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Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Music/PinkFlag'' and specifically its track "12 X U", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMakers pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Music/PinkFlag'' and specifically its track "12 X U", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMakers pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, era, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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* DistinctDoubleAlbum: Well, distinct ''single'' album. For ''10:20'', side A was recorded in 2010 (with musical assistance from Margaret Fielder), and side B was recorded in 2020 with just Newman, Lewis, Grey and Simms. Oddly, the two halves sound remarkably cohesive in spite of the decade separating them.
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* DistinctDoubleAlbum: Well, distinct ''single'' album. For ''10:20'', side A was recorded in 2010 (with musical assistance from Margaret Fielder), and side B was recorded in 2020 with (with just Newman, Lewis, Grey and Simms.Simms). Oddly, the two halves sound remarkably cohesive in spite of the decade separating them.
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In 2003, Bruce Gilbert, grown bored of playing guitar and interested in pursuing his solo work, amicably left the group; Margaret Fiedler [=McGinnis=] of Laika was recruited to replace him as touring guitarist. Subsequent albums, such as 2007's ''Object 47'', have been more subdued and widely spaced, though the band's touring schedule remains formidable. For their 2010 tour, [=McGinnis=] was replaced by Matt Simms of It Hugs Back, who became a full member of the band for 2013's ''Change Becomes Us''.
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In 2003, Bruce Gilbert, grown bored of playing guitar and interested in pursuing his solo work, amicably left the group; Margaret Fiedler Fielder [=McGinnis=] of Laika was recruited to replace him as touring guitarist. Subsequent albums, such as 2007's ''Object 47'', have been more subdued and widely spaced, though the band's touring schedule remains formidable. For their 2010 tour, [=McGinnis=] was replaced by Matt Simms of It Hugs Back, who became a full member of the band for 2013's ''Change Becomes Us''.
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* DistinctDoubleAlbum: Well, distinct ''single'' album. Side For ''10:20'', side A was recorded in 2010 (with musical assistance from Margaret Fielder of Laika), Fielder), and side B was recorded in 2020 with just Newman, Lewis, Grey and Simms. Oddly, the two halves sound remarkably cohesive in spite of the decade separating them.
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* ''Mind Hive'' (2020)
* ''10:20'' (2020) - New recordings of songs that had evolved significantly in live performance or just got cut; half the album was recorded in 2010 and half in 2020.
* ''10:20'' (2020) - New recordings of songs that had evolved significantly in live performance or just got cut; half the album was recorded in 2010 and half in 2020.
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* DistinctDoubleAlbum: Well, distinct ''single'' album. Side A was recorded in 2010 (with musical assistance from Margaret Fielder of Laika), and side B was recorded in 2020 with just Newman, Lewis, Grey and Simms. Oddly, the two halves sound remarkably cohesive in spite of the decade separating them.
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** The majority of ''10:20'' is new recordings of songs from their 80s synth-pop period, to better reflect how those song had evolved in live performances.
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[floatboxright: Influences:
+Music/RoxyMusic, Music/BrianEno, Music/DavidBowie, Music/VelvetUnderground, Music/{{Can}}, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/SexPistols, The Adverts, Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, Music/TheBeatles, Music/VanDerGraafGenerator, Music/{{Neu}}...
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+Music/SonicYouth, Music/{{Buzzcocks}}, Music/TalkingHeads, Music/{{Magazine}}, The Psychedelic Furs, Music/BigBlack, Music/{{REM}}, Music/ThePixies, Music/NewOrder, Music/MissionOfBurma, The Mekons, Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/DinosaurJr, Elastica, Music/{{Pavement}}, Music/{{Blur}}, Clinic, Music/FranzFerdinand, Music/BlocParty...
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+Music/RoxyMusic, Music/BrianEno, Music/DavidBowie, Music/VelvetUnderground, Music/{{Can}}, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/SexPistols, The Adverts, Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, Music/TheBeatles, Music/VanDerGraafGenerator, Music/{{Neu}}...
Influenced:
+Music/SonicYouth, Music/{{Buzzcocks}}, Music/TalkingHeads, Music/{{Magazine}}, The Psychedelic Furs, Music/BigBlack, Music/{{REM}}, Music/ThePixies, Music/NewOrder, Music/MissionOfBurma, The Mekons, Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/DinosaurJr, Elastica, Music/{{Pavement}}, Music/{{Blur}}, Clinic, Music/FranzFerdinand, Music/BlocParty...
