Fire Town was an American garage-rock band formed in the mid-1980s in

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, United States, from the remnants of an earlier popular local group, Spooner. Fire Town appeared on

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's "Basement Tapes" show in 1986. Their video, "Carry The Torch", placed second losing to the Columbus, Ohio band Oswald and The Herringbones and their music video "Be By Yourself". Fire Town were signed to a

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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. Chris Heim of The Chicago Tribune rated ''The Good Life'' three stars. Sharing duties on vocals and lead guitar were Doug Erikson and Phil Davis, Tom LaVarda on

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, and

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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

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in 1994."Welcome to Spooner Town", by Andy Davis, ''

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'', issue No. 209, January 1997 Wounded Bird Records re-released both ''In the Heart of the Heart Country'' and ''The Good Life'' on CD in 2007.

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)

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Fire Town discography
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