Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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11000311 | Play | Get Up and Use Me | 02:03 Tools | |
11000312 | Play | Candyskin | 02:54 Tools | |
11000313 | Play | Everything's Roses | 03:16 Tools | |
11000315 | Play | Hungry Beat | 02:24 Tools | |
11000314 | Play | Sympathetic Anaesthetic | 03:13 Tools | |
11000317 | Play | Meat Whiplash | 03:08 Tools | |
11000316 | Play | Discord | 03:47 Tools | |
11000318 | Play | Plastic Gift | 02:37 Tools | |
87278856 | Play | New Thing In Cartons | 02:37 Tools | |
11000320 | Play | Big Gold Dream | 02:30 Tools | |
11000324 | Play | The Untitled One | 02:36 Tools | |
11000322 | Play | Get Up and Use Me (Version) | 02:56 Tools | |
11000321 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Part 1 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430322 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Part 2 | 04:26 Tools | |
11000328 | Play | Jacqueline | 04:26 Tools | |
87278857 | Play | New Thing in Cartons (version) | 04:26 Tools | |
52430324 | Play | Sympathetic Anaesthetic (Version) | 04:26 Tools | |
11000323 | Play | We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang | 03:34 Tools | |
52430325 | Play | Sympathatic Anaesthetic | 00:53 Tools | |
11000326 | Play | Plastic Gift (Reprise) | 00:53 Tools | |
11000331 | Play | Get Up & Use Me | 02:55 Tools | |
11000334 | Play | Insert Yourself | 02:29 Tools | |
11000332 | Play | Discord (version) | 02:40 Tools | |
11000327 | Play | Candy Skin | 02:55 Tools | |
11000336 | Play | Big Gold Dream (edit) | 02:30 Tools | |
11000345 | Play | Plastic Gift (Version) | 00:53 Tools | |
11000333 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Pt.1 | 07:03 Tools | |
11000342 | Play | Candyskin (Peel Session) | 03:05 Tools | |
52430327 | Play | Hungry Beat_2 | 02:54 Tools | |
11000337 | Play | New Things In Cartons | 02:41 Tools | |
11000339 | Play | everythings roses | 00:00 Tools | |
52430326 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room pt.2 | 00:00 Tools | |
11000340 | Play | Candy Skin [1981] | 02:54 Tools | |
11000338 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Pt. 2 | 00:50 Tools | |
52430328 | Play | Discord (Peel Session, 1981) | 02:54 Tools | |
11000343 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Pt. 1 | 07:17 Tools | |
11000346 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room, Pt. 1 | 04:34 Tools | |
11000359 | Play | We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thing | 07:03 Tools | |
11000354 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room, Pt. 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
52430329 | Play | Meat Whiplash (Live At Valentino's, Edinburgh, 09.08.81) | 07:17 Tools | |
11000386 | Play | Plastic Gift (Live At Valentino's, Edinburgh, 09.08.81) | 02:35 Tools | |
11000335 | Play | Sympathetic Anaethetic (version) | 03:16 Tools | |
52430330 | Play | New Things In Cartons (Live At Valentino's, Edinburgh, 09.08.81) | 03:16 Tools | |
52430331 | Play | Discord (Live At Valentino's, Edinburgh, 09.08.81) | 03:16 Tools | |
52430332 | Play | The Untitled One (Live At Leith Community Center 16.03.80) | 03:16 Tools | |
52430333 | Play | Hungry Beat (Live At Valentino's, Edinburgh, 09.08.81) | 03:16 Tools | |
52430334 | Play | Insert Yourself (Live At Leith Community Center 16.03.80) | 03:16 Tools | |
52430335 | Play | Discord (Live At Leith Community Center 16.03.80) | 03:16 Tools | |
52430336 | Play | Get Up And Use Me (Live At Valentino's, Edinburgh, 09.08.81) | 03:16 Tools | |
11000393 | Play | Young Tongues Need Taste | 02:58 Tools | |
87278858 | Play | untitled | 02:58 Tools | |
11000376 | Play | Sympathetic-Anaesthetic | 01:50 Tools | |
77016543 | Play | New Thing In Cartoons | 01:50 Tools | |
11000352 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room, Part 1 | 04:34 Tools | |
87278859 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Part One | 01:50 Tools | |
52430343 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room, Part 2 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430340 | Play | Get Up & Use Me (Version) | 01:50 Tools | |
52430341 | Play | Dischord | 04:34 Tools | |
52430342 | Play | Get up and Use Me [Version] | 04:34 Tools | |
11000379 | Play | Eat Whiplash | 03:08 Tools | |
11000351 | Play | Jacqueline (Franz Ferdinand cover) | 04:26 Tools | |
