fIREHOSE is an alternative rock band which formed in 1986 in San Pedro, Cal… Read Full Bio ↴fIREHOSE is an alternative rock band which formed in 1986 in San Pedro, California, United States. The band consists of Ed Crawford (vocals, guitar), Mike Watt (bass) and George Hurley (drums).

fIREHOSE was formed in the spring of 1986 shortly after the accidental death of D. Boon brought an end to Watt and Hurley's previous band, Minutemen. Crawford, a then 21-year-old Ohio State student and Minutemen fan was invited up on the roof of the Camper Van Beethoven van in Columbus, Ohio, where the members of Camper Van Beethoven told Crawford a false rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning guitarists for a new band. Crawford, having found Watt's phone number in the phone book, called him up and expressed his desire to come out to California and play with them. Still mourning the loss of his friend Boon, Watt initially was not interested and in fact had lost much of his desire to play music, however Crawford's persistence eventually paid off when he showed up unannounced in San Pedro and asked Watt for the chance to come over and play for him. Watt eventually agreed and the two met with Crawford "auditioning" for Watt by playing him The Who's, "I'm One" as well as a few Minutemen songs. Impressed with Crawford's passion and enthusiasm, Watt and Hurley agreed to give the inexperienced "kid" from Ohio a shot and the band was formed. Crawford quickly relocated to San Pedro where he became known as Ed Fromohio and spent nine months sleeping under a desk in Watt's one bedroom apartment. The name of the band was taken from a short film of Bob Dylan doing "Subterranean Homesick Blues" as Watt thought it was funny when Dylan held up a cue card for the lyric that said "firehose".

The band played their first gig in June 1986 and by the end of the year released their debut album, 'Ragin', Full On' via the independent label, SST. That same year, they also supported Sonic Youth on their "Flaming Telepaths Tour". The band quickly gained a loyal fanbase especially among the underground skateboarding crowd thanks in part to the inclusion of some of the their early material in several key skateboarding videos from the late 1980s. "Brave Captain" from Ragin', Full On, as well as "Sometimes", "Hear Me", and "Windmilling" from their sophomore release, If'n were all featured in the Santa Cruz Skateboards video series, "Streets on Fire".

Over the course of seven and a half years, the band developed their own musical identity apart from the Minutemen while still maintaining the same dynamic synthesis of punk, funk, and free jazz. They toured non-stop and consistently played to packed audiences. All in all, Firehose played 980 gigs, released five full-length albums and two EPs before disbanding in 1994. They played their final gig on February 12, 1994 at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, California.

In January 2012, it was announced that the band would perform at the Coachella Festival that April.

Number Seven
fIREHOSE Lyrics

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I.M.YRMiND (Hook) Don’t worry bout nothin i got you I know it's been…
My Darkest Hate Just a number number seven two to nine four to eleven as la…

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Another Theory Shot to Shit From the hand of a government man Came these papers Came the…
Brave Captain Captain, there are doubts Regarding Your ability To lead the…
Can't Believe Hmm, no, no, no No, hmm You told me that you didn't…
Caroms A forged silhouette On concrete And there lands the template…
Chemical Wire I'm the paint on the road The weight of your load With…

Choose Any Memory Enough today Too long silent Please send a feeling Think me …
Down With The Bass Better get in, when you get here Rolling around on floor…
Epoxy For Example The burden is mine Born with the obligation To design real…
Flyin' The Flannel I'm in the chamber Of the tin can man I kept the…
For the Singer of R.E.M Here's a version of tradition you can put in your…
From One Cums One I am certain of definite errors in my thinking Example: kno…
Hear Me Time stuffs the culture into human socks While feats of fan…
In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton I was sitting around the other day tapping my feet A…
In My Mind I been thinkin' about the time before Every time you leave, …
It Matters How to say it When it don't come I'm not tryin' to…
Locked-In Locked-in to a dream Step by step Crawling but static Uncha…
Making the Freeway Pounds, lets say pounds is the weight of the town Coming…
On Your Knees A political contribution Like the weeds in a garden Eyesore …
Perfect Pairs With the message comes pain With the dreams come sadness W…
Relatin' Dudes to Jazz me the night my compadre Raymond we were jumping fences jump…
Riddle of the Eighties Yonder, onward, way beyonder navy housing The USS Townsend h…
Sometimes Like a locomotive wheel Feelings real as steel Hearts are ju…
Soon Girls don't wait alone I've seen it in your eyes lord know…
Sophisticated Bitch That woman in the corner cold playin' the role Just leave…
The Candle and the Flame Where are you going to find your peace A story or…
Things Could Turn Around Silence to regain composure or rather, music to soothe Maybe…
This This is my key And I have seen This is my cup An…
Under The Influence Of Meat Pu The future holds a mystery We talk but don't know We hope…
Up Finnegan's Ladder Up Finnegan's ladder Three fake steps and then down you go B…
Walking The Cow Trying to remember, But my feelings can't know for sure. Try…
What Gets Heard Homeboy's lost in rhyming data tossed inside him Adding cos…
Windmilling Two of us windmilling swirling in another time let my feet…

Witness Prince Miscellaneous Witness 4 The Prosecution I am a witnes…

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