Question: Which band formed first, Sydney's Hoodoo Gurus or Wire?

Context articles: Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album)
Wire (band)
Leilani (song)
Hoodoo Gurus discography
You Open My Eyes
Electric Soup (album)
Armchair Gurus
Ampology
Hoodoo Gurus
Dubrovniks

Crank is Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' sixth studio album, released in early March 1994.
 The album was produced by Ed Stasium (Ramones, Living Colour, The Smithereens), who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus previous studio album, "Kinky" in 1991.
 It was the band's first release on Zoo Records.
Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar) and Robert Gotobed (drums).
 They were originally associated with the punk rock scene, appearing on "The Roxy London WC2" album – a key early document of the scene – and were later central to the development of post-punk.
"Leilani" was the first single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus when they were called Le Hoodoo Gurus and was released on Phantom Records in October 1982.
 It had been written by all four Gurus: James Baker, Dave Faulkner, Roddy Radalj and Kimble Rendall.
 Rendall left shortly before its release and, not long after, the band dropped the 'Le' to become Hoodoo Gurus.
 Le Hoodoo Gurus were noted for having three guitars and no bass player, creating a distinctive, layered sound.
 This was captured on "Leilani", which told the story of a maiden sacrificed to the gods and an erupting volcano while her true love looked on helplessly.
 The song was later released on Hoodoo Gurus' first album "Stoneage Romeos" (1984).
Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus have released nine studio albums, thirty-six singles, two extended plays, six compilation albums and four video albums. Formed in January 1981, the band was originally known as Le Hoodoo Gurus for the release of their first single, "Leilani", in October 1982.
 As Hoodoo Gurus, the band signed with Big Time Records and premiered their debut album, "Stoneage Romeos", in March 1984.
 Also issued in the United States through A&M Records, the record remained atop the Alternative/College Albums Chart for four consecutive weeks, with it also becoming one of the most played albums of that year on the college network.
 The group's subsequent albums, "Mars Needs Guitars!
", "Blow Your Cool!
" and "Magnum Cum Louder", all reached the "Billboard" 200.
"You Open My Eyes" is a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #43 on the ARIA Singles Charts.
 It was released on BMG in February, 1994; and was written by Brad Shepherd.
 This was the first Hoodoo Gurus single that was not written or co-written by Dave Faulkner.
 The B side, "Something I Forgot to Say", was written by Faulkner.
 The second B side was a cover of The Victims' "Television Addict" written by James Baker and Faulkner (both were members of The Victims and of Hoodoo Gurus).
 The music video for "You Open My Eyes" was directed by former Guru, Kimble Rendall and was their most expensive to date.
Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and contained all their Australian singles to date (September 1992).
 The album peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and was certified triple platinum.
 For the Electric Soup Tour in November of that year, Hoodoo Gurus were supported by Died Pretty and the Welcome Mat.
Armchair Gurus is the third compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus.
 It was originally released as a 2-CD set, to coincide with the band's 1997 farewell tour of Australia (the 'Spit The Dummy' tour).
 It was also released separately with "Electric Chair", the album features seventeen Hoodoo Gurus' ballads and slower songs whilst "Electric Chair" contains seventeen party tracks.
 The double set contains two tracks not previously found on Gurus' albums and five totally new songs including the single "The Real Deal".
 The album went gold.
Ampology is a two disc compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus, spanning their entire career from their first single, "Leilani" (October 1982) through to "Real Deal" (1997).
 At the time of its release Hoodoo Gurus had been disbanded for two years.
 Lead vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter Dave Faulkner discusses each track in his June 2000 article "Pop and punishment".
Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans) are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica).
 Their popularity peaked in the mid to late 1980s with albums "Mars Needs Guitars!
", "Blow Your Cool!
" and "Magnum Cum Louder".
The Dubrovniks were an Australian rock band which formed in August 1986 as The Adorable Ones.
 Early in 1987 they changed their name, which acknowledges two of their founders, Roddy Radalj and Boris Sujdovic, birthplace in Dubrovnik, a town in Croatia.
 Both Radalj and fellow founder James Baker had also founded Hoodoo Gurus (as Le Hoodoo Gurus) in 1981.
 All three had earlier associations in the Perth punk scene of the late 1970s.
 The group issued four albums, "Dubrovnik Blues" (August 1989), "Audio Sonic Love Affair" (September 1990), "Chrome" (June 1992), and "Medicine Wheel" (1994), before disbanding in 1995.