Fromohio

2.5 | Un rock alternativo bastante agradable, un disco que se escucha muy a gusto con sus breaks poco comunes, sus pistas de solos, los cambios ligeros de estilo, una influencia medio country alternativo en algunos lados. Podría entender que suena un poquito adelantado en algunos aspectos como si fuera del 93 a pesar de ser del 89.... Me gusta la evolución de un post punk con ese country y lo fresco y crudo; sin embargo, no es mi máximo, quizá por ese punto de escucharse pionero también para mí se escucha hoy en día un poco genérico en esa bola de rock alternativo. Agradable, bastante, pero nada que te haga pararte del asiento.

No me gustó. Puede ser que no les haya entendido pero no tienen ni pies ni cabeza. Algunas canciones son buenas pero están hundidas en piececillas sin ton ni son, más propias de un show en vivo para demostrar lo bien que tocan. Nada de ganas de volverlo a escuchar.

Pos un disco de esos que ni idea de por qué está aquí: no es malo, no es aburrido, pero tampoco es algo que me abra nuevos horizontes ni nada así; simplemente es música bien hecha. Me suena un poco a Rush, pero con un toque más de adulto contemporáneo.

Damn what the fuck? I thought this would be some grunge/punk screaming band from the name, but it is exactly in my taste of music and is really really good. How'd I not know about them before?

Já já, fínasta ska.

Nothing stood out much, kinda boring

Minutemen > fIREHOSE

The ryhtmsection is great. The songs are fun. Don't really have something to complain about. Good album.

Mostly below average - except they slipped in a beautiful acoustic blues piece (VStapol) amongst the dross. I had to check it wasn't Spotify playing up. Complete personality shift for 2 minutes, then back to more dross. 2 stars just for the that track.

There was a period in 1992 when I was trying to get into fIREHOSE. I listened to one album or another and it just didn't do it. I think the issue is that Flea kept naming Mike Watt as a big influence so I was expecting wild funk-punk but fIREHOSE is not that. It's ok and I was happy to listen to the album. But it's just not captivating. Bonus points for the band name, capitalisation and album title connection.

Correct. Pas mauvais, un mélange original de son mais pas tant groundbreaking ou impressionant

This one was unfamiliar to me but had some songs I liked. The ones I liked best were Riddle of the Eighties, In My Mind, Time with You, and Understanding.

Rock alternativo.

I'm not so sure about this one. It's a wild and only partially folded amalgam of genres. The musicians (singer aside) clearly have a mastery of their instruments, but at the same time they seem unconcerned about anything sounding cohesive or finished. Like, literally, some of the songs just sort of stop. As for the engergy of the music, I bet they had a good time putting the music together and playing it. I suspect they'd also be a good band to hear live. Alas this isn't "1001 bands you should hear live" so it all comes down to the album. For that, this one didn't really do it for me and I'm not really clear on why its included in this list.

Firehose's third album released in 1989 and was recorded in the lead singer/guitarist's home state of Ohio. The music is alternative rock, but with a hint of acoustic and folksy flair. Most consider this album the band's most accessible one and an American record, rich in tradition and innovation. None of the songs on the album really stuck out to me though.

The first album in this 1001 series that I really didn't enjoy at all.

I think I really would have preferred a 501 albums project, and then I don't think this would have made the cut. I was bored, I didn't enjoy the music or the singer's voice, and I just couldn't get hooked in by any of it. Two drum solo tracks? Not even if the second one is appropriately called, "'Nuf that Shit, George." Bleah. Next!

Some catchy moments, but then I’d lose interest.

For the first two songs, I couldn't really tell what musical language these guys were speaking. Once the bass kicked in on the superbly titled Whisperin' While Hollerin', I started to understand what we were doing. And then came the spare and lovely acoustic guitar instrumental Vastopol which is completely unlike anything else on the album but doesn't feel out of place. There is more great bass, funky guitar, and playing with time signatures in Mas Cojones, What Gets Heard, Time with You, and If'n. There are a couple of drum solos, which are good if you like that kind of thing. Some Things is fast and catchy punk-lite (in a good way). I came away thinking that these guys are decent musicians who like having a good time and I had a good time listening though I don't know how often I'll come back to this.

