Live Totem Pole

Infobox Album
Name = Live Totem Pole
Type = ep
Artist = Firehose


Released = 1992
Recorded = Live at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood, CA on August 16, 1991.
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 20:16
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Jim Dunbar, Paul Q. Kolderie
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fiftxqy5ldje link]
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"Live Totem Pole" is a live EP released in 1992 by Firehose. It consists of seven tracks