Wire: Wider Vision
Chris Bohn, Melody Maker, 13 October 1979
Wire don't sit comfortably in the publicity man's gullet. They're not easily categorised, seemingly spurning the hype-market. But they do conform in one way; they all wear black trousers on stage. CHRIS BOHN breaks through the allusions.
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