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The Fire Engines – Get Up and Use Me
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1980 – 1981, 2004 – present)
Fire Engines’ debut release was the Get Up and Use Me/Everything’s Roses single, released on manager Angus Groovy’s Codex Communications label in 1980. The band had recorded their entire set twice in a Fife bungalow with producer Wilf Smarties at a cost of £46, with these two tracks selected for release.
Get Up and Use Me was given ‘Single of the Week’ in both NME and Sounds. The band’s live shows rarely lasted longer than twenty minutes - Henderson said of the early live shows: “We played to our strengths which were minimal, but somehow as a band, it worked. We never played chords and Russell didn’t use cymbals or hi-hats. It was very violent although no-one got hurt. Pure aggression, attitude and hate was what it was.”
The band were offered a deal by Postcard Records but opted for Bob Last’s Fast Product label. Further singles followed and a largely instrumental album Lubricate Your Living Room (subtitled ‘Background Music for Action People!’) in 1981.
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TesselateCircle
Lol, when did that "The" get there?
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prominence_la
Scotland, oh, Scotland. How I adore thee. Fire Engines are so awesome!
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Magic_Alex
Hello Fire Engines. I wrote about you here http://magicalexdjs.blogspot.com/2011/11/sympathetic-anaesthetic.html
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chance
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PeanutShells331
never heard anything from them that i didn't find super great!
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Wellingtons
"Lubricate Your Living Room" is one of the most tightly knit, well made albums I've heard in ages.
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MattHowden
Oh how I regret selling my Fire Engines 'Lubricate your living room' vinyl. Though I did sell all my records to buy my first instrument... Was that the name of the album, as well a track name? I forget...
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moribundtb
davie henderson rools
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Tron1276
No The for correct tagging...
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missing_gary
it's not a cover of a franz ferdinand song, it's their song, FF covered it. and nobody knows any better for their plundering. yee haw.
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Magic_Alex
just a really fucking brilliant pop band, saw them at the ica a few years ago and they were the coolest, tautest, funkiest band i'd seen for about 10 years...
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newartriot
i like how the cover of a franz song is also the 'top track'
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MamboSun
Ah yes, listed among similar artists: Alex Kapranos :-D))
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