When Wire seeming broke-up for good after their original three-peat of classic albums in the late-70s, they surprised most everyone by reforming in the mid-80s and releasing their 4th studio album The Ideal Copy in 1987. Perhaps the only thing more surprising than the fact they even reunited in the first place was their new synth-heavy sound found on The Ideal Copy, which frankly sounded a lot like the bands they helped inspire into exist during their first incarnation a decade prior (like New Order, for example). But, whatever the case, they were still Wire at the end of the day, which meant their music couldn’t help but be dense, spastic, and of course characteristically weird in nature. Case in point is this somewhat surreal performance of “Drill” on the Late Show with Suzanne Summers from 1987. Granted, perhaps the weirdest thing about this clip is the awkward interview between the band and the (loveably clueless) host, but that’s really just the icing on weird Wire cake. Behold:
