Editing Wire (band) (section)

== Musical style and influences ==
Despite Wire being considered pioneers of [[post-punk]], Newman has denied any association with [[Punk rock|punk]]. He has stated: "Wire really never were a punk band... we happened to be there at the same time. You could list [[Ramones|the Ramones]] as one of our influences, but we were never interested in just doing that genre. (...) [T]here's basically two views of Wire: you either think we were not a punk band, or that we were the best punk band ever because we broke every single rule of punk."<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2017 |title=Not A Punk Band: Interview with Wire's Colin Newman |url=https://eastwoodguitars.com/blogs/news/interview-with-wires-colin-newman-we-are-not-punk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928084558/https://eastwoodguitars.com/blogs/news/interview-with-wires-colin-newman-we-are-not-punk |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |website=eastwoodguitars.com}}</ref>

In addition to the Ramones, the band have also cited [[Neu!]], [[Can (band)|Can]], early [[Roxy Music]], [[Captain Beefheart]], [[Patti Smith]],  and [[Television (band)|Television]] as influences.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brodsky |first=Rachel |date=April 17, 2015 |title=Q&A: Nobody Puts Wire in a Corner |url=https://www.spin.com/2015/04/wire-interview-graham-lewis-colin-newman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207140356/https://www.spin.com/2015/04/wire-interview-graham-lewis-colin-newman/ |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |work=[[Spin (magazine) | SPIN]] |quote=Going back to when we started playing together, I think we had very disparate influences, but one of the common ones was pop music from the ’60s, what we were brought up on. The early music from Germany: [[Neu!]], [[Can (band) | Can]], people like that. We’re big fans of [[Captain Beefheart]], obviously. The very early [[Roxy Music]] stuff was good. At the time, when we actually started working together, we’d been doing things like [[Patti Smith]]’s first album, [[Ramones | the Ramones]], that stuff, [[Television (band) | Television]].}}</ref>