Firehose (band)
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Firehose (typically rendered by the band as fIREHOSE) was an alternative rock band consisting of Mike Watt (bass, vocals), Ed Crawford (guitar, vocals), and George Hurley (drums). Firehose was formed in 1986 after the death of D. Boon brought an end to Minutemen. Watt and Hurley teamed up with the then 22-year-old Crawford, a guitarist and Minutemen fanatic. Crawford was from Ohio, thus the name of the third album, "fROMOHIO." The name of the band was taken from a line in a Bob Dylan song, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" : "...Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose..." Firehose released five full-length albums and two EPs before disbanding in 1994. Inclusion of early material in several key skateboarding videos from the late 1980s led to a sizeable underground skateboarding audience. Noteably, "Brave Captain" from Ragin', Full On, and "Sometimes", "Hear Me", and "Windmilling" from If'n were in the Santa Cruz Speed Wheels video "Streets on Fire."
Mike Watt, raised in San Pedro, California since 1967, still resides there. George Hurley, originally from San Pedro as well, resides in North Carolina.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] LPs
- Ragin', Full On (1986, SST)
- If'n (1987, SST)
- fROMOHIO (1989, SST)
- Flyin' the Flannel (1991, Columbia)
- Mr. Machinery Operator (1993, Columbia)
[edit] EPs and singles
- Sometimes (EP) (1988, SST)
- Live Totem Pole (EP) (1992, Columbia)
- Big Bottom Pow Wow (promo single) (1994, Columbia)
- Red & Black (live, single) (1995, Sony)
