Firehose (band)

Firehose (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Firehose



Img_capt = Picture of Firehose from "Mr. Machinery Operator" booklet. Left to right: Ed Crawford, Mike Watt, George Hurley.
Background = group_or_band
Origin = San Pedro, California, USA
Genre = Punk rock, hardcore punk, alternative rock
Years_active = 1986–1994
Label = SST, Columbia
Associated_acts = Dos, Minutemen, Reactionaries, Unknown Instructors
URL =

Firehose (stylized as fIREHOSE) was an alternative rock band consisting of Mike Watt (bass, vocals), Ed Crawford (guitar, vocals), and George Hurley (drums).

History

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, and started the band when he found Watt's phone number in the phone book and called him, saying he wanted to play with Mike and George in California.

In the spring of 1986, Crawford traveled to San Pedro and the band went on from there. 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. Notably, "Brave Captain" from "Ragin', Full On", and "Sometimes", "Hear Me", and "Windmilling" from "If'n" were in the Santa Cruz Skateboards video "Streets on Fire."

After Firehose

Mike Watt has since been involved in many musical projects, including Dos, solo work and the Unknown Instructors with George Hurley as well as his radio show (Watt From Pedro Show). Ed Crawford has also ventured on his own musical projects, as well as played with Grand National (not the UK band) and Whiskeytown. Mike Watt, raised in San Pedro, California since 1967, still resides there. George Hurley, originally from San Pedro as well, resides in North Carolina, along with Ed Crawford.

Folk-rock band Eddie from Ohio took their name from their drummer, Eddie Hartness, who was nicknamed Eddie From Ohio after fIREHOSE's Ed from Ohio.

Discography

tudio albums

* "Ragin', Full On" (1986, SST)
* "If'n" (1987, SST)
* "Fromohio" (1989, SST)
* "Flyin' the Flannel" (1991, Columbia)
* "Mr. Machinery Operator" (1993, Columbia)

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)

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=11:lza9qj3bojja| All Music Guide biography]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/fIREHOSE Firehose Live Music Archive]
* [http://hootpage.com/index.html Mike Watt's Hoot Page]


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