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It was this incorrigibility, as well as internal tensions, that lead the band to leave EMI in late 1979, then go on hiatus in 1980, each member retreating to various solo projects. Lewis and Gilbert formed Dome (a.k.a. [[IHaveManyNames Cupol, Duet Emmo, Gilbert & Lewis...]]) and experimented with [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible confusing the hell out of everyone]] [[NiceHat whilst wearing awesome hats]]; Newman, Gotobed and producer Mike Thorne, on the other hand, made eccentric, punk-inflected pop music under Newman's name.
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It was this incorrigibility, as well as internal tensions, that lead the band to leave EMI Creator/{{EMI}}[=/=][[Creator/HarvestRecords Harvest]] in late 1979, then go on hiatus in 1980, each member retreating to various solo projects. Lewis and Gilbert formed Dome (a.k.a. [[IHaveManyNames Cupol, Duet Emmo, Gilbert & Lewis...]]) and experimented with [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible confusing the hell out of everyone]] [[NiceHat whilst wearing awesome hats]]; Newman, Gotobed and producer Mike Thorne, on the other hand, made eccentric, punk-inflected pop music under Newman's name.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: [[invoked]] "Nice Streets Above" is named after one such mishearing of the lyrics. When Gilbert Lewis pitch-shifted some of the vocals from a recording of "Drill", the repeated line "Could it be a, could it be a drill?" seemed to transform into the words "Nice streets a-, nice streets above," which struck him as "an odd phrase".
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* SssssnakeTalk: Shorta. "A Sherioush of Shnakesh" hash a very shtrange pronounshiashion of the sh shound in "shnake" - even for a shnake. (In fact, "snake" almost sounds like the German word "Schnecke", minus the last "e".)
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* ''The Drill'' (1990) — [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Multiple remixes (by the band) of "Drill",]] [[InNameOnly some bearing no resemblance to the original.]]
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* ''The Drill'' (1990) — [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin [[RemixAlbum Multiple remixes (by the band) of of]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Drill",]] [[InNameOnly some bearing no resemblance to the original.]]
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** ''The Drill'' was a whole album of remixes of one song, "Drill", many of them sounding nothing like the original.
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** Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
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** Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen [[Music/{{Minutemen}} Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
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* CoverAlbum: Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
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** Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
** Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
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** ''The Drill'' was a whole album of remixes of one song, "Drill", many of them sounding nothing like the original.
** ''Send'' and ''Send Ultimate'' include "Nice Streets Above" and "DJ Fuckoff", which both started off as "Drill" remixes but warped enough to be completely unrecognizable. There's also "12 Times U" and "12 Times X", both remixes of "12 X U". And the loud, fast "Artificial Gravity" got rearranged as the gothic dirge "You Can't Leave Now."
** ''Change Becomes Us'' features more conventional arrangements of some of their stranger material from ''Document and Eyewitness''.
** ''The Drill'' was a whole album of remixes of one song, "Drill", many of them sounding nothing like the original.
** ''Send'' and ''Send Ultimate'' include "Nice Streets Above" and "DJ Fuckoff", which both started off as "Drill" remixes but warped enough to be completely unrecognizable. There's also "12 Times U" and "12 Times X", both remixes of "12 X U". And the loud, fast "Artificial Gravity" got rearranged as the gothic dirge "You Can't Leave Now."
** ''Change Becomes Us'' features more conventional arrangements of some of their stranger material from ''Document and Eyewitness''.
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** They were on the receiving end once again with ''A Houseguest's Wish'', an album in which every track is a different band or artist's take on "Outdoor Miner."
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Wire are a LongRunner PostPunk band formed in Watford, England in 1976 by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), and Robert "Gotobed" Grey (drums). [[note]]There was also George Gill (lead guitar), [[ThePeteBest who was thrown out before their first release]] [[OldShame and henceforth rarely spoken of]].[[/note]]
Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Music/PinkFlag'' and specifically its track "12 X U", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMaker pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Music/PinkFlag'' and specifically its track "12 X U", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMaker pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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Wire are a LongRunner PostPunk band formed in Watford, England in 1976 by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), and Robert "Gotobed" Grey (drums). [[note]]There [[note]] There was also George Gill (lead guitar), [[ThePeteBest who was thrown out before their first release]] [[OldShame and henceforth rarely spoken of]].of]]. [[/note]]
Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Music/PinkFlag'' and specifically its track "12 X U", which, in a roundabout way,[[TropeMaker [[TropeMakers pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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Seeing himself as irrelevant to the band's new sound, Robert Gotobed quit in 1991; in acknowledgement of his departure, the band changed their name to Wir ([[NoPronunciationGuide pronounced either as "wire" or "veer"]]) and released ''The First Letter'', which produced a BlackSheepHit in the mournful dance number "So And Slow It Grows". The success was short-lived, and Wir dissolved in 1993.
