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Band: Wire
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:17 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
bc gilbert used a les paul and in the live video i can't tell if it's a musicman hd130 or a fender twin.
colin used an ovation breadwinner, i think is the model name.
i think someone used a tele on pink flag.
a lot of the tones were credited to the pedals that had come out around then. mxr's mostly, i think.
it was all in this book i had about them, hell if i can remember the name or all the details of gear.
Band: Wire
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:18 pm
by boilermaker_Archive
Inspired by reading this thread yesterday, I listened to A Bell is a Cup, Chairs Missing and 154 for the first time in awhile. I will listen to Pink Flag over the next few days but by fuck I can't think of a better three album run - PF, CM, 154.
Band: Wire
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:59 am
by Mark Van Deel_Archive
SecondEdition wrote:Alright, I have to know.
How did they get those guitar tones?
Mike Thorne's production commentary is interesting ...
http://www.stereosociety.com/chairsmissing.html The sound is the most startling thing for me on returning to listen after 21 years. Songs like Too Late are the final sting of the departing punk style. The crackle of the guitars is often underlaid and boosted by a similar sound from the RMI Electrapiano through a distortion pedal or overdriven amp. One thing we did achieve was an integrated electric sound, where the originating instrument is often difficult to figure out. What sounds like a keyboard is often an electric guitar, and vice versa. The put-down of my keyboards in the rock purist columns of Trouser Press magazine might have been because of the organ-like bits, where they probably loved the synth through the MXR Distortion+ pedal. Maybe they just hated the voice loops, bells, temple blocks, flutes, tubular bells (processed through a ring modulator in Marooned after Bruce had objected that he didn't want any bell tolling, too corny).
Band: Wire
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:46 am
by FuzzBob_Archive
...tubular bells (processed through a ring modulator in Marooned after Bruce had objected that he didn't want any bell tolling, too corny).
A-ha. So that's what that was. Very cool.
Band: Wire
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 12:18 pm
by nathan_Archive
Bump.
We kick things off this year with seminal punk legends, Wire on May 30th.
Anyone else going to check this out?
Band: Wire
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:21 pm
by Dr Geek_Archive
Definitely not crap.
Like others here, I was afraid to delve past the trifecta that is PF, CM, and 154.
Yet, I did. Gave IBTABA a listen last week and enjoyed it immensely. Next up, ABIAC . . . and Send.
Band: Wire
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:17 pm
by cjh_Archive
Do let us know how that live date shapes up if you attend nathan. - Margaret Fiedler (ex Moonshake/Laika/PJ Harvey's touring band) is filling in for Bruce Gilbert on this tour.
Band: Wire
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:56 pm
by burun_Archive
cjh wrote:Do let us know how that live date shapes up if you attend nathan. - Margaret Fiedler (ex Moonshake/Laika/PJ Harvey's touring band) is filling in for Bruce Gilbert on this tour.
It was, already.
I went.
I didn't know Margaret was playing with them until I went to the show, and I was pleasantly surprised.
I enjoyed the show. It was worth taking the night off work for - something I am doing a lot of lately.
I saw Michael Emerson (the guy who plays Benjamin Linus on Lost.)
Band: Wire
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:03 pm
by AnthonyVillalobos_Archive
They had "Pink Flag" on vinyl at this record store down here so I picked it up and have been consistently listening to it since.
It's a great record. The first I've heard from this band. I gotta pick up some more of their stuff.
The vocalist reminds me of a better sounding Dave Vanian (of the Damned).
I also think the lyrics are put together very well on "Pink Flag" as well.
Band: Wire
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:18 pm
by muzorewis daughter_Archive
new one's pretty.. meh.