Hello, Sci-fi surrealist HR Giger , creator of Alien visions, dies in fall aged 74, the Swiss artist who designed the 'xenomorph' creature in Alien as well as imaginative sleeve designs like Brain Salad Surgery (ELP-on site here) was known worldwide for his iconic design of the 'xenomorph' in the Alien franchise of movies, Giger's dark 'biomechanical' artworks are instantly recognisable, and no doubt will live on in popular culture and in art circles for quite some time beyond their creator's passing. Giger stated that he did not understand the processes which underlie his paintings, but that he makes use, essentially, of the mediumistic or 'automatic' style adopted by several surrealists, including Max Ernst, Oscar Dominguez and Wolfgang Paalen. He maintains that he opens the door to his unconscious mind by confronting a blank canvas and suspending conscious thought. Then, as the spontaneous images start to build before his eyes, he adds details and texture with his airbrush. Giger likes the airbrush because of its tremendous directness: "It enables me to project my visions directly onto the pictorial surface, freezing them immediately"
A freak fall of the stairs cut short the life of this unique artist, how sad. R.I.P. Hans Richard Giger
Giger Revealed ! There's plenty more to watch at YouTube then there's his wonderous museum website
Giger Museum needs flash, well worth a visit !
Today's band saw the light of day after the Minutemen were forced to split up in December of 1985 due to the untimely death of singer/guitarist D. Boon. The remaining members (bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley) were so devastated that they considered giving up music all together. Shortly afterwards though, a college student and major Minutemen fan, Ed Crawford, convinced the remaining members to soldier on. And soldier on they did, taking Crawford (known as "Ed fROMOHIO," due to his signature on a letter) as their new singer/guitarist, and dubbing the new outfit fIREHOSE, after the famous Bob Dylan song "Subterranean Homesick Blues." .... N'joy
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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. The members of Camper Van Beethoven told Crawford a false rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning guitarists for the 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. It was announced in early 2012 that the band would be reuniting for their first live shows in over eighteen years. A compilation album chronicling their major label albums entitled "lowFLOWS: The Columbia Anthology ('91–'93)" was released to coincide with the reunion. The new album features "Flyin' the Flannel," "Live Totem Pole EP," "Mr. Machinery Operator," as well as bonus material, including live cuts and instrumentals.
Since disbanding, Mike Watt has released four solo albums and been involved in numerous musical projects including the longstanding bass duo, Dos (with ex-Black Flag bassist and wife, Kira Roessler), Banyan (with Jane's Addiction drummer, Stephen Perkins), Jay Mascis and the Fog, the Stooges and the Unknown Instructors (along with George Hurley). He also hosts a regular internet radio show aptly entitled, the Watt From Pedro Show. Mike Watt, a San Pedro, Los Angeles, California resident since 1967, still resides there.
George Hurley has been involved in several musical projects and bands as well including Vida (with ex-Black Flag member, Dez Cadena), Red Krayola and Tripod (both with Tom Watson) and the Unknown Instructors. Like Watt, George Hurley also resides in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Ed Crawford has also been involved in a handful of musical projects including fronting the North Carolina trio, Grand National (not to be confused with the UK band) and playing guitar and touring with the now defunct alt-country band, Whiskeytown. He currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and fronts the alt/rock trio, FOOD
An announcement was made that Firehose would be performing at the venue on April 5, 2012. Shortly after, Firehose were also confirmed as part of the line-up for the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. in Indio, CA. A small west coast tour christened, "smokin' on the ol' pink pole" kicked off on April 5, 2012 at Harlow's and included 14 dates including two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Asked whether Firehose was planning to make a new album, Mike Watt replied, "When Edward was asking me about doing new gigs, he also said he wanted to write... he has a band called Food, and said he's been writing songs. For these two weeks of gigs, we're just going to try and play some of the old ones. But he was talking about writing songs. So, I don't know – maybe down the road
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When the Minutemen were forced to split up in December of 1985 due to the untimely death of singer/guitarist D. Boon, the remaining members (bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley) were so devastated that they considered giving up music all together. Shortly afterwards though, a college student and major Minutemen fan, Ed Crawford, convinced the remaining members to soldier on. And soldier on they did, taking Crawford (known as "Ed fROMOHIO," due to his signature on a letter) as their new singer/guitarist, and dubbing the new outfit fIREHOSE, after the famous Bob Dylan song "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Their first album was issued less than a year after Boon's death, 1986's Ragin', Full On for SST, and surprisingly, the new band sounded completely different than it's predecessor (for example, Crawford had more of a real singing voice than Boon, the music was less unpredictable and more focused, etc.). Ex-Black Flag bassist Kira (and eventual wife of Watt) helped co-write several tracks: the hyper instrumental "Under the Influence of Meat Puppets," plus "It Matters," "Locked In," "Perfect Pairs," "Relatin' Dudes to Jazz," and "Things Could Turn Around." Other highlights included "Brave Captain," "Candle and the Flame," "Choose Any Memory," and "Caroms." While fIREHOSE would perfect their highly original sound on future albums (Flyin' the Flannel, Mr. Machinery Operator, etc.), Ragin', Full On still proved to be a worthwhile, interesting debut.
fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On ( flac 225mb)
01 Brave Captain 3:11
02 Under The Influence Of Meat Puppets 1:56
03 It Matters 1:36
04 Chemical Wire 2:40
05 Another Theory Shot To Shit 2:30
06 On Your Knees 2:16
07 Locked In 2:56
08 The Candle And The Flame 3:11
09 Choose Any Memory 2:02
10 Perfect Pairs 2:21
11 This... 1:40
12 Caroms 2:02
13 Relatin' Dudes To Jazz 1:38
14 Things Could Turn Around 3:06
fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On (ogg 85mb)
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Whereas fIREHOSE's debut, 1986's Ragin', Full On, was issued quickly to get the new outfit off the ground (two of the three members were still reeling from the death of their previous band's frontman, the Minutemen's D. Boon), their sophomore effort, 1987's If'n, included more cohesive and focused songwriting. Touring together had obviously made Watt-Hurley-Crawford tighter as a unit, and several of their best all-time compositions reside here. Although the debut incorporated other musical forms besides punk and hard rock (funk, jazz, etc.), If'n was the first fIREHOSE release to feature folk-style originals -- such as Crawford's "In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton." The sound on the album is less incendiary than Ragin', Full On, moving away from the harder-edged Minutemen style to a mellower, funk-driven, humorous, "good-time rock'n'roll" direction (one the Minutemen had themselves explored on the EP Project Mersh). The songs are also more stylistically consistent - where the previous album had material from various sources (including Kira Roessler), If'n is more centered on Mike Watt's writing, showing a band that has gelled and found its own identity apart from Watt and Hurley's previous (and more well-known) band Minutemen. Many of the songs remained audience favorites for years to come ("Making the Freeway", "From One Cums One" and the humorous "Me & You, Remembering"). The album includes the group's first "heavy" song, "Thunder Child".
The album name is a reference to an episode of the television show Bewitched, which has a song called "If'n".
fIREHOSE - if'n (flac 225mb)
01 Sometimes3:24
02 Hear Me 2:37
03 Honey, Please 2:20
04 Backroads :02
05 From One Cums One 2:24
06 Making The Freeway 2:07
07 Anger 3:49
08 For The Singer Of REM 3:17
09 Operation Solitaire 2:37
10 Windmilling 2:17
11 Me & You, Remembering 1:32
12 In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton 2:14
13 Soon 3:11
14 Thunder Child 4:33
fIREHOSE - if'n (ogg 92mb)
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fIREHOSE's second release, 1987's If'n, was a major improvement over their 1986 debut, Ragin', Full On. And while their third album, 1988's fromohio, was another solid set and contained its share of highlights, it seemed to be cut from the same musical cloth as its predecessor rather than a true progression. Again, the playing is inspired, and the new band had already established an original, identifiable sound. The best tracks prove to be Ed Crawford originals -- "In My Mind" and "Time with You" (the latter was an MTV video), while "Whisperin' While Hollerin'" and "What Gets Heard" soon became concert staples. The band's appreciation of folk shines through with a reading of the traditional black folk song "Vastopol" and the original "Liberty for Our Friend," and drummer George Hurley takes center stage on a pair of short, unaccompanied drum solos -- "Let the Drummer Have Some" and "'Nuf That Shit, George." Other highlights include the album opener "Riddle of the Eighties," the funky "Mas Cojones," the laid-back rock of "If'n" and "Understanding," plus the lethargic album closer "The Softest Hammer." It is regarded as one of the biggest highlights of their career.
