”WHEN WE MADE PINK FLAG, WE WERE PRETTY HAPPY. WHEN WE DID CHAIRS MISSING, WE WERE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED… WHEN 154 CAME OUT, THEN IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SCARY, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD HOW FAR AHEAD WE WERE. WE WERE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE ELSE ON OUR OWN. THERE WAS ONLY WHAT DAVID BOWIE AND BRIAN ENO WERE DOING TOGETHER, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS…”
INTERVIEW: SEAN EGAN
Graham Lewis is talking Long Live Vinyl through Wire’s debut trio of albums spanning 1977 to 1979. Though they are well-regarded records, some will find his assertions of artistic supremacy a little over the top. However, it soon becomes apparent when conversing with Lewis and his bandmate Colin Newman that self-belief is endemic to the long-running punk-cumavant- garde quartet.