Drums and Wires is the third studio album by the English rock band XTC, released in 1979 on Virgin Records. It is a more pop-orientated affair than the...

released by Virgin Records as the lead single from their 1979 album Drums and Wires. It was written by Colin Moulding, the band's bassist. The lyrics are...

the follow-up to the previous year's Drums and Wires, building upon its focus on guitars and expansive-sounding drums, but with more economical arrangements...

Chris. "Drums and Wires". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2017. Partridge, Andy [@xtcfans] (29 January 2019). "WC-Re NIGEL..."distinctive drum pattern...

stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used in orchestras, concert bands, marching bands, parades, drumlines, drum corps...

player, such as bongo drums and timpani. A number of different drums together with cymbals form the basic modern drum kit. Drums are usually played by...

A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments...

a round, drum-shaped object such as a spool used to carry various types of electrical wires. Cable reels, which can also be termed as drums, have been...

London for Virgin Records. The resulting album, Drums and Wires, was released on 17 August 1979 and "Making Plans for Nigel", the single taken from the...

of Bare Wires combine these seven songs onto a single track with the title "Bare Wires Suite", seemingly inspired by the headline "Bare Wires: A Suite...

the local grocers, and at the age of 14 bought his first drum kit. Chambers played on XTC's 3D - EP, White Music, Go 2, Drums and Wires, Black Sea, English...

electric piano, Minimoog, Clavinet, grand piano, vocals and saxophone Terry Chambers – drums and vocals Additional personnel John Leckie – production/engineering...

keyboards, and Martyn Barker on drums. The group has released an album of the same name, as well as a download-only EP known as Fine Wires Humming a New...

XTC—and particularly frontman Andy Partridge—were fatigued from their grueling touring regimen. During one performance on their 1979–1980 Drums and Wires...

Story of the Thumb-Sucker" when they wrote "Scissor Man". from 1979's Drums and Wires. The British post-punk band Shock Headed Peters, formed in 1982, took...

Swindon-based band Dean Gabba and the Gabbadeans. He joined XTC as guitarist immediately prior to the recording of the Drums and Wires LP in 1979, when he replaced...

cross-sectional area. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads, often in the form of wire rope. In electricity and telecommunications signals, a "wire" can refer...

reverb and a noise gate that cuts the tail of the reverb. The effect is typically applied to recordings of drums (or live sound reinforcement of drums in...

the wires making up a steel cable are less critical as the other wires easily take up the load. While friction between the individual wires and strands...

"Buzzcity Talking" "Crowded Room" "The Rhythm" "I Am the Audience" Drums and Wires (1979) "Making Plans for Nigel" "Day in Day Out" "Ten Feet Tall" "That...

Having taught himself to play drums at age fifteen, Teller performed much of the drumming seen in the film. Supporting actor and jazz drummer Nate Lang, who...

Version] (Moulding) – 4:15 "Ten Feet Tall" [Drums and Wires Version] (Moulding) – 3:14 "Sleepyheads" [Drums and Wires Outtake] (Moulding) – 4:52 "Meccanic Dancing...

(lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Jim Leverton (bass, backing vocals) and Eric Dillon (drums), before former Chicken Shack frontman Stan Webb joined on guitar...

from Baltimore composed of Andy Stack (drums, keyboards, backup vocals) and Jenn Wasner (vocals, guitars and bass). Their sound has been described as...

drums to guide the spooling of rope. Grooved shape steel segments were simply welded or screwed to existing plain steel drums. Ever since then, drum groovings...

a fiber drum), or plastic, and are generally used for the transportation and storage of liquids and powders. Drums are often stackable, and have dimensions...

albums recorded by Lillywhite on Townhouse's SL 4000 B included XTC's Drums and Wires and Simple Minds' Once Upon a Time. The SL 4000 E Series, introduced...

Michael (17 August 2019). "40 Years Ago: XTC Find Their Rhythm on 'Drums and Wires'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 23 August 2019. Jackson, Josh (8...

2003 Limelight (Colin James album), 2005 "Limelight", by XTC from Drums and Wires, 1979 "Limelight" (Rush song), 1981 "Limelight", by the Alan Parsons...

Semantics Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyæna Elton John - Breaking Hearts XTC - White Music (reissue) XTC - Go 2 (reissue) XTC - Drums and Wires (reissue) XTC...