fIREHOSE - Fromohio (flac 188mb)
01 Riddle Of The Eighties 2:00
02 In My Mind 2:16
03 Whisperin' While Hollerin' 2:04
04 Vastopol 2:17
05 Mas Cojones 2:02
06 What Gets Heard 2:20
07 Let The Drummer Have Some 1:00
08 Liberty For Our Friend 2:06
09 Time With You 3:14
10 If'n 3:17
11 Some Things 2:45
12 Understanding 3:14
13 'Nuf That Shit, George 0:38
14 The Softest Hammer 3:05
fIREHOSE - Fromohio (ogg 73mb)
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Not strictly Aetix as it was recorded early 1991 but as fIREHOSE's first 3 albums are relatively short I thought let's throw in one rock gem extra.
It was a pretty big deal in the underground rock community when fIREHOSE made the jump from an independent record label to a major one (Columbia) with their fourth full-length record, 1991's Flyin' the Flannel. But fans shouldn't have worried; the trio didn't change its sound to fit its new label, although the songwriting did become more succinct, which only improved the album's outstanding 16 tracks (resulting in fIREHOSE's finest album). The album-opening anthem, "Down With the Bass," is a Mike Watt tribute to his beloved four-string, while the band rocks out throughout the album: "Up Finnegan's Ladder," "Can't Believe," the title track, "O'er the Town of Pedro," "The First Cuss," "Anti-Misogyny Maneuver," and "Town' the Line" are all standouts. Like all fIREHOSE albums, Flyin' the Flannel includes its share of soothing moments, such as "Toolin'," "Walking the Cow," the downtrodden album closer "Losers, Boozers, and Heroes," and perhaps the best song on the album, the swirling jazz of "Epoxy, for Example." Flyin' the Flannel is one of the great lost rock gems of the '90s.
fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (flac 267mb)
01 Down With The Bass 2:47
02 Up Finnegan's Ladder 1:10
03 Can't Believe 2:10
04 Walking The Cow 3:40
05 Flyin' The Flannel 2:48
06 Epoxy, For Example 2:33
07 O'er The Town Of Pedro 2:33
08 Too Long 2:48
09 The First Cuss 2:23
10 Anti-Misogyny Maneuver 2:28
11 Toolin' 2:46
12 Song For Dave Alvin 1:47
13 Tien An Man Dream Again 1:17
14 Lost Colors 2:29
15 Towin' The Line 2:46
16 Losers, Boozers And Heroes 5:19
fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (ogg 101mb)
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A freak fall of the stairs cut short the life of this unique artist, how sad. R.I.P. Hans Richard Giger
Giger Revealed ! There's plenty more to watch at YouTube then there's his wonderous museum website
Giger Museum needs flash, well worth a visit !
Today's band saw the light of day after the Minutemen were forced to split up in December of 1985 due to the untimely death of singer/guitarist D. Boon. The remaining members (bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley) were so devastated that they considered giving up music all together. Shortly afterwards though, a college student and major Minutemen fan, Ed Crawford, convinced the remaining members to soldier on. And soldier on they did, taking Crawford (known as "Ed fROMOHIO," due to his signature on a letter) as their new singer/guitarist, and dubbing the new outfit fIREHOSE, after the famous Bob Dylan song "Subterranean Homesick Blues." .... N'joy
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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. The members of Camper Van Beethoven told Crawford a false rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning guitarists for the 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. It was announced in early 2012 that the band would be reuniting for their first live shows in over eighteen years. A compilation album chronicling their major label albums entitled "lowFLOWS: The Columbia Anthology ('91–'93)" was released to coincide with the reunion. The new album features "Flyin' the Flannel," "Live Totem Pole EP," "Mr. Machinery Operator," as well as bonus material, including live cuts and instrumentals.
Since disbanding, Mike Watt has released four solo albums and been involved in numerous musical projects including the longstanding bass duo, Dos (with ex-Black Flag bassist and wife, Kira Roessler), Banyan (with Jane's Addiction drummer, Stephen Perkins), Jay Mascis and the Fog, the Stooges and the Unknown Instructors (along with George Hurley). He also hosts a regular internet radio show aptly entitled, the Watt From Pedro Show. Mike Watt, a San Pedro, Los Angeles, California resident since 1967, still resides there.