Aside from the occasional remix project and an epic-length performance of "Drill" commemorating Bruce Gilbert's fiftieth birthday in 1996, Wire remained silent until 1999, at which point they reformed for a series of retrospective shows. Soon, they began to perform and release new material again, starting with the release of the ''Read & Burn'' EP series and culminating with 2002's ''Send''. The new releases saw a return to the raw ferocity of ''Pink Flag'' married to the lyrical and technological advancements of their '80s releases and production influences taken from modern drum'n'bass and {{noise rock}}, and were greeted with massive enthusiasm from fans and critics alike.
Aside from the occasional remix project and an epic-length performance of "Drill" commemorating Bruce Gilbert's fiftieth birthday in 1996, Wire remained silent until 1999, at which point they reformed for a series of retrospective shows. Soon, they began to perform and release new material again, starting with the release of the ''Read & Burn'' EP series and culminating with 2002's ''Send''. The new releases saw a return to the raw ferocity of ''Pink Flag'' married to the lyrical and technological advancements of their '80s releases and production influences taken from modern drum'n'bass and {{noise rock}}, and were greeted with massive enthusiasm from fans and critics alike.
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Seeing himself as irrelevant to the band's new sound, Robert Gotobed quit in 1991; in acknowledgement of his departure, the band changed their name to Wir ([[NoPronunciationGuide pronounced either as "wire" or "veer"]]) and released ''The First Letter'', which produced a BlackSheepHit in the mournful dance number "So And and Slow It Grows". The success was short-lived, and Wir dissolved in 1993.
Aside from the occasional remix project and an epic-length performance of "Drill" commemorating Bruce Gilbert's fiftieth birthday in 1996, Wire remained silent until 1999, at which point they reformed for a series of retrospective shows. Soon, they began to perform and release new material again, starting with the release of the ''Read & Burn'' EP series and culminating with 2002's ''Send''. The new releases saw a return to the raw ferocity of ''Pink Flag'' married to the lyrical and technological advancements of their '80s releases and production influences taken from moderndrum'n'bass drum 'n' bass and {{noise rock}}, and were greeted with massive enthusiasm from fans and critics alike.
Aside from the occasional remix project and an epic-length performance of "Drill" commemorating Bruce Gilbert's fiftieth birthday in 1996, Wire remained silent until 1999, at which point they reformed for a series of retrospective shows. Soon, they began to perform and release new material again, starting with the release of the ''Read & Burn'' EP series and culminating with 2002's ''Send''. The new releases saw a return to the raw ferocity of ''Pink Flag'' married to the lyrical and technological advancements of their '80s releases and production influences taken from modern
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* ''Music/PinkFlag'' (1977 ) — Arguable TropeMaker for HardcorePunk; contains "12XU".
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* ''A Bell Is A Cup... Until It Is Struck'' (1988)
* ''It's Beginning To And Back Again'' a.k.a. ''IBTABA'' (1989) — A "live" album consisting mostly of new versions of older songs based on portions of live performances. There are also a couple studio recordings of new material on the album, and one of those songs, "Eardrum Buzz", is the band's most successful single.
* ''It's Beginning To And Back Again'' a.k.a. ''IBTABA'' (1989) — A "live" album consisting mostly of new versions of older songs based on portions of live performances. There are also a couple studio recordings of new material on the album, and one of those songs, "Eardrum Buzz", is the band's most successful single.
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* ''A Bell Is A is a Cup... Until It Is is Struck'' (1988)
* ''It's Beginning ToAnd and Back Again'' a.k.a. ''IBTABA'' (1989) — A "live" album consisting mostly of new versions of older songs based on portions of live performances. There are also a couple studio recordings of new material on the album, and one of those songs, "Eardrum Buzz", is the band's most successful single.
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* ''The First Letter'' (1991, as Wir) — Without Robert Gotobed; produced "So And Slow It Grows".
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* ''The First Letter'' (1991, as Wir) — Without Robert Gotobed; produced "So And and Slow It Grows".
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* FunWithAcronyms: ''IBTABA'', or ''It's Beginning to and Back Again''.
* GothRock: UrExample with some of the more moody, experimental tracks from ''154''
* HardcorePunk: TropeMakers with "12 X U" and ''Pink Flag''. Their brevity and aggression were heavily influential to Hardcore Punk bands such as Music/MinorThreat.
