Wire

United Kingdom, 1976–now

English band formed in 1976 who treated punk as a constraint to compose against rather than a style to adopt. Pink Flag runs twenty-one songs in thirty-five minutes; by Chairs Missing they had abandoned the method entirely.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Wire and 1 artist Wire influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Wire influence?

• Franz Ferdinand — The angular half of the lineage — post-punk written as short, hard, deliberately shaped songs.