The Fire Engines
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Fire Engines are a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland. The band was a part of the same literary art-punk scene as the Scars and their most famous contemporaries, Josef K. They grew out of the Dirty Reds which had actor Tam Dean Burn as singer.
Vocals and guitar were done by David Henderson, guitar by Murray Slade, bass by Graham Main, and on drums, Russell Burn. Henderson went on to form Win in the mid 1980s and is now working as The Nectarine No. 9.
They were noted for Get Up And Use Me/Everything's Roses (Codex 1980), and singles and LPs in 1981.
They recently released a limited edition collaboration single with Franz Ferdinand. The single contained a Franz Ferdinand cover of the Fire Engines song "Get Up and Use Me" with Fire Engines covering Franz Ferdinand's "Jacqueline".
[edit] Discography
| Year | Title | Type | UK Indie Chart Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1981 | "Get up and use me" | Single | #9 |
| Jan | 1981 | "Lubricate your living room" | Album | #4 |
| Apr | 1981 | "Candyskin" | Single | #7 |
| Dec | 1981 | "The big gold dream" | Single | #15 |
| Mar | 2006 | "Discord" ¹ | Single | – |
¹ from John Peel session tracks "Discord" and "Candyskin"
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