Artist Biography
by Wilson Neate
Although
Colin Newman is most readily associated with
Wire, like bandmates
Bruce Gilbert and
Graham Lewis he has undertaken numerous additional creative endeavors. Across a range of projects, the
Wire
guitarist/vocalist has consistently reinvented himself, venturing from
post-punk art pop into ambient, electronic territory, along the way
producing other artists and setting up his own label.
Newman
was born in Salisbury, England, in 1954 and attended Watford School of
Art, where he studied under Peter Schmidt. At Watford, he formed
Wire with
Bruce Gilbert
in 1976 and the band quickly emerged as one of British punk's more
innovative, intelligent acts. Having evolved at a breathtaking pace over
three albums that were among the period's most influential records (
Pink Flag,
Chairs Missing, and
154), the group went on hiatus in early 1980.
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