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." Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, best-known for co-founding the punk rock bands The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The Stooges. ... Charles Edward Crawford, aka ed fROMOHIO, (born ca. ... George Hurley in 1985. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... D. Boon in 1985. ... The Minutemen were an American rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, singer/bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is a Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... An extended play or EP, is the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Mike Watt, raised in San Pedro, California since 1967, still resides there. George Hurley, originally from San Pedro as well, resides in North Carolina.

Discography

LPs

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

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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)

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External links

• allmusic biography
• Firehose Live Music Archive
• Mike Watt's Hoot Page