Wire Playing Live on WFMU in 2011

Wire Playing Live on WFMU in 2011


Once punk got started major innovations were happening all over the place as early as it began in the 70’s. Wire were among the musical scientists who experimented with short and long form along with kraftwerk and Gang of Four. On Tuesday April 2011 they will be playing for the first time live on wfmu’s Brian Turner’s radio show between 3-6pm est. Be sure to tune in as they resurrect punk on the airwaves. Their third album 154 is among the trilogy of their break-out experimentation that pushed what art music could be. While Gang of Four were like political mechanics and Kraftwerk the robot space makers — Wire were the sonic mixers making unique pastiches of keyboards and distortion unique from to song to song – some fast some slow. On their first album you were lucky to find anything over a minute long.

It’s So Obvious MP3 from Pink Flag (1977) [Buy]
French Film Blurred MP3 from Chairs Missing (1978)
The 15th MP3 from 154 (1979)


Gang of Four playing Damaged Goods. Live, Atlanta 1980. The guitar riff in this song totally reminds me of “this ain’t no picnic” by The Minute Men.