Nonetheless, us Wire aficionados are pretty damn anal, and even the slightest deviations can cork our heads a good ninety degrees. In fact, in certain portions the only apparent difference is Colin Newman's vocal takes. Perhaps why these tracks haven't been officially released is that most of them sound negligibly different from the finished versions. If you're already a convert I'm merely parroting back what you already know, so I'll cut the line here.Īmazingly, there's little material here that overlaps with Wire's officially released demos compendium, Behind the Curtain (which covers exactly the same era), and ditto for the popular Not About to Die bootleg. To the contrary, Wire were coming from a place of genuine nonconformity. Wire may have been part of the so-called "Class of '77," but they would have no part in staying tethered to the three-chord, socio/political ethos of that era which ironically became revered for it's all too stifling petulance. Needless to say I studied their back catalog in short order and found it to be a near-mind blowing revelation.
was my first album by them, not Pink Flag. Wire made it onto my sonar around the time they were opening for Depeche Mode back in 1988. Shortly thereafter I found this set floating around, which doesn't appear to have an official title, though it's been referred to as "Graham's tape" or "Graham's practice tape" - the Graham of course being bassist/mouthpiece Lewis Graham. A good many of you got a charge out of the Wire 154-era rehearsals I put up in 2013. I started Chanukah on a post-punk note, so I thought I'd conclude on one as well. Practice makes perfect (pun partially intended). Radio Jejune, their debut album, is probably the most inventive and adventurous album in their catalog, featuring off-kilter treasures like "Salmolina" and "Sir Sheever." A classic. In a nutshell for the newbies in the audience, this trio opted to mix a twee-spoon of sugar into their XTeaC-indebted salvos, and poured in some mercurial idiosyncrasies of their own for intriguing measure. If it's back-story details you're looking for, you can check out some of my previous 'plastic entries to get caught up.
Ok, in fairness, maybe I'm a tad off base, but in a more perfect world. Platinum records, sold-out arena tours, sordid tabloid headlines, and love songs that were known to be the impetus of many an unplanned pregnancy - all telltale Sugarplastic earmarks. Ladies and gentlemen, may I reintroduce you to The Sugarplastic. Over the years I have dispensed copious text regarding this L.A. At one point this was available on iTunes and such, but not anymore apparently. Thought I'd fulfill a request to cap off the year.
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