Firehose - If'n

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If'n is the second album by the American alternative rock band fIREHOSE, released in 1987. The album name is a reference to the Bob Dylan song "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" f rom The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The left side of the album cover has a picture of Hüsker Dü, friends of the band and labelmates at SST Records. "For the Singer of R.E.M." was a tribute to the alternative rock band R.E.M., who had invited Firehose's predecessor Minutemen to join them on the tour to support the 1985 album Fables of the Reconstruction. When Minutemen singer D Boon died in a car crash shortly after the tour, R.E.M. organized a benefit concert for Boon's family and remained friendly with Minutemen Mike Watt and George Hurley, who would go on to form Firehose with singer/guitarist Ed Crawford. Show more