Fire Town was an American garage-rock band formed in the mid-1980s in
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
, United States,
from the remnants of an earlier popular local group,
Spooner. Fire Town were signed to a
major label
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and published two albums, ''In the Heart of the Heart Country'' and ''The Good Life''. Fire Town separated in 1989 as the members' production commitments grew.
Sharing duties on vocals and lead guitar were
Doug Erikson and Phil Davis, Tom LaVarda on
bass guitar
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, and
Butch Vig
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on drums. Vig would later go on to become a notable rock producer; Erikson and Vig would later team up with Fire Town's audio engineer
Steve Marker to form the multi-platinum selling
Garbage in 1994.
["Welcome to Spooner Town", by Andy Davis, '']Record Collector
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History The early years
The first standalone issue of ''Record Collector'' was published in March 1980, though its history stretches ba ...
'', issue No. 209, January 1997
Discography
Studio albums:
* ''In the Heart of the Heart Country'' (1987)
[
* ''The Good Life'' (1989)][
Singles:
* "Carry the Torch" (1987)
* "Rain On You" (1988)
* "The Good Life" (1989)
* "She Reminds Me of You" (1989)
* "Where the Shadows Fall" (1989)
]
References
External links
Fire Town discography
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Rock music groups from Wisconsin
Jangle pop groups
Musical groups established in 1986
Musical groups disestablished in 1989