I started off listening to fROMOHIO curious about what I was hearing, but not initially sold on the first two songs. It seemed a little unpolished and I wasn’t sure I was ‘getting it’. Where is this coming from?! Where was it going?! Then as the album progressed I started to recognize some real genius happening. Two drum solo tracks?! I thought I hated drum solos? “Let The Drummer Have Some” and “‘Nuf That Shit, George” dispelled that myth. The music is very well played. The lead singer sounds a lot like Tommy Shaw, which is great. Little lyrical and musical surprises pop up everywhere. At times the album has touches of punk, jazz, beat poetry, pop, rock, folk…. Once I stopped trying to figure this all out and just sat back I found myself totally enjoying the ride. Immediately after the album finished I started it over again and had no doubt this album is a 5. A welcome addition to my library that makes me happier with each listen. So glad to have been introduced to fIREHOSE. Fantastic, unique, awesome!

Really good stuff here.

This is definitely an album.

Schön zu sehen, dass einige Leute Spaß an dem Album haben. Für mich ist es leider, auch nach mehrmaligem Hören, eher unterwältigend. Ich musste es mehrfach hören, weil ich direkt nach dem Hören wieder vergessen habe, was ich gerade gehört habe. Meh.

I cant remember. i think it was meh.

It sounded like proto-Primus, in a way. I liked it, and thought it was interesting for sure. But I probably won’t be coming back to this project much.

Strange music based on cover, but I overall enjoyed the folksy and punky elements here.

Short jagged country funk post punk? Whatever it is - I like it. Best Tracks: What Gets Heard; Time With You; Some Things

funk fusionish idk 3.5

Really digging this alternative gem

One of the things I'm discovering I love about this album generator thingy, is that it's helping to fill in some holes in my music listening history. I've listened to some fIREHOSE, mainly If'n (the album) which I love but other than that covers EP and a other songs here and there, I don't know much else so I'm glad this one popped up.

Bit weird, pretty good.

tbh it made no real impression on me, and i already can't entirely remember what it sounded like. But I do remember being pleasantly surprised.

Meh

fIREHOSE was as good a crawling from the wreckage of the Minutemen as one could expect. 3.5

Didn't realize they stemmed from the Minutemen. Hurley and Watt are dynamite. Solid album.

4.95

Surprisingly a great rock album that blends many different sounds from country to punk, and sounds very modern considering the number of bands in the 2010s in the indie and garage territory doing the same thing.

A album that could have been decent, if they decided to make proper songs and not try to be innovative with weird sounds and noises

Didn't really gel with this

Very fun album. Unique mix of prog, post-punk, indie rock. Always a big fan of a drum track.

Sorry Ed, but your vocals really are not good enough for Fromohio to work like it should. Admittedly most tracks sound extremely catchy, but I find nothing worth listeneing too again except In My Mind because the instrumentals are honestly exceptional. 3/5.

It was ok

Ok, aber mir zu Bass-lastig

Super Album sehr überrascht

Short, Sweet, Fun

didn't know this band at all, it was a good surprise

Another great finding...

Nice band, happy to discover them.

First time I hear this band. Really good album! I was pleasantly surprised.

Kinda jam band-y.... not my thing, but not terrible.

I like the folk influence here, but overall its nothing really that special. Still good though.

2.5

Only listened twice, but just not exciting to me at all. Favorite song was a 40 sec instrumental only because the name of it was funny

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Riddle Of The Eighties, In My Mind, Liberty For Our Friend, If'n Cutting Edge: Time With You Overall Notes: With that name, that album cover, and that title (which took me wayyyyy too long to realize was just "from ohio"), I was fully bracing myself for another self-important post-punk shitshow. Imagine my surprise when the first two songs are fun little guitar ditties. Not a classic by any means and I'm very surprised it's on this list (no song has over 150k plays on Spotify as of the writing of this review) but it was a fun low stakes album with short songs that don't overstay their welcome. If we're grading how much it surpassed my expectations, 5 stars easily. Unfortunately, objectively this album is a 3 for pretty good.

Sounds like a compilation … doesn’t feel coherent as a whole piece … which kind of matters when thinking of these albums as an experience Some enjoyable songs … nice bass …

I thought I was going to like this more than I did

fIREHOSE s'est visiblement trompé au moment d'écrire son nom d'artiste en ne s'apercevant pas que la touche "verr. MAJ" était activée. Cette erreur en a entraîné d'autres parmi lesquelles on trouve cet album.

J'ai apprécié cet album mais n'ai pas grand chose à en dire, par conséquent je vais ici vous dévoiler la discussion étrange que j'ai eu avec un homme bedonnant sonnant à ma porte ce matin: Homme bedonnant: *suisse allemand incomprehensible* moi: "sorry ich spreche nicht sehr gut deutsch" (désolé je n'avais pas entendu la sonnette) HB: *suisse allemand incomprehensible* moi: "Nein ich habe kein Auto" (oui exactement, mon album de fIREHOSE était un peu trop fort) HB: *imite le chimpanzé* LL: "Sorry, schöne tag" (vous imitez fort bien le chimpanzé)

Interesting mix of rockabilly, post-punk, a touch of reggae, new wave, folk, and hard rock. There's obvious influences from the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Police, and '70s commercial rock. I'm honestly not sure if I like it or if it's really boring. It's very proto college rock in a lot of ways. There's nothing here that's terribly innovative. The bass work however, is truly outstanding.