11000364 | Play | Sympathetic Anaesthetic [Version] | 03:16 Tools | |
11000395 | Play | Big Wrong Time | 04:12 Tools | |
11000372 | Play | No Time To Lose | 02:06 Tools | |
11000348 | Play | New Thing in Cartons [Version] | 03:41 Tools | |
11000367 | Play | Qualitamatic | 02:47 Tools | |
52430344 | Play | Fascist Groove Thang | 02:47 Tools | |
11000344 | Play | Qualitamatile | 02:44 Tools | |
52430345 | Play | Produced To Seduce To | 02:44 Tools | |
52430346 | Play | The Big Wrong Time | 02:44 Tools | |
87278860 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Par | 02:44 Tools | |
52430349 | Play | Plasticgift | 04:38 Tools | |
11000385 | Play | Big Gold Dream [Edit] | 02:30 Tools | |
52430348 | Play | Get Up And Use Me (Live At Valentino's, Edinburgh, 09.08.81 | 02:30 Tools | |
11000389 | Play | Produce To Seduce To | 04:38 Tools | |
11000373 | Play | Discord [Version] | 02:40 Tools | |
52430352 | Play | (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang | 02:40 Tools | |
52430350 | Play | We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang (Heaven 17 cover, Peel session March 1981) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430351 | Play | Get Up Ad Use Me | 02:40 Tools | |
52430356 | Play | Fascist Groove Thing | 07:13 Tools | |
52430353 | Play | Meat Whiplash [Live] | 02:40 Tools | |
52430354 | Play | The Untitledone | 02:40 Tools | |
52430355 | Play | Discord [Live] | 02:40 Tools | |
11000369 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room Pts. 1 & 2 | 07:13 Tools | |
11000382 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room, Pt.1 | 07:03 Tools | |
52430357 | Play | Get Up and Use Me [Demo Version] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430361 | Play | New Thing In Cartoons (Version) | 07:13 Tools | |
11000349 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room, Pt.2 | 00:50 Tools | |
52430358 | Play | Hungry Beat [Demo Version] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430359 | Play | Plastic Gift [Live] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430360 | Play | Sympathetic-Anaesthetic [Demo Version] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430363 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room | 07:13 Tools | |
52430364 | Play | get up and use me (from vinyl 45) | 07:13 Tools | |
52430372 | Play | Everything`s Roses | 00:50 Tools | |
52430362 | Play | We Don't Need That Fascist Groove Thang | 07:13 Tools | |
52430365 | Play | Get Up and Use Me [Live] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430366 | Play | Hungry Beat [Live] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430371 | Play | Lubrucate Your Living Room Pt 1 | 00:50 Tools | |
52430367 | Play | Insert Yourself [Live] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430368 | Play | The Untitled One [Demo Version] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430369 | Play | Everything's Roses [Demo Version] | 07:13 Tools | |
52430391 | Play | Candy Skin (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430370 | Play | New Thing In Cartoons (Versions) | 00:50 Tools | |
52430374 | Play | New Thing in Tin Cartons [Live] | 00:50 Tools | |
52430373 | Play | The Untitled One [Live] | 00:50 Tools | |
52430418 | Play | Young Tongues Need Taste - BBC Session 14/11/1981 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430377 | Play | (clip) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430376 | Play | Sympathetic Anasthetic | 02:40 Tools | |
52430375 | Play | We Don't Need This Fascist Gro | 02:40 Tools | |
52430405 | Play | Big Wrong Time - BBC Session 14/11/1981 | 04:34 Tools | |
11000387 | Play | Discord (Peel Session) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430388 | Play | Everything s Roses | 02:40 Tools | |
52430378 | Play | Meat Whiplash (live) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430379 | Play | Get Up and Use Me (live) | 02:40 Tools | |
77016546 | Play | Discord (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) | 00:50 Tools | |
52430382 | Play | (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing | 02:40 Tools | |
52430380 | Play | Sympathetic Anesthetic | 02:40 Tools | |
52430412 | Play | Qualitmatic - BBC Session 14/11/1981 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430381 | Play | Candy Skin - BBC Session 23/02/1981 | 02:40 Tools | |
