Black Wire

Black Wire are an English post-punk band formed in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.

Members

History

Black Wire formed in January 2003, and played their first gig within a month of forming, at the Leeds club night Pigs. They then went on to tour extensively playing with such bands as Bloc Party, The Libertines, Hard-Fi, The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs and The Futureheads. Their début single, "Attack! Attack! Attack!", was awarded NME 'single of the week' tag, followed by positive reviews of subsequent releases. The start of 2006 saw a European tour taking in Italy, France and Germany, and also an American tour, which included San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. The band toured Europe once again in June 2007, with the London-based band Art Brut.

The title of Kaiser Chiefs hit song "I Predict A Riot" was based on a show by Black Wire in 2004, when the band once again played the Leeds nightclub, Pigs. Their intense performance caused a stage invasion, at which point security guards began ejecting members of both the audience and band, causing Kaiser Chiefs' drummer Nick Hodgson to exclaim "I predict a riot".

Black Wire (album)

Black Wire is the eponymous debut album by the Leeds band Black Wire. The album was released on 27 June 2005 in the UK on 48 Crash and 14 February 2006 in the U.S. on Giant Pecker Records. The U.S. version of the album contains the 'secret track' "Braindead". Access to the song is gained by holding the rewind button of a CD player at the start of the first track until there is silence when the song can then be heard.

Track listing