June 9th, 2021 1.RIDDLE OF THE EIGHTIES- Awesome opener that let's me know that this will be my kind of album. 2.IN MY MIND- Sort of "island" vibes with the guitar. 3.WHISPERIN' WHILE HOLLERIN'- Heavier than the previous songs. Good stuff. 4.VASTOPOL- Instrumental interlude, overall a very quiet track. 5.MAS COJONES- Kind of an unusual track, but that's what makes this album so versatile. 6.WHAT GETS HEARD- Reminds me of something from DEVO's 1978 debut. Pretty awesome stuff. 7.LET THE DRUMMER HAVE SOME- Oh, he got some alright. 8.LIBERTY FOR OUR FRIEND- The whole damn band sings "all together now..." 9.TIME WITH YOU- Good drum and bass in this track. 10.IF'N- Real mellow stuff at both ends but a rocker in the middle. 11.SOME THINGS- Another one of the more rocking tracks on this album. Good stuff. 12.UNDERSTANDING- Overall, my favorite track. 13.'NUF THAT S*** GEORGE- Once again, the drummer had some. 14.THE SOFTEST HAMMER- Great slower-paced closing song >In Review: Overall, a great album. I had never heard of fIREHOSE before being recommended this, but I really enjoy their UNIQUE sound and I look forward to checking out more of their material. Even for the country/folk fans like myself, it's real solid stuff

Had some cool songs I enjoyed. Revisit.

Yup these boys can ay. I do hear a lot of the Minutemen signature sound but with more of a singer/songwriter, almost folk sound. Liberty For Our Freind sounds like a Woody Guthrie song. A fine album. 3 🌟

Not prickling, not boring.

album art does this album dirty, kinda generic but some good ones on there too, I think if I had been doing more active listening I would've saved a couple of them

Pretty fun

Pretty cool, ahead of it's time maybe

Pretty rad.

Decent lofi alt rock. There is a rip-off of sunflower river blues by John fahey

Bangerrrsss

Might be cool if you're really into music theory and that type of thing but not for me

Knew of fIREHOSE as a Minutemen fan but never really gave them a listen. Some typically solid playing from the rhythm section, and the singer/guitarist is different enough from Boon that they have their own identity. That said, it sounds like an average SST release, and it drags more than a 30-minute record should.

Fun and a little angsty

Kind of forgettable acoustic and folky rock

Didn't grab my attention but nothing wrong with it

fine, listenable, but nothing special.

I liked a lot Hearing some early XTC vibes

Nothing really compelled me on this album. I enjoyed the loud rhythm guitar and bass, but just couldn't get into this one. 2.0

Great Album

I had never heard of this band before, and none of the songs sounded familiar. There were some tracks that I found interesting and enjoyable, and others that I would not listen to again.

+1 stars for indomitable midwestern charm

This is very bad.

Giving it a 2 since Charles Mingus set the baseline for a 1 star review, but not for me. Just not very interesting.

Favorites: Liberty For Our Friend

curti

meh

This is a challenging one for me. I was really into a lot of this record, especially the first few tracks. It reminded me of a math-rock Athens, Georgia group. They could have fit right in with early R.E.M. and the Flat Duo Jets, maybe with a little Television. But the bass playing was not my cup of tea, although I'm sure Flea would have loved it. I'll still give it a positive rating though! Fav Tracks: In My Mind, Riddle of the Eighties and Vastopol (Elizabeth Cotton?). Ratin 2.5/5

This record seemed like a lot of fun to make, and a little less to listen to. I can appreciate that energy, but there wasn't a lot here that inspired another listen from me. It kind of oscillated between half-decent, folk-inspired tunes like "Riddle of the Eighties" to irritating drivel like "What Gets Heard" or "Mas Cajones," which suddenly takes a turn for the better when it predicts Pavement from 1:10 to 1:25. I feel like it was a 50/50 shot of whether I'd like something or be intensely annoyed. It didn't help that I mostly hated the bass playing. I can imagine someone really digging this, but this record doesn't exactly seem essential to me. 1.5/5 Favourite song: "Riddle of the Eighties" or "Vastopol"

Decent. Can tell its from the same era as all the old west coast punk that I like, but with the basslines it's a bit more like Fugazi etc, and it kinda has folk music influences at times. Definitely also tool inspiration from The Doors. 3/5

enjoyed that. sounded a hell of a lot more modern that it is. i listen to a fair amount of new crap that sounds like this album.

