Lowdown: The Story of Wire

by Paul Lester

Without London band Wire, punk rock might never have developed beyond primitive three-chord thrash and cliched songs about tower blocks and dole queues. Arguably the first art-punks, the four musicians - Colin Newman on vocals and guitar, Graham Lewis on bass and vocals, Bruce Gilbert on guitar and Robert Gotobed (nee Grey) on drums - evolved fast from their groundbreaking 1977 debut album "Pink Flag", with its 21 short, sharp, minimalist bursts of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847727107
• ISBN13: 9781847727107
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"