'In a bizarre turn of events, Fire Engines were more talked about than ever in 2005. Decades before the development, two very different bands -- the Candyskins and Meat Whiplash -- named themselves after separate sides of a Fire Engines single. Alan McGee's early Creation roster, home to Meat Whiplash, had Fire Engines aftershocks running all the way through it. Another early Creation band, the Jesus and Mary Chain, carried all the spirit of Fire Engines, from ramshackle arrangements to crowd-baiting 15-mi...   [ read more ]

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Codex Teenage Premonition features fifteen exclusive tracks that capture perfectly the raw teenage energy of one the most influential and unique British bands of the last twenty five years. The album features tracks recorded at their very first show at Leith Community Centre on 16th March 1980 together with un released studio versions of tracks that would later appear on their debut single and mini album. The Fire Engines, in keeping with the punk spirit, lasted a mere eighteen months but in that short tim...   [ read more ]

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The Fire Engines formed, did absolutely everything in the most chaotic and unconventional manner possible, and broke up 18 months later. They started their first single with a mistake, never released a proper LP and basically flew in the face of every convention of rock-n-roll, yet they managed to leave a lasting impact on the Scottish music scene and post-punk in general. Considered one of the three main movers on the fertile Scottish post punk scene of the early 1980s with the much poppier Orange Juice a...   [ read more ]

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