* GothRock: UrExample with some of the more moody, experimental tracks from ''154''
* HardcorePunk: TropeMakers with "12 X U" and ''Pink Flag''. Their brevity and aggression were heavily influential to Hardcore Punk bands such as Music/MinorThreat.
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* FunWithAcronyms: ''IBTABA'', or ''It's Beginning to To and Back Again''.
* GothRock: UrExample with some of the more moody, experimental tracks from''154''
''154''.
* HardcorePunk: TropeMakers with "12 X U" and ''Pink Flag''. Their brevity and aggression were heavily influential to Hardcore Punk bands such asMusic/MinorThreat.Minor Threat.
* GothRock: UrExample with some of the more moody, experimental tracks from
* HardcorePunk: TropeMakers with "12 X U" and ''Pink Flag''. Their brevity and aggression were heavily influential to Hardcore Punk bands such as
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* LyricalDissonance: Even at their poppiest, they still manage to include lyrics like "Please take your knife out of my back" and [[AntiLoveSong "One of us will live to rue the day we met each other"]]. They have also written sweet, singalong songs about leaf-eating insects ("Outdoor Miner"), monetary and sexual exploitation in show business ("Ahead"), cartography as an ecstatic experience ("Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"), and... nothing at all ("The 15th").
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* LyricalDissonance: Even at their poppiest, they still manage to include lyrics like "Please take your knife out of my back" and [[AntiLoveSong "One of us will live to rue the day we met each other"]]. They have also written sweet, singalong songs about leaf-eating insects ("Outdoor Miner"), monetary and sexual exploitation in show business ("Ahead"), cartography as an ecstatic experience ("Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"), and... nothing Nothing at all ("The 15th").
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Brazil", "106 Beats That", "Mannequin", "French Film (Blurred)", "Men 2nd", "Outdoor Miner"[[note]]It gets close with the line ''Face worker, a serpentine miner''[[/note]], "The 15th", "Blessed State"[[note]]Present in the original demo lyric, but cut on the album version[[/note]], "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W", "Indirect Enquiries".
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Brazil", "106 Beats That", "Mannequin", "French Film (Blurred)", "Men 2nd", "Outdoor Miner"[[note]]It Miner" [[note]] It gets close with the line ''Face worker, a serpentine miner''[[/note]], miner'' [[/note]], "The 15th", "Blessed State"[[note]]Present State" [[note]] Present in the original demo lyric, but cut on the album version[[/note]], version [[/note]], "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W", "Indirect Enquiries".
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* WordSaladLyrics: Clarity is not one of the band's goals. Many of their lyrics make more sense if you know the background to them, especially their denser 80's work, but when a band uses references to polymer plastic's effects on the ivory trade as throwaway lines... well, confusion is to be expected.
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* WordSaladLyrics: Clarity is not one of the band's goals. Many of their lyrics make more sense if you know the background to them, especially their denser '80s work, but when a band uses references to polymer plastic's effects on the ivory trade as throwaway lines... Well, confusion is to be expected.
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* ''Wire'' (2015)
* ''Nocturnal Koreans'' (2016) - Recorded at the same time as ''Wire''.
* ''Nocturnal Koreans'' (2016) - Recorded at the same time as ''Wire''.
* CoverAlbum: Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
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** ''Live at the Roxy'' includes covers of JJ Cole ("After Midnight") and The Dave Clack Five ("Glad All Over").
** CoverAlbum: Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
** CoverAlbum: Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
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** ''Live at the Roxy'' includes covers of JJ Cole ("After Midnight") and The Dave Clack Clark Five ("Glad All Over").
** CoverAlbum: Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.Over").
** CoverAlbum: Received a Tribute Album titled ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Whore]]'', which included contributions from Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{Lush}}, [[Music/TheMinutemen Mike Watt]], and Music/SkinnyPuppy.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Practice Makes Perfect" has overtones of this, but the tone of the track and [[NoodleImplements some of the]] [[GeniusBonus odder references]] imply something [[BlackMagic much more sinister]].
* LyricalDissonance: Even at their poppiest, they still manage to include lyrics like "Please take your knife out of my back" and [[AntiLoveSong "One of us will live to rue the day we met each other"]].
** They have also written sweet, singalong songs about leaf-eating insects ("Outdoor Miner"), monetary and sexual exploitation in show business ("Ahead"), cartography as an ecstatic experience ("Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"), and... nothing at all ("The 15th").
* LyricalDissonance: Even at their poppiest, they still manage to include lyrics like "Please take your knife out of my back" and [[AntiLoveSong "One of us will live to rue the day we met each other"]].
