Fire Engines

The Fire Engines were a short-lived but influential Scottish band from 1981. David Henderson (Guitar, Vocals) / Russell Burn (Drums) / Graham Main (Bass) / Murray Slade (Guitar).
Henderson said of the early live shows:
: "We played to our strengths which were minimal, but somehow, as a band, it worked. We never played chords and Russell didn’t use cymbals or hi-hats. It was very violent although no-one got hurt. Pure aggression, attitude and hate was what it was."
Reformed in 2004 to support The Magic Band and collaborated with Franz Ferdinand for a single release. Henderson is now leading The Sexual Objects.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel saw the band play live at the Embassy Club in London on 7th April 1981 . Henderson went on to form Win and have further Peel sessions with Nectarine No. 9.
== Sessions ==
*Two sessions in 1981. From session #1, '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing' and 'Discord' released on LP/CD Fond CD in 1992. 'Discord' and 'Candy Skin' released on [Discord] to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their first broadcast.
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1. Recorded: 1981-02-23. First broadcast: 09 March 1981. Repeated: 26 March 1981, 28 May 1981, 30 December 1981, 20 August 1984.
*Untitled / Discord / Candy Skin / (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
2. Recorded: 1981-11-14. First broadcast: 23 November 1981. Repeated:14 December 1981, 05 January 1982, 02 February 1982, 20 August 1984.
*The Big Wrong Time / Young Tongues Need Taste / Qualitamatic / Produced To Seduce To
== Other Shows Played ==
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*06 December 1980 (BFBS): Get Up And Use Me (7") Codex Communications CDX 01
*09 December 1980: Get Up And Use Me (7") Codex Communications CDX 01
*03 January 1981 (BFBS): Get Up And Use Me (7") Codex Communications CDX 01
*05 January 1981: Hungry Beat (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*11 January 1981 (BFBS): Hungry Beat (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*11 January 1981 (BFBS): Sympathetic Anaestetic (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*11 January 1981 (BFBS): Discord (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*18 January 1981 (BFBS): New Thing In Cartons (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*25 January 1981 (BFBS): Discord (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*25 January 1981 (BFBS): Sympathetic Anaesthetic (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*28 January 1981: Get Up And Use Me (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*05 February 1981: ?
*05 February 1981 (BFBS): Sympathetic Anaestetic (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*05 February 1981 (BFBS): Get Up And Use Me (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*08 February 1981 (BFBS): New Thing In Cartons (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*26 February 1981: Discord (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*05 April 1981 (BFBS): Candyskin (7" - Candyskin / Meat Whiplash) Pop Aural POP 010 (tape of forthcoming)
*06 April 1981: Candyskin (7" - Candyskin / Meat Whiplash) Pop Aural POP 010
*11 April 1981 (BFBS): Candy Skin (7" - Candyskin / Meat Whiplash) Pop Aural POP 010
*20 April 1981: Candyskin (7" - Candyskin / Meat Whiplash) Pop Aural POP 010
*28 April 1981: Candy Skin (7" - Candyskin / Meat Whiplash) Pop Aural POP 010
*23 July 1981: Candy Skin (7" - Candyskin / Meat Whiplash) Pop Aural POP 010
*25 October 1981 (BFBS): Hungry Beat (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*17 November 1981: Candyskin (7") Pop Aural POP 010
*30 November 1981: Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural POP 013
*06 December 1981 (BFBS): Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural POP 013
*20 December 1981 (BFBS): Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural POP 013
*21 December 1981: Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural POP 013
*06 January 1982 (BFBS): Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural POP 013
*25 August 1982: Big Gold Dream
*30 August 1982: Get Up And Use Me (7") Codex Communications
*01 September 1982 (BFBS): Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural POP 013
*05 September 1982 (BFBS): Get Up And Use Me
*18 January 1983: Hungry Beat (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001 Also played a track the previous week
*29 February 1984: Meat Whiplash (7") Pop Aural
*22 January 1985: Candy Skin (7") Pop Aural
*08 May 1985: Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural
*26 February 1986: Meat Whiplash (7") Pop Aural
*08 March 1986 (BFBS): Hungry Beat (album - Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural ACC 001
*18 October 1988: Candy Skin (7") Pop Aural
*25 July 1992: (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (CD Fond) Revola
*21 August 1992: Sympathetic Anaesthetic (LP - Fond) Rev-Ola
*29 August 1992: Get Up And Use Me (CD Fond) Rev-O-La
*12 September 1992: Candyskin (CD Fond) Revola
*21 April 1998: New Thing In Cartons
*07 December 1999: Get Up And Use Me (LP Lubricate Your Living Room) Pop Aural
* 13 December 1999 (BFBS): Get Up And Use Me (LP Lubricate Your Living Room)P op Aural
*15 March 2000: Everything's Roses (7" Get Up And Use Me AA side) Codex Communications
*16 March 2000 (Radio Eins): Everything's Roses (7" Get Up And Use Me AA side) Codex Communications
*23 May 2001: (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (CD Fond) Revola
*18 November 2003: Candy Skin (7") Pop Aural
*27 November 2003 (Radio Eins): Candy Skin (7") Pop Aural
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1980
*Gigography 1981 
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Myspace site
*BBC Peel
*Acute Records
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