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fIREHOSE
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Los Angeles, United States (1986 – 1994)
After D Boon’s tragic death at age 27 signaled the end of the Minutemen, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley threw in their lot with then-22-year-old former Ohio State University student, guitar player, and Minutemen fanatic Ed Crawford to form fIREHOSE in 1986. Ed was nicknamed Ed fROMOHIO, since he was the only member not from San Pedro, California.
Taking their group name from a line in Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” fIREHOSE continued in the Minutemen tradition of breathtaking musicianship combined with caustic lyrical fusillades inspired by the writing of the Beat Generation and the erect-middle-finger indignation of the Blank Generation. However, with Crawford’s decidedly folkie bent insinuating itself into the mix, fIREHOSE’s songs began to expand into more traditional verse-chorus-verse songwriting symmetry.
Although fIREHOSE never equaled the Minutemen’s output in terms of sheer audacity and emotional depth, Crawford, Watt, and Hurley recorded rock that was muscular, dense, and daring, along with being tremendously heartfelt. They never patronized audiences or comported themselves as “rock stars”; they were instead the quintessential post-punk “peoples’ band.”
Taking their group name from a line in Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” fIREHOSE continued in the Minutemen tradition of breathtaking musicianship combined with caustic lyrical fusillades inspired by the writing of the Beat Generation and the erect-middle-finger indignation of the Blank Generation. However, with Crawford’s decidedly folkie bent insinuating itself into the mix, fIREHOSE’s songs began to expand into more traditional verse-chorus-verse songwriting symmetry.
Although fIREHOSE never equaled the Minutemen’s output in terms of sheer audacity and emotional depth, Crawford, Watt, and Hurley recorded rock that was muscular, dense, and daring, along with being tremendously heartfelt. They never patronized audiences or comported themselves as “rock stars”; they were instead the quintessential post-punk “peoples’ band.”
Videos
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fIREHOSE Walking the Cow
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fIREHOSE - Brave Captain
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fIREHOSE - Riddle Of The Eighties
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fIREHOSE - Hear Me
Top Albums
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Down With the Bass
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Flyin' the Flannel
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Walking the Cow
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The First Cuss
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Up Finnegan's Ladder
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Can't Believe
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Song for Dave Alvin
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Toolin'
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Tien An Man Dream Again
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Anti-Misogyny Maneuver
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O'er the Town of Pedro
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Shoutbox
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jsk1176 wrote:
One of My Fav's of all time they allways sound so crisp an clear & Mike Watts bass, thats all that needs to be said!!!
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jimmyg60 wrote:
fucking rad band
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skazzembar wrote:
http://www.lastfm.it/music/Loveless+whizzkid
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kageeslin wrote:
Best rhythm section in music.
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Lord_Krichian wrote:
great
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vi3tc0ng wrote:
totally underrated.
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johnnytofu wrote:
great band
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Incubus_SCIENCE wrote:
They're making their way out of the underground it seems! I remember not too long ago these guys had like 1500 listens! Still one of my all time favorites.
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gehrung wrote:
Join my awesome new group, Hooray for the Power Trio! It's the shit!
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pablobunnyman wrote:
underrated band...fROMOHIO is awesome:)
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kakelards wrote:
hail natas
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realjep wrote:
Those guys got power and flow! Still unreached they are at the top of my playlist.
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lechonmano wrote:
Why don’t you try more here http://www.last.fm/music/Magne+F
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BackwardsBoy wrote:
Mike what?
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xbrg36 wrote:
there is no play button - try cant believe
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Phlegm70 wrote:
Why isn't Chemical Wire available for my playlist? :(
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ntkbassist wrote:
pictures?
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ChadFromCanada wrote:
I got lucky today. I found 4 firehose records. 2 for $5 together, and the other two, $1 each.
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RyanJones wrote:
One of the tightest bands I've ever heard. Makes me feel so good listening to them.
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xiolab wrote:
first concert i've ever been to, 1989., kulusic, zagreb, croatia.
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Recent Activity
- Flamencocharm, nasamijemeli, thommirimbaud and 77 other people added fIREHOSE to their libraries. yesterday evening
- GBNautilus tagged fIREHOSE with ‘bass driven’. August 2008
- dictionnaire, darynswan, daver23 and 12 other people added fIREHOSE to their libraries. August 2008
- penguindevil tagged fIREHOSE with ‘seen live’. July 2008
- emac021 tagged fIREHOSE with american underground and indie rock. July 2008
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