** They have also written sweet, singalong songs about leaf-eating insects ("Outdoor Miner"), monetary and sexual exploitation in show business ("Ahead"), cartography as an ecstatic experience ("Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"), and... nothing at all ("The 15th").
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Practice Makes Perfect" has overtones of this, but the tone of the track and [[NoodleImplements some of the]] [[GeniusBonus the odder references]] imply something [[BlackMagic much more sinister]].
* LyricalDissonance: Even at their poppiest, they still manage to include lyrics like "Please take your knife out of my back" and [[AntiLoveSong "One of us will live to rue the day we met eachother"]].
**other"]]. They have also written sweet, singalong songs about leaf-eating insects ("Outdoor Miner"), monetary and sexual exploitation in show business ("Ahead"), cartography as an ecstatic experience ("Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"), and... nothing at all ("The 15th").
* LyricalDissonance: Even at their poppiest, they still manage to include lyrics like "Please take your knife out of my back" and [[AntiLoveSong "One of us will live to rue the day we met each
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Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Pink Flag'' and specifically its track "12XU", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMaker pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Pink Flag'' ''Music/PinkFlag'' and specifically its track "12XU", "12 X U", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMaker pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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* ''Pink Flag'' (1977 ) — Arguable TropeMaker for HardcorePunk; contains "12XU".
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* MadnessMantra: "Waiting, waiting, waiting for us... Waiting, waiting, waiting for us...". Colin only repeats it [[SanitySlippage louder and more unhinged each time]].
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* MadnessMantra: MadnessMantra:
** "Pink Flag" ends with an extended sequence of the band screaming "HOW MANY?!" as the tempo continuously speeds up.
** "Practice Makes Perfect" has "Waiting, waiting, waiting for us... Waiting, waiting, waiting for us...". Colin only repeats it [[SanitySlippage louder and more unhinged each time]].
** "Pink Flag" ends with an extended sequence of the band screaming "HOW MANY?!" as the tempo continuously speeds up.
** "Practice Makes Perfect" has "Waiting, waiting, waiting for us... Waiting, waiting, waiting for us...". Colin only repeats it [[SanitySlippage louder and more unhinged each time]].
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** Most of these titles relate to the content of the lyrics in some way, but a few are more oblique: "Brazil" refers to the samba-like groove of Gotobed's drum part, and "The 15th" was simply the fifteenth song that they recorded at that session. "106 Beats That" was originally written to be 106 beats long, and the "X" in "12XU" is self-censorship for "fuck" (so "12XU" == "want to fuck you").
* PunkRock: Circa-''Pink Flag''. The artiest and coldest Punk Rock band to boot.
* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s with ''Chairs Missing'' and ''154'', and ''Pink Flag'' qualifies as an UrExample with its cold and angular sound.
* PunkRock: Circa-''Pink Flag''. The artiest and coldest Punk Rock band to boot.
* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s with ''Chairs Missing'' and ''154'', and ''Pink Flag'' qualifies as an UrExample with its cold and angular sound.
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** Most of these titles relate to the content of the lyrics in some way, but a few are more oblique: "Brazil" refers to the samba-like groove of Gotobed's drum part, and "The 15th" was simply the fifteenth song that they recorded at that session. session, and "106 Beats That" was originally written to be 106 beats long, and the long.
* PunBasedTitle: The "X" in"12XU" "12 X U" is self-censorship for "fuck" (so "12XU" == "12 X U" = "want to fuck you").
* PunkRock:Circa-''Pink Flag''.Circa-''Music/PinkFlag''. The artiest and coldest Punk Rock band to boot.
* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s with ''Chairs Missing'' and ''154'', and ''Pink Flag''qualifies as is an UrExample with its cold and angular sound.sound.
* SignsOfTheEndTimes: "Reuters":
-->"Prices have risen since the government fell\\
Casualties increase as the enemy shell\\
The climate's unhealthy, flies and rats thrive\\
And sooner or later the end will arrive"
* PunBasedTitle: The "X" in
* PunkRock:
* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s with ''Chairs Missing'' and ''154'', and ''Pink Flag''
* SignsOfTheEndTimes: "Reuters":
-->"Prices have risen since the government fell\\
Casualties increase as the enemy shell\\
The climate's unhealthy, flies and rats thrive\\
And sooner or later the end will arrive"
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* {{Word Salad Lyrics}}/{{Word Salad Title}}: It's a wonder if anyone knew what they were on about. Granted, many of their lyrics make more sense if you know the background to them, especially their denser 80's work, but when a band uses references to polymer plastic's effects on the ivory trade as throwaway lines... well, what do you expect?
** WordPureeTitle: "12 X U". "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" is not, though it certainly looks like it at first glance.
