Firehose

Genres:	Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	post-punk • alternative • indie rock • indie • rock • alternative rock • punk • sst
Decades Active:	1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	Wikipedia

Biography

This propulsive US hardcore trio (usually titled fIREHOSE) was formed by two ex-members of the Minutemen, Mike Watt (20 March 1957, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; vocals/bass) and George Hurley (drums), following the death of the latter band’s founding guitarist, D. Boon, in 1985. Ed Crawford aka eD fROMOHIO, completed the new venture’s line-up, which made its debut in 1986 with the impressive Ragin’, Full-On. Although undeniably powerful, the material Firehose offered was less explicit than that of its predecessor, and showed a greater emphasis on melody rather than bluster. Successive releases, If’n and fROMOHIO, revealed a band that, although bedevilled by inconsistency, was nonetheless capable of inventive, exciting music. At their best, these songs merged knowing sarcasm (see ‘For The Singer Of R.E.M.’) with an unreconstructed approach to music making (as on drum solo ‘Let The Drummer Have Some’). In 1989, Watt and Hurley...

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