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Firetrucs

Great Scott, the ship is in tatters...

About Me

Hovercraft LP - 2002
Space Loaf LP - 2001
(Both available on iTunes, CDBaby, Napster, etc...)
Firetrucs were (was?) a three-piece rock band from Minneapolis. The band was formed in late 2000 and toured the Midwest and both coasts. Firetrucs shared the stage with Grant Hart (of Husker Du), Janis Figure, Houston, Ring Cicada, Cat Power, The Waking Hours, Light FM, Woolworthy, Zero to Nine, Snails, and other heroes. The band's first album, the "Space Loaf LP" was released on Chicago's Secret Fire Records in December 2001. It is a B-. The "Hovercraft LP" was released in May 2002 and features Veruca Salt's Louise Post on guest vocals on a few songs. It is a B+. The album made progress onto radio stations all over. The band toured (and smelled) prodigiously until late 2003. The band ran out of money. In 2005 a MySpace page was created with a couple of previously unavailable songs and dance. You added us and possibly added a few words of your own. Possibly something like:
"l8er sk8er, thanx 4 the add! ur kewl!"
...and we shuddered.
12.26.07 UPDATE: Oh, here's a video for "No Sound." None of the 'trucs is visually represented here, but Paul Allen was nice enough to a video anyway...
-t

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/18/2005
Band Website: cdbaby.com/all/situationdance
Band Members: Brian Gruidl: bass / vocals Shane Speltz: drums / vocals Tony Parks: guitar / vocals
Influences: Many. Some are cool, some are not.
Shiner, Led Zeppelin, Walt Mink, New Order, Smashing Pumpkins, Slint, Deftones, Elevator Drops, Cupcakes, The Doors, Radiohead, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Joseph Arthur, Get Up Kids, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Hey Mercedes, Veruca Salt, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, The Who, Sly and the Family Stone, Soundgarden, Burning Airlines, Tool, The Beatles, Zwan, Houston, Triple Fast Action, Jane's Addiction, AC/DC, Dismemberment Plan, The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Neil Young, Weezer, Gomez, Fleetwood Mac, and so on and on and on.....
Record Label: Secret Fire Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"Real Stories" by Tovan...

...a deeply classic email.  Thanks Tovan...and don't be mad that I'm posting it...for, well, like at least 4 people to see... Also, check out this and this.   "story ..1: watching the kiss-a...
Posted by Firetrucs on Fri, 12 May 2006 06:54:00 PST

Eulogy. (Yeah, I know....)

Sure, sure, the band hasn't done anything in awhile. Roger. Believe you me: We're not the only after-the-fact MySpace band page up in this piece, and at least we did you the service of knowing who you...
Posted by Firetrucs on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:38:00 PST