** WordPureeTitle: "12 X U". "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" is not, though it certainly looks like it at first glance.
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* {{Word Salad Lyrics}}/{{Word Salad Title}}: It's a wonder if anyone knew what they were on about. Granted, many WordSaladLyrics: Clarity is not one of the band's goals. Many of their lyrics make more sense if you know the background to them, especially their denser 80's work, but when a band uses references to polymer plastic's effects on the ivory trade as throwaway lines... well, what do you expect?
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** Most of these titles relate to the content of the lyrics in some way, but a few are more oblique: "Brazil" refers to the samba-like groove of Gotobed's drum part, and "The 15th" was simply the fifteenth song that they recorded at that session.
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** Most of these titles relate to the content of the lyrics in some way, but a few are more oblique: "Brazil" refers to the samba-like groove of Gotobed's drum part, and "The 15th" was simply the fifteenth song that they recorded at that session. "106 Beats That" was originally written to be 106 beats long, and the "X" in "12XU" is self-censorship for "fuck" (so "12XU" == "want to fuck you").
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Bassist Graham Lewis began singing lead on ''154'' and has been the secondary vocalist since.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Bassist Graham Lewis began singing lead on ''154'' ''Chairs Missing'' ("Sand in my Joints") and has been the secondary vocalist since.
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\"12XU\" was not a B-side: it\'s on the _Pink Flag_ album.
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Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Pink Flag'' and specifically the B-side "12XU", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMaker pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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Wire are best known for their 1977 debut album ''Pink Flag'' and specifically the B-side its track "12XU", which, in a roundabout way, [[TropeMaker pretty much started the entire genre of]] HardcorePunk; to a lesser extent, they are also well-known in certain circles for their next two albums (1978's ''Chairs Missing'' and 1979's ''154''), both of which, while quite different, [[TropeCodifier helped define what we now know as]] PostPunk. All three are universally regarded as classics of the New Wave period, and each set the trend that Wire would later become notorious for: Every album a NewSoundAlbum, every tour a showcase of new material, regardless of fan or critic's opinion.
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* Music/PunkRock: Circa-''Pink Flag''. The artiest and coldest Punk Rock band to boot.
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* Music/PunkRock: PunkRock: Circa-''Pink Flag''. The artiest and coldest Punk Rock band to boot.
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** The band themselves have covered relatively few songs, although the famour ''Live at the Roxy'' does include covers of JJ Cole ("After Midnight") and The Dave Clack Five ("Glad All Over").
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** The band themselves have covered relatively few songs, although the famour ''Live at the Roxy'' does include includes covers of JJ Cole ("After Midnight") and The Dave Clack Five ("Glad All Over").
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* ''Pink Flag'' (1977)—Arguable TropeMaker for HardcorePunk; contains "12XU".
* ''Chairs Missing'' (1978)—One of several {{Trope Codifier}}s for PostPunk.
* ''154'' (1979)
* ''Chairs Missing'' (1978)—One of several {{Trope Codifier}}s for PostPunk.
* ''154'' (1979)
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* ''Pink Flag'' (1977)—Arguable (1977 ) — Arguable TropeMaker for HardcorePunk; contains "12XU".
* ''Chairs Missing''(1978)—One (1978) — One of several {{Trope Codifier}}s for PostPunk.
* ''154''(1979)(1979) - Darker and more experimental; many of its songs are {{Ur Example}}s of GothRock.
* ''Chairs Missing''
* ''154''
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* ''Snakedrill'' EP (1986)—Begins Wire Mk. II; also, the first appearance of "Drill".
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* ''Snakedrill'' EP (1986)—Begins (1986) — Begins Wire Mk. II; also, the first appearance of "Drill".
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* ''It's Beginning To And Back Again'' a.k.a. ''IBTABA'' (1989)—A "live" album consisting mostly of new versions of older songs based on portions of live performances. There are also a couple studio recordings of new material on the album, and one of those songs, "Eardrum Buzz", is the band's most successful single.
* ''The Drill'' (1990)—[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Multiple remixes (by the band) of "Drill",]] [[InNameOnly some bearing no resemblance to the original.]]
* ''The Drill'' (1990)—[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Multiple remixes (by the band) of "Drill",]] [[InNameOnly some bearing no resemblance to the original.]]
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* ''It's Beginning To And Back Again'' a.k.a. ''IBTABA'' (1989)—A (1989) — A "live" album consisting mostly of new versions of older songs based on portions of live performances. There are also a couple studio recordings of new material on the album, and one of those songs, "Eardrum Buzz", is the band's most successful single.