George Hurley has been involved in several musical projects and bands as well including Vida (with ex-Black Flag member, Dez Cadena), Red Krayola and Tripod (both with Tom Watson) and the Unknown Instructors. Like Watt, George Hurley also resides in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Ed Crawford has also been involved in a handful of musical projects including fronting the North Carolina trio, Grand National (not to be confused with the UK band) and playing guitar and touring with the now defunct alt-country band, Whiskeytown. He currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and fronts the alt/rock trio, FOOD
An announcement was made that Firehose would be performing at the venue on April 5, 2012. Shortly after, Firehose were also confirmed as part of the line-up for the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. in Indio, CA. A small west coast tour christened, "smokin' on the ol' pink pole" kicked off on April 5, 2012 at Harlow's and included 14 dates including two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Asked whether Firehose was planning to make a new album, Mike Watt replied, "When Edward was asking me about doing new gigs, he also said he wanted to write... he has a band called Food, and said he's been writing songs. For these two weeks of gigs, we're just going to try and play some of the old ones. But he was talking about writing songs. So, I don't know – maybe down the road
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When the Minutemen were forced to split up in December of 1985 due to the untimely death of singer/guitarist D. Boon, the remaining members (bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley) were so devastated that they considered giving up music all together. Shortly afterwards though, a college student and major Minutemen fan, Ed Crawford, convinced the remaining members to soldier on. And soldier on they did, taking Crawford (known as "Ed fROMOHIO," due to his signature on a letter) as their new singer/guitarist, and dubbing the new outfit fIREHOSE, after the famous Bob Dylan song "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Their first album was issued less than a year after Boon's death, 1986's Ragin', Full On for SST, and surprisingly, the new band sounded completely different than it's predecessor (for example, Crawford had more of a real singing voice than Boon, the music was less unpredictable and more focused, etc.). Ex-Black Flag bassist Kira (and eventual wife of Watt) helped co-write several tracks: the hyper instrumental "Under the Influence of Meat Puppets," plus "It Matters," "Locked In," "Perfect Pairs," "Relatin' Dudes to Jazz," and "Things Could Turn Around." Other highlights included "Brave Captain," "Candle and the Flame," "Choose Any Memory," and "Caroms." While fIREHOSE would perfect their highly original sound on future albums (Flyin' the Flannel, Mr. Machinery Operator, etc.), Ragin', Full On still proved to be a worthwhile, interesting debut.
fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On ( flac 225mb)
01 Brave Captain 3:11
02 Under The Influence Of Meat Puppets 1:56
03 It Matters 1:36
04 Chemical Wire 2:40
05 Another Theory Shot To Shit 2:30
06 On Your Knees 2:16
07 Locked In 2:56
08 The Candle And The Flame 3:11
09 Choose Any Memory 2:02
10 Perfect Pairs 2:21
11 This... 1:40
12 Caroms 2:02
13 Relatin' Dudes To Jazz 1:38
14 Things Could Turn Around 3:06
fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On (ogg 85mb)
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Whereas fIREHOSE's debut, 1986's Ragin', Full On, was issued quickly to get the new outfit off the ground (two of the three members were still reeling from the death of their previous band's frontman, the Minutemen's D. Boon), their sophomore effort, 1987's If'n, included more cohesive and focused songwriting. Touring together had obviously made Watt-Hurley-Crawford tighter as a unit, and several of their best all-time compositions reside here. Although the debut incorporated other musical forms besides punk and hard rock (funk, jazz, etc.), If'n was the first fIREHOSE release to feature folk-style originals -- such as Crawford's "In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton." The sound on the album is less incendiary than Ragin', Full On, moving away from the harder-edged Minutemen style to a mellower, funk-driven, humorous, "good-time rock'n'roll" direction (one the Minutemen had themselves explored on the EP Project Mersh). The songs are also more stylistically consistent - where the previous album had material from various sources (including Kira Roessler), If'n is more centered on Mike Watt's writing, showing a band that has gelled and found its own identity apart from Watt and Hurley's previous (and more well-known) band Minutemen. Many of the songs remained audience favorites for years to come ("Making the Freeway", "From One Cums One" and the humorous "Me & You, Remembering"). The album includes the group's first "heavy" song, "Thunder Child".
