In March 2013 the band released Change Becomes Us , their 13th studio album, which was very well received. Their fourteenth album, eponymously titled Wire , was released in April 2015. The following year, in April 2016, the band’s 15th studio album, entitled Nocturnal Koreans , was released on their…
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The band intended to split up after the gig, but they were asked to play again. Over the next few months, Siouxsie and Severin recruited drummer Kenny Morris and guitarist Peter Fenton. After playing several gigs in early 1977, they realised that Fenton did not fit in because he was…
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In 1977, John Robb and Mark Tilton formed the band at Blackpool Sixth Form College . Inspired by punk rock and the DIY ethic of punk , they started both a fanzine , Rox, and The Membranes at the same time. Tilton, who lived a few doors down the road…
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Sage founded Wipers in Portland in 1977 along with drummer Henry and bassist Koupal, originally just as a recording project. The plan was to record 15 albums in 10 years without touring or promotion. Sage thought that the mystique built from the lack of playing traditional rock ‘n’ roll would…
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In 1977, Tim Farriss , Andrew’s older brother, invited Andrew, Hutchence and Beers to join him and his schoolmate Kirk Pengilly . Tim and Pengilly had been playing together since 1971 as either an acoustic duo known as Kirk and Tim or as a four-piece band called Guinness (named after…
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Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1977
Pete Willis joined in 1977, departing briefly but returning full time.
Depeche Mode’s origins date to 1977, when schoolmates Vince Clarke and Andy Fletcher formed a band called No Romance in China with Clarke on vocals and guitar and Fletcher on bass.
Wire began as a five-piece band in October 1976. In its early period, guitarist George Gill served as the group’s principal songwriter. Following a leg injury that left him unable to perform, Gill departed the band in February 1977. After his departure, the remaining members discontinued most of the material…
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Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin met at a Roxy Music concert in September 1975, at a time when glam rock had faded and there was nothing new coming through with which they could identify. From February 1976, Siouxsie, Severin and some friends began to follow an unsigned band, the Sex…
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