52430383 | Play | Hungry Beat (live) | 02:40 Tools | |
87278861 | Play | Produced To Seduce - BBC Session 14/11/1981 | 02:40 Tools | |
52430389 | Play | Plastic Gift (live) | 02:40 Tools | |
77016545 | Play | Discord (Live) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430386 | Play | The Untitled One (Live) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430385 | Play | Post Punk, Get Up and Use Me | 02:40 Tools | |
52430387 | Play | Insert Yourself (live) | 02:40 Tools | |
52430430 | Play | (We Don't Need This) Fascist Thang (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430394 | Play | New Thing In Cartons (Live) | 02:33 Tools | |
52430390 | Play | 01 - Plastic Gift | 02:40 Tools | |
11000357 | Play | Lubricate Your Livingroom part 2 | 02:33 Tools | |
52430392 | Play | Everything's Nothing | 02:33 Tools | |
52430393 | Play | Fire Engines - Candyskin | 02:33 Tools | |
89285862 | Play | Hungry Beat (6 Music Session 04/03/2006) | 02:33 Tools | |
89285863 | Play | The Untitled One (6 Music Session 04/03/2006) | 02:33 Tools | |
52430395 | Play | Jaqueline | 02:33 Tools | |
52430396 | Play | Fire Engines - Get Up and Use Me | 02:33 Tools | |
52430397 | Play | fire engines - fond - 14 plastic gift (reprise) | 02:33 Tools | |
52430398 | Play | 01 plastic gift | 02:33 Tools | |
52430399 | Play | New Things In Cartons (version) | 02:33 Tools | |
87278862 | Play | lubricate your living room pt 2 | 02:33 Tools | |
52430400 | Play | Hungry Beat [Valentinos, Edinburgh, 9th August 1981] | 00:50 Tools | |
52430401 | Play | New Thing In Cartons [Valentinos, Edinburgh, 9th August 1981] | 00:50 Tools | |
52430403 | Play | Untitled [Leith Community Centre, 16th March 1980] | 00:50 Tools | |
11000358 | Play | New Thing In Carton (version) | 03:41 Tools | |
11000347 | Play | Lubricate Your Livingroom part 1 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430404 | Play | Untitled (aka No Time To Lose) | 04:34 Tools | |
89285864 | Play | Untitled Track (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) | 04:34 Tools | |
77016547 | Play | Qualiamatic (John Peel session 14th Nov 1981) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430406 | Play | 03 - Sympathetic Anaesthetic | 04:34 Tools | |
52430407 | Play | dischord - 1st peel session | 04:34 Tools | |
52430408 | Play | Fire Engines - Lubricate Your Living Room part 2 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430409 | Play | Discord [Leith Community Centre, 16th March 1980] | 04:34 Tools | |
52430402 | Play | The Things In Cartons | 00:50 Tools | |
52430410 | Play | Sympathetic Anaesthetic [Leith Community Centre, 16th March 1980] | 04:34 Tools | |
52430411 | Play | Discord - BBC Session 23/02/1981 | 04:34 Tools | |
89285865 | Play | New Thing In Cartons (6 Music Session 04/03/2006) | 04:34 Tools | |
77016548 | Play | Produced to Seduce (John Peel session 14th Nov 1981) | 04:34 Tools | |
77016549 | Play | the Big Wrong Time (John Peel session 14th Nov 1981) | 04:34 Tools | |
77016550 | Play | Young Tongues Need Taste (John Peel session 14th Nov 19 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430413 | Play | the fire engines - 07 - we don't need this fascist groove thang (1980-1981) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430414 | Play | Not Known | 04:34 Tools | |
52430415 | Play | Untitled One | 04:34 Tools | |
52430416 | Play | 06 - Hungry Beat | 04:34 Tools | |
52430417 | Play | Meat Whiplash [Valentinos, Edinburgh, 9th August 1981] | 04:34 Tools | |
52430431 | Play | Lubricate Your Libing Room Pt. 1 | 04:34 Tools | |
52430419 | Play | We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang (Heaven 17) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430420 | Play | Plastic Gift [Valentinos, Edinburgh, 9th August 1981] | 04:34 Tools | |
52430436 | Play | The Untitled One - Live | 03:10 Tools | |
52430441 | Play | Discord [1981, Peel Session] | 03:10 Tools | |
52430438 | Play | New Things In Cartons (Live) | 03:10 Tools | |
52430421 | Play | 02 - Everything's Roses | 04:34 Tools | |
52430439 | Play | New Thing In Cartons - Live | 03:10 Tools | |
52430422 | Play | the fire engines - 01 - get up and use me (1980-1981) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430423 | Play | Synthetic Anasthetic (Version) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430424 | Play | 02 - Get Up & Use Me | 04:34 Tools | |
