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Snakedrill is an EP by English rock band Wire. It was released in 1986. It was the first release after the band's five-year hiatus, and foreshadows their extensive use of electronic instrumentation on following albums, particularly on "A Serious of Snakes", which contains multiple layered synth and keyboard parts.

Snakedrill
EP by Wire
Released	1986
Length	Post-punk, experimental rock, industrial rock
Label	Mute
Producer	Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones
Wire chronology
Document and Eyewitness (1981) Snakedrill (1986) Ahead (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]

The entire EP is now included in the form of bonus tracks on The Ideal Copy.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Wire

Personnel

Wire

• B.C. Gilbert
• Colin Newman
• Graham Lewis
• Robert Gotobed

Technical

• David Buckland – cover photography

References

External links

• Snakedrill at Discogs (list of releases)

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