fIREHOSE – If'n lpfIREHOSE If'n lp "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

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Synth James Oh: Bass Saejin Choi: Drums Album credits: Justin Newton: Drums on "Any Place You Want" Jay Royals: Drums on "100 feelings" Chris Kaufmann: Guitar on "100 Feelings" Recorded at Rail Road Earth

screaming guitars and a hell of a distorted bass

Their fourth album “Impossible Colours” was produced and recorded with J

somewhere between dark reality and apocalyptic misery

Map 71's songs aren't really songs

That was my favorite age

staccato electrical and electronic sounds weaving in and out - relentless and hypnotic

Let these songs dissolve on your tongue before you take the last ride into the void

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On top of it all

” And it certainly did signify the end of the first era of the band whose previous focal point had always been the twin guitar forces of Williamson and Pruett