel Sessions (EP, November 1987)
* On Returning (1977-1979) (July 1989)
* Double Peel Sessions (February 1990)
* 1985-1990 The A List (May 1993)
* Exploding Views (September 1994, with book)
* Behind the Curtain (May 1995)
* Turns and Strokes (May 1996)
* Coatings (October 1997)
* The Third Day (Feb 2000)
* It's All In The Brochure (May 2000)
* WIRE On The Box: 1979] (October 2004)
* WIRE: The Scottish Play: 2004 (March 2005)
* Live at the Roxy, London (1977) / Live at CBGB Theatre, New York (1978)] (November 2006)

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