* ''The Drill''(1990)—[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (1990) — [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Multiple remixes (by the band) of "Drill",]] [[InNameOnly some bearing no resemblance to the original.]]
* ''The Drill''
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* ''The First Letter'' (1991, as Wir) — Without Robert Gotobed; produced [[BlackSheepHit "So And Slow It Grows"]].
* ''Read & Burn 01'' (2001)—Begins Wire Mk. III.
* ''Read & Burn 01'' (2001)—Begins Wire Mk. III.
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* ''The First Letter'' (1991, as Wir) — Without Robert Gotobed; produced [[BlackSheepHit "So And Slow It Grows"]].
Grows".
* ''Read & Burn 01''(2001)—Begins (2001) — Begins Wire Mk. III.
* ''Read & Burn 01''
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* ''Read & Burn 03'' (2004)—First release without Bruce Gilbert.
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* ''Read & Burn 03'' (2004)—First (2004) — First release without Bruce Gilbert.
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* ''The Black Session'' (2012)—Live-in-the-studio album.
* ''Change Becomes Us'' (2013)—Reworked material originally written circa ''Document & Eyewitness''.
* ''Change Becomes Us'' (2013)—Reworked material originally written circa ''Document & Eyewitness''.
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* ''The Black Session'' (2012)—Live-in-the-studio (2012) — Live-in-the-studio album.
* ''Change Becomes Us''(2013)—Reworked (2013) — Reworked material originally written circa ''Document & Eyewitness''.
* ''Change Becomes Us''
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* BlackSheepHit: "So and Slow it Grows"
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* EpicRocking: While generally known for [[MinusculeRocking the reverse]] (see below), Wire have shown themselves quite capable of writing longer songs and playing out originally shorter ones in a live setting. The longest formal studio track by Wire is "You Hung Your Lights in the Tress / A Craftsman's Touch" from ''Manscape'' at 10:03, but the extant recordings of the 1979 live pieces "Crazy About Love" and "A Panamanian Craze?" both exceed fifteen, and there are live versions of "Drill" said to have gone on for as long as half an hour.
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* EpicRocking: While generally known for [[MinusculeRocking [[MinisculeRocking the reverse]] (see below), Wire have shown themselves quite capable of writing longer songs and playing out originally shorter ones in a live setting. The longest formal studio track by Wire is "You Hung Your Lights in the Tress / A Craftsman's Touch" from ''Manscape'' at 10:03, but the extant recordings of the 1979 live pieces "Crazy About Love" and "A Panamanian Craze?" both exceed fifteen, and there are live versions of "Drill" said to have gone on for as long as half an hour.
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* HardcorePunk: {{Trope Maker}}s with "12 X U" and ''Pink Flag''. Their brevity and aggression were heavily influential to Hardcore Punk bands such as Music/MinorThreat.
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* HardcorePunk: {{Trope Maker}}s TropeMakers with "12 X U" and ''Pink Flag''. Their brevity and aggression were heavily influential to Hardcore Punk bands such as Music/MinorThreat.
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* Epic Rocking: While generally known for the reverse (see below), Wire have shown themselves quite capable of writing longer songs and playing out originally shorter ones in a live setting. The longest formal studio track by Wire is "You Hung Your Lights in the Tress / A Craftsman's Touch" from ''Manscape'' at 10:03, but the extant recordings of the 1979 live pieces "Crazy About Love" and "A Panamanian Craze?" both exceed fifteen, and there are live versions of "Drill" said to have gone on for as long as half an hour.
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* Epic Rocking: EpicRocking: While generally known for [[MinusculeRocking the reverse reverse]] (see below), Wire have shown themselves quite capable of writing longer songs and playing out originally shorter ones in a live setting. The longest formal studio track by Wire is "You Hung Your Lights in the Tress / A Craftsman's Touch" from ''Manscape'' at 10:03, but the extant recordings of the 1979 live pieces "Crazy About Love" and "A Panamanian Craze?" both exceed fifteen, and there are live versions of "Drill" said to have gone on for as long as half an hour.
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** The band themselves have covered relatively few songs, although the famour ''Live at the Roxy'' does include covers of JJ Cole ("After Midnight") and The Dave Clack Five ("Glad All Over").
