Fire Town
Firetown was a short lived pop group based out of Madision, WI, that released 2 albums during their duration: 1987's "In the Heart of the Heart Country" and 1989's "The Good Life". Neither album reached a massive level of commercial success (although both were critically praised) and the group disbanded in 1990. It was at this point drummer Butch Vig focussed his attention on production at his facility Smart Studios. The next few years would see Vig Read Full BioFiretown was a short lived pop group based out of Madision, WI, that released 2 albums during their duration: 1987's "In the Heart of the Heart Country" and 1989's "The Good Life". Neither album reached a massive level of commercial success (although both were critically praised) and the group disbanded in 1990. It was at this point drummer Butch Vig focussed his attention on production at his facility Smart Studios. The next few years would see Vig become hugely successful lending production to many hit albums such as Nirvana's "Nevermind" and the Smashing Pumpkings "Gish". In 1993 after putting together remix albums and writing new music with friend Steve Marker, they thought it would be fun to start playing again, it was at this point Firetown's Doug (Duke) Erikson rejoined the duo of Vig and Marker and after some auditions chose vocalist Shirley Manson to round out the band that would become Garbage. The rest is history...

Sadly for this band its music fails to get the praise it deserves, even today due to being in the shadow of the massive success of Garbage. For any die hard Garbage fan though, this is certainly a band worth checking out.
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Carry the Torch
Fire Town Lyrics


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We have lyrics for these tracks by Fire Town:

The Good Life Way out on Elysian Street Out behind the railroad tracks A…

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john gonzalez

Man, thanks for posting this; I hadn't seen it since the 80's! Hurry up and enjoy it people, before Butch Vig has it taken down!!! It is beyond me why he's ashamed of this gem of a song and band. Okay, they kinda look like U2 with the leather jackets and mullets, but who in college radio rock and roll didn't dress that way back then?

john gonzalez

@Brian Baker Glad to hear it.

Brian Baker

I had a chance to talk to Butch about a year ago and we talked a lot about this band. He told me that he is upset about the fact that people are trying to sell copies of this for way more than it's worth just because of the guys in it. He said that he has no problem with the band, he just didn't want anyone to spend a bunch on it expecting it to sound like his later work. He was a really nice, down-to-earth guy, actually. Surprised me, kind of.

John B

Thank you for answering which guy is Butch.  I will never understand why this wasn't a bigger hit than it was .  It is still a fantastic song - great guitar, lyrics and harmonies.

acrovader

I remember hearing this on 1340am, the W.A.R.P., in the early 90's. Or maybe that was 'Radio Chaos' with Terry Havel??

Nick Brege

Thanks for posting this. I've always loved this song ... brings back good memories.

Ed Carper

Thanks for uploading this! I've been searching this one out for awhile.

kinseymilkbone

I loved this album so much. Wonder what Phil Davis is doing these days.

Gary Shook

Here he is, with Butch Vig, a few years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQk8I2tWlYA

Lone Wolf Attack

These are the most recent interviews I could find from him. Can't find any evidence that he ever released the album he talks about in the first one, though. Title change, maybe? Thanks for watching:

http://host.madison.com/news/musical-fire-still-burns-for-phil-davis/article_6de6e536-1259-54f5-8639-fc684e3d0b87.html

https://danswin.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/qa-with-phil-davis-from-emperors-of-wyoming/

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