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Black Wire
Origin	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Years active	2003–2007
Label(s)	48 Crash
Members
Daniel Wilson Si McCabe Tom Greatorex Danny Prescott

Black Wire were an English indie rock band from Leeds, UK.

1 Members
2 History
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 References
- 4.1 Links

[edit] Members

Daniel Wilson (vocals)
Si McCabe (guitars, backing vocals)
Tom Greatorex (bass)
Danny Prescott (drums)

[edit] 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. Debut single "Attack! Attack! Attack!" was awarded NME single of the week, 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 London band Art Brut.

The title of Kaiser Chiefs hit song 'I Predict A Riot' was based on a show by Black Wire when In 2004 the band once again played Leeds night club PIGS. Their intense performance caused a stage invasion at which point security guards began ejecting members of both audience and band causing Kaiser Chiefs' drummer Nick Hodgson to exclaim "I predict a riot".^[1]

Dan Wilson, having attended Art school, designed and drew the artwork for the first 3 singles.

Their eponymously titled debut album was released in early 2005 on 48 Crash, a label which they left in 2006 due to inconsistencies in the label's input and work ethic. They were working on new material set for release in 2007, but then disbanded, somewhat un-acrimoniously, in August of that year.

Si and drummer Danny have begun performing under the name Lord Auch while Dan and Tom have formed Televised Crimewave.