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Live Totem Pole

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Released
  
1992

Artist
  
Firehose

Producer
  
Paul Q. Kolderie

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Length
  
20:16

Release date
  
1992

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
Live at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood, CA on August 16, 1991.

Firehose the red and the black


Live Totem Pole is a live EP released in 1992 by Firehose. It consists of seven tracks, five of which are cover versions. The cover of Blue Öyster Cult's "The Red and the Black" had been previously recorded by Minutemen (Watt and Hurley's seminal punk rock band) and released on 3-Way Tie (For Last). Watt's introduction to "Revolution (Part Two)" contains a nod to Gibby Haynes, the lead singer of Butthole Surfers — "This is a song for today. Hope I don't fuck it up, Gibby." The EP has become a collector's item due to its discontinuation shortly after its release.

Contents

The cover art is by Raymond Pettibon.

Firehose what gets heard live totem pole


Track listing

  1. "The Red And The Black" (Blue Öyster Cult) – 3:34
  2. "Sophisticated Bitch" (Public Enemy) – 3:52
  3. "Revolution (Part Two)" (Butthole Surfers) – 3:09
  4. "Slack Motherfucker" (Superchunk) – 2:40
  5. "What Gets Heard" (Mike Watt) – 2:20
  6. "Mannequin" (Wire) – 2:26
  7. "Makin' The Freeway" (Watt) – 2:15

Personnel

  • Mike Watt – bass, vocals
  • Ed Crawford – guitar, vocals
  • George Hurley – drums

    • Songs

    1The Red and the Black3:35
    2Sophisticated Bitch3:53
    3Revolution - Part 23:10

    References

    Live Totem Pole Wikipedia
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