english intellctuals not angry poor youth.both were trying to pull rock somewhere away from arenarock & over produced pop .Rock was king but it was the old drugged fat king. A reaction to the familiar, one intellect, one emotional same time period
@twangzombie - Yeah it came out early in the punk movement, but Wire was already moving past the orthodoxy, and into new realms. Perhaps the first post-punk band...along with Pere Ubu of course.
english intellctuals not angry poor youth.both were trying to pull rock somewhere away from arenarock & over produced pop .Rock was king but it was the old drugged fat king. A reaction to the familiar, one intellect, one emotional same time period
TheFooloffools 1 year ago
post punk seems to be reserved for anything more complex than noisy yelling 2/2 punk :)
awesomely seminal, alongside Swell Maps!
sizone 2 years ago
fantastic
I am the fly, is utterly sensational
BillKenn 3 years ago
I would not call this post punk, this album was 77 and Wire is a defining band.
twangzombie 3 years ago
@twangzombie - Yeah it came out early in the punk movement, but Wire was already moving past the orthodoxy, and into new realms. Perhaps the first post-punk band...along with Pere Ubu of course.
ShemTheSham 1 year ago
A great post-punk song. Wire is one of the more influential bands of its time.
alexbanales 3 years ago