FireHouse

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Michael Foster, C.J. Snare and Bill Leverty of Firehouse

For the Dixieland jazz band, see Firehouse Five Plus Two

FireHouse is an American glam metal band that was formed in Charlotte, NC in 1988. Veterans of east coast club circuit fixtures Maxx Warrior and then Virginia-based White Heat, FireHouse quickly established themselves with regional audiences. When an A & R representative from Epic Records came to Charlotte to confer with another NC band, Diving For Pearls, he saw FireHouse and offered a record contract. The band released its self-titled debut FireHouse in 1990 which provided the hit singles "Don't Treat Me Bad", "All She Wrote", and "Love Of A Lifetime". Their second album Hold Your Fire in 1992 provided the hits "Reach For The Sky", "Sleeping With You", and "When I Look In Your Eyes", whose intro is a somewhat blatant (albeit musically simpler) rip-off of Journey's "Faithfully". Firehouse proved to be the final major glam metal band to break into the mainstream, in 1991. At the 1991 American Music Awards, FireHouse found themselves standing before the nation accepting the award for Best New Hard Rock/Metal Band, chosen over Nirvana and Alice in Chains.

FireHouse continued to have success in the US and, later, overseas, but their heyday proved to be over a decade ago. Their most recent release is 2003's Prime Time. They were part of the Rock Never Stops Tour line-up in 2005.

Band members

Current Members

• C.J. Snare - vocals, keyboards
• Bill Leverty - guitars
• Michael Foster - drums
• Allen McKenzie - bass guitar

Former members

• Perry Richardson - bass guitar (1989 - 1999)
• Bruce Waibel - bass guitar (2000 - 2003)
• Dario Seixas - bass guitar (2003)

Discography

Albums

• FireHouse  (1990)
• Hold Your Fire  (1992)
• 3  (1995)
• Good Acoustics  (1996)
• Category 5  (1998)
• Bring 'em Out Live (1999)
• O2  (2000)
• Prime Time  (2003)

Singles

I Live My Life For You AC 20 I Live My Life For You Hot 100 26 Sleeping With You Hot 100 78 All She Wrote Mainstream Rock Tracks 25 All She Wrote The Billboard Hot 100 58 Reach For The Sky Mainstream Rock Tracks Reach For The Sky Hot 100 83 When I Look Into Your Eyes Hot 100 8 Don t Treat Me Bad Mainstream Rock 16 Don t Treat Me Bad Hot 100 19 Love Of A Lifetime Hot 100 5

Chart history is directly from Billboard.com.

Here For You and Nothin' At All never charted.

External links

• Firehouse official website