52430425 | Play | 05 - Sympathetic Anaesthetic | 04:34 Tools | |
52430426 | Play | Insert Yourself (live at Leith Community Centre) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430427 | Play | candy skin - 1st peel session | 04:34 Tools | |
52430428 | Play | Sympathetic Anaesthetic (Versi | 04:34 Tools | |
52430429 | Play | 03 - Plastic Gift | 04:34 Tools | |
89285866 | Play | Plastic Gift (Vinyl) | 04:34 Tools | |
52430432 | Play | Lubricate Your Living Room pt 1 | 04:34 Tools | |
87278863 | Play | Sympathetic Anasthetic (Version) | 04:34 Tools | |
11000383 | Play | Sympathetic Anaesthatic | 03:10 Tools | |
52430433 | Play | Sympathetic Anaethetic | 03:10 Tools | |
52430434 | Play | Whiplash | 03:10 Tools | |
52430437 | Play | Meat Whiplash - Live | 03:10 Tools | |
52430440 | Play | New Things in Cartons - 6 Music Session 04/03/2006 | 03:10 Tools | |
52430442 | Play | Hungry Beat (6 Music Session, 4 March 2006) | 03:10 Tools | |
52430443 | Play | New Things In Cartons (live from Valentino's) | 03:10 Tools | |
52430444 | Play | Discord (live from Valentino's) | 03:10 Tools | |
52430445 | Play | 04 discord | 03:10 Tools | |
87278864 | Play | 03 - Plastic Gift (1980-1981) | 03:10 Tools | |
52430447 | Play | Get Up And Use Me (live from Valentino's) | 03:10 Tools | |
52430448 | Play | fascist groove thang - 1st peel session | 03:10 Tools | |
52430449 | Play | 04 - Get Up and Use Me (Version) | 03:10 Tools | |
52430450 | Play | (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - Peel Session 09/03/81 | 03:10 Tools | |
52430451 | Play | 08 - Lubricate Your Living Room pt.2 | 03:10 Tools | |
52430453 | Play | 03 sympathetic anaesthetic | 03:10 Tools | |
52430454 | Play | Sympathetic Anaethetic (versio | 03:10 Tools | |
52430455 | Play | 02 get up and use me | 03:10 Tools |
Fire Engines hailed from Edinburgh, United Kingdom and comprised David (Davy) Henderson (vocals/guitar), Murray Slade (guitar), Graham Main (bass), and Russell Burn (drums). The band name was inspired by a 13th Floor Elevators song. Henderson, Main, and Burn had previously been members of The Dirty Reds, along with Russell Burn's brother Tam Dean Burn, while Slade had played in Station Six. 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. The band recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. The first in February 1981 featuring a cover version of Heaven 17's (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing. Their most successful single was Candy Skin released in 1981, but after the follow-up, Big Gold Dream failed to repeat its success, the band split up on 31 December 1981. Henderson formed the short-lived Heartbeat with Bob Last's partner Hillary Morrison, the band's only release was a track on an NME compilation cassette. Burn formed Everest the Hard Way with bassist Ian Stoddart and guitarist Stephen Lironi (who later joined Altered Images), releasing a single in April 1982 before Burn rejoined The Dirty Reds. Henderson and Burn went on to form Win with Stoddart in the mid 1980s, the band continuing until 1989. Henderson and Burn then worked together on Burn's Pie Finger project, releasing an album on Creation Records in 1992. Henderson then formed The Nectarine No. 9, which continued from the early 1990s until 2004. In 2004, Fire Engines reformed to support The Magic Band at The Liquid Room in Edinburgh and released a limited edition collaboration single with Franz Ferdinand. The seven inch single contained a Franz Ferdinand cover of Fire Engines song Get Up and Use Me with Fire Engines covering Franz Ferdinand's Jacqueline. The band continued to play play occasional concerts until 2006. On 2 October 2007, the Acute label issued Hungry Beat, a collection of the band's original studio recordings, making them available for the first time on CD in the US. Henderson is now leading The Sexual Objects, featuring Ian Holford (drums), Simon Smeeton (guitar) and Douglas McIntyre (bass). Graham Wann later joined as guitarist. The band released a single on the Creeping Bent label in 2007, two singles through a German label in 2008 and one more in 2009. Fire Engines were an influence on many bands that followed, including Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture, with Meat Whiplash and The Candyskins both taking their names from Fire Engines songs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.