The album name is a reference to an episode of the television show Bewitched, which has a song called "If'n".
fIREHOSE - if'n (flac 225mb)
01 Sometimes3:24
02 Hear Me 2:37
03 Honey, Please 2:20
04 Backroads :02
05 From One Cums One 2:24
06 Making The Freeway 2:07
07 Anger 3:49
08 For The Singer Of REM 3:17
09 Operation Solitaire 2:37
10 Windmilling 2:17
11 Me & You, Remembering 1:32
12 In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton 2:14
13 Soon 3:11
14 Thunder Child 4:33
fIREHOSE - if'n (ogg 92mb)
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fIREHOSE's second release, 1987's If'n, was a major improvement over their 1986 debut, Ragin', Full On. And while their third album, 1988's fromohio, was another solid set and contained its share of highlights, it seemed to be cut from the same musical cloth as its predecessor rather than a true progression. Again, the playing is inspired, and the new band had already established an original, identifiable sound. The best tracks prove to be Ed Crawford originals -- "In My Mind" and "Time with You" (the latter was an MTV video), while "Whisperin' While Hollerin'" and "What Gets Heard" soon became concert staples. The band's appreciation of folk shines through with a reading of the traditional black folk song "Vastopol" and the original "Liberty for Our Friend," and drummer George Hurley takes center stage on a pair of short, unaccompanied drum solos -- "Let the Drummer Have Some" and "'Nuf That Shit, George." Other highlights include the album opener "Riddle of the Eighties," the funky "Mas Cojones," the laid-back rock of "If'n" and "Understanding," plus the lethargic album closer "The Softest Hammer." It is regarded as one of the biggest highlights of their career.
fIREHOSE - Fromohio (flac 188mb)
01 Riddle Of The Eighties 2:00
02 In My Mind 2:16
03 Whisperin' While Hollerin' 2:04
04 Vastopol 2:17
05 Mas Cojones 2:02
06 What Gets Heard 2:20
07 Let The Drummer Have Some 1:00
08 Liberty For Our Friend 2:06
09 Time With You 3:14
10 If'n 3:17
11 Some Things 2:45
12 Understanding 3:14
13 'Nuf That Shit, George 0:38
14 The Softest Hammer 3:05
fIREHOSE - Fromohio (ogg 73mb)
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Not strictly Aetix as it was recorded early 1991 but as fIREHOSE's first 3 albums are relatively short I thought let's throw in one rock gem extra.
It was a pretty big deal in the underground rock community when fIREHOSE made the jump from an independent record label to a major one (Columbia) with their fourth full-length record, 1991's Flyin' the Flannel. But fans shouldn't have worried; the trio didn't change its sound to fit its new label, although the songwriting did become more succinct, which only improved the album's outstanding 16 tracks (resulting in fIREHOSE's finest album). The album-opening anthem, "Down With the Bass," is a Mike Watt tribute to his beloved four-string, while the band rocks out throughout the album: "Up Finnegan's Ladder," "Can't Believe," the title track, "O'er the Town of Pedro," "The First Cuss," "Anti-Misogyny Maneuver," and "Town' the Line" are all standouts. Like all fIREHOSE albums, Flyin' the Flannel includes its share of soothing moments, such as "Toolin'," "Walking the Cow," the downtrodden album closer "Losers, Boozers, and Heroes," and perhaps the best song on the album, the swirling jazz of "Epoxy, for Example." Flyin' the Flannel is one of the great lost rock gems of the '90s.
fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (flac 267mb)
01 Down With The Bass 2:47
02 Up Finnegan's Ladder 1:10
03 Can't Believe 2:10
04 Walking The Cow 3:40
05 Flyin' The Flannel 2:48
06 Epoxy, For Example 2:33
07 O'er The Town Of Pedro 2:33
08 Too Long 2:48
09 The First Cuss 2:23
10 Anti-Misogyny Maneuver 2:28
11 Toolin' 2:46
12 Song For Dave Alvin 1:47
13 Tien An Man Dream Again 1:17
14 Lost Colors 2:29
15 Towin' The Line 2:46
16 Losers, Boozers And Heroes 5:19
fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (ogg 101mb)
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