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* Epic Rocking: While generally known for the reverse (see below), Wire have shown themselves quite capable of writing longer songs and playing out originally shorter ones in a live setting. The longest formal studio track by Wire is "You Hung Your Lights in the Tress / A Craftsman's Touch" from ''Manscape'' at 10:03, but the extant recordings of the 1979 live pieces "Crazy About Love" and "A Panamanian Craze?" both exceed fifteen, and there are live versions of "Drill" said to have gone on for as long as half an hour.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Practice Makes Perfect"
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Practice Makes Perfect"Perfect" has overtones of this, but the tone of the track and [[NoodleImplements some of the]] [[GeniusBonus odder references]] imply something [[BlackMagic much more sinister]].
** They have also written sweet, singalong songs about leaf-eating insects ("Outdoor Miner"), monetary and sexual exploitation in show business ("Ahead"), cartography as an ecstatic experience ("Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"), and... nothing at all ("The 15th").
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Brazil", "106 Beats That", "Mannequin", "French Film (Blurred)", "Man 2nd", "Outdoor Miner"[[note]]It gets close with the line ''Face worker, a serpentine miner''[[/note]], "The 15th", "Blessed State", "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W", "Indirect Enquiries", "40 Versions"
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Brazil", "106 Beats That", "Mannequin", "French Film (Blurred)", "Man "Men 2nd", "Outdoor Miner"[[note]]It gets close with the line ''Face worker, a serpentine miner''[[/note]], "The 15th", "Blessed State", State"[[note]]Present in the original demo lyric, but cut on the album version[[/note]], "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W", "Indirect Enquiries", "40 Versions"Enquiries".
** Most of these titles relate to the content of the lyrics in some way, but a few are more oblique: "Brazil" refers to the samba-like groove of Gotobed's drum part, and "The 15th" was simply the fifteenth song that they recorded at that session.
** Most of these titles relate to the content of the lyrics in some way, but a few are more oblique: "Brazil" refers to the samba-like groove of Gotobed's drum part, and "The 15th" was simply the fifteenth song that they recorded at that session.
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* {{Word Salad Lyrics}}/{{Word Salad Title}}: It's a wonder if anyone knew what they were on about.
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* {{Word Salad Lyrics}}/{{Word Salad Title}}: It's a wonder if anyone knew what they were on about. Granted, many of their lyrics make more sense if you know the background to them, especially their denser 80's work, but when a band uses references to polymer plastic's effects on the ivory trade as throwaway lines... well, what do you expect?
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* NewSoundAlbum: Practically every new one. ''Chairs Missing'' expanded ''Pink Flag'''s sound to include synths and moodier soundscapes, ''154'' dipped into brooding Gothic PostPunk, ''Snakedrill EP'' began the band's SynthPop period, ''Send'' and the ''Read & Burn'' EPs took the band's sound in a DarkerAndEdgier IndustrialRock direction, ''Object 47'' marked a steady return to the band's 70s PostPunk sound, culminating in ''Change Becomes Us'' being entirely of incomplete music from 79-80.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Practically every new one. ''Chairs Missing'' expanded ''Pink Flag'''s sound to include synths and moodier soundscapes, ''154'' dipped into brooding Gothic PostPunk, ''Snakedrill EP'' began the band's SynthPop period, ''Send'' and the ''Read & Burn'' EPs took the band's sound EP's were much DarkerAndEdgier, bringing in a DarkerAndEdgier IndustrialRock direction, elements of Industrial music and NoiseRock, ''Object 47'' marked a steady return to the band's 70s PostPunk sound, culminating in ''Change Becomes Us'' being entirely of incomplete music from 79-80.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Practically every new one. ''Chairs Missing'' expanded ''Pink Flag'''s sound to include synths and moodier soundscapes, ''154'' dipped into brooding Gothic PostPunk, ''Snakedrill EP'' began the band's SynthPop period, ''Object 47'' marked a steady return to the band's 70s PostPunk sound, culminating in ''Change Becomes Us'' being entirely of incomplete music from 79-80.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Practically every new one. ''Chairs Missing'' expanded ''Pink Flag'''s sound to include synths and moodier soundscapes, ''154'' dipped into brooding Gothic PostPunk, ''Snakedrill EP'' began the band's SynthPop period, ''Send'' and the ''Read & Burn'' EPs took the band's sound in a DarkerAndEdgier IndustrialRock direction, ''Object 47'' marked a steady return to the band's 70s PostPunk sound, culminating in ''Change Becomes Us'' being entirely of incomplete music from 79-80.
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* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s with ''Chairs Missing'' and ''154''
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* Music/PunkRock: Circa-''Pink Flag''. The artiest and coldest Punk Rock band to boot.
* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s with ''Chairs Missing'' and''154''''154'', and ''Pink Flag'' qualifies as an UrExample with its cold and angular sound.
* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s with ''Chairs Missing'' and