Representative Albums: "Last Perfect Thing: A Retrospective", "In a Chamber/Between Two Worlds
Representative Songs: "Chamber of Hellos", "God on Our Side", "Two Persons
Biography
Wire Train was formed as the Renegades in April 1983 in San Francisco by San Francisco State University students and guitarists Kevin Hunter and Kurt Herr with the rhythm section of Anders Rundblad (bass) and Frederico Gil-Sola (drums). The group signed to the local 415 label, also home to acts like Romeo Void and Translator, all of which found themselves with national distribution when 415 entered into a deal with Columbia Records. Wire Train's first album, ...In a Chamber, made the national charts in 1984, but the group began to suffer personnel changes. Gil-Sola was replaced by Brian Macleod for the second album, Between Two Words, after which Herr left, to be replaced by Jeffrey Trott. A third album, Ten Women, charted in 1987. The group's last two albums, Wire Train (1990) and No Soul No Strain (1992), appeared on MCA. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Kevin Hunter
Anders Rundblad
Brian MacLeod
Jeffrey Trott
Kurt Herr
Federico Gil-Sola
Wire Train was a United States based group who produced six albums in the 1980s and early 1990s. The band was originally formed as the Renegades in April 1983 in San Francisco. Wire Train signed to the local 415 Records label, also home to acts like Translator and Romeo Void, all of which found themselves with a national distribution deal when 415 entered into a deal with Columbia Records.
Wire Train's first album, In a Chamber, made the national charts in 1984, as did its second Between Two Words in 1986 and fifth No Soul No Strain in 1993. Brian MacLeod replaced Federico Gil Sola for the second album, and Kurt Herr left during the making of Between Two Words, to be replaced by Jeff Trott for their third album, Ten Women, which also charted in 1987. The group's, Wire Train (1990) and No Soul No Strain (1992), appeared on MCA Records . In 1993 MCA rejected their next effort "Snug" as "too weird".[1] Subsequently it been released as a digital download through iTunes and Amazon in April 2009.
Wire Train's "I Will Not Fall" appears on the soundtrack for the film Point Break. Wire Train's "I'll Do You" appears in the game Scarface: The World Is Yours.
The band, The Action Design covered two Wire Train songs(I'll Do You and Chamber Of Hellos) for Endless Bummer movie soundtrack.