Prety average

Nice rock, but didn´t hit me.

Good rock, kick ass groovy basslines. Had not heard of them before.

I haven't listened to this in years and wasn't crazy about it at the time because it felt less aggro and heavy than their previous 2 records. Older and wiser I'm hearing influences I missed the first time — Grateful Dead, John Fahey, XTC — and am royally digging the way it all comes together

Not bad, kind of Pearl Jam

Like Captain Beefheart and post punk with all the interest, energy and innovation removed

Enjoyed, 80s rhcp-esque

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Thought it was going to be really good, sadly it didn’t quite match the expectation. Shame.

sorta forgettable, not sure this has a ton for me

Some tunes are OK, but nothing exceptional.

Erm...it was okay. 👌

It's no Double Nickels On The Dime is it? And they've got their capitalisation all wrong there.

Disliked this very much

Ésta es la razón por la que decidí empezar con este proyecto. Encontrar grupos o discos que no conocía de antes. En este caso, no sabía de la existencia de fIREHOSE y no puede ser más lo mío. Qué maravilla. El disco creo que es bastante mejor en la primera mitad que en la segunda, pero estupendo de cualquier manera.

I liked this quite a lot— lot of cool guitar work & I thought it flowed well from one song to the next. Had never heard of this band. “In My Mind” is really cool. I also kind of strangely liked “Liberty for our Friend”

A really interesting move from Watt's Minutemen output. Sounds like they're creating the college-rock blueprint.

not bad at all yet completely forgettable at the same time.

Bon album classique rock

Fromohio, czyli rokowanie klasyczne z lat 90 w ktorym czuc punkowego ducha lat 90 hameryki, skladem gitarka, basik, drumy, skromnie ale qualitnie, zwlaszcza pan na basie wyczynia rzeczy ktore niewielu basiorowych mistrzow potrafi wyczyniac, minimalistyczna strona instrumentalna wplywa takze na to jak lirycznie wyglada plyta, bo jest przepelniona solowkami instrumentali i zdarzaja sie traki bez zadego wokalu po ktorych sa takie w ktorych chopaki spiewaja jednym glosem caly kawalek, 14 trackow przy 31 minutach w ktorych sie zawiera calosc vynylowa to dosc malo, ale jednoczesnie wystarczajaco zeby zaprezentowac skille jakimi wladaja grajkowie, dodatkowo jest to dosc standardowy czas albumiku lpka kasetowego, najbardziej popularnego nosnika wsrod punkarskiego rokowania tamtego okresu

Sin más.

Never heard of the album or the band but I really enjoyed this. Short and Sweet. Would listen to again.

Disco ameno y ligero, con un rock alternativo con reminiscencias de punk en el que se pueden notar la influencia del folk/country americano en algunos temas.

This isn't my favorite type of music but I liked it for what it was. I think other bands are similar that I like more but there are also ones that I like less.

like, the list name becomes completely pointless with this kind of albums...

Casi les doy el 3 por algunos breves momentos. Pero nel

Meh.

I wasn't feeling it

Somewhat diverse, 90s indie rock vibes mixed with a hint of zappa

The album gets better the more you listen to it. Definitely tuned in to it’s uniqueness by the end of the album. Nothing that gives me a huge sargasso but maybe I have too high of experience for music.

Casi les doy el 3 por algunos breves momentos. Pero nel

mmm... nel

Ooof didn’t like that much.

Some of the songs have a really good sound - some of them I had to skip (If'n; Some Things)

This was ok. I flipped the light the tracks and gave a quick listen. Again, not really my jam, but ok music.

This is a not good version of this.

Kind of indie, but nothing incredible

I feel like the album cover tricked me... I wanted it to be harder

7/10. Great Album

Interesting album. I like the instrumentation (lead, bass, drums), and the melodies are cool. Nothing in here appealed to me dramatically, but I would listen to it again. 3 stars.

Did not catch my attention. Respect for Mike Watt, but this isn't for me.

Interesting album and mix of genres, worth listening again

Pretty good. Short. Guitar riffs go crazy

I guess I had mixed up Minutemen with some other band, because looking back I really enjoyed the earlier band's output as well. Good, short songs with enough instrumental goodness to whet my appetite, but not long enough to wear. Post-punky bass passages were certainly the highlight. I look forward to listening to the rest of the discography, which I hear is a bit different.

1989. Key Songs: Riddle of the Eighties, Mas Cojones, Time With You

Never really got the big deal with this band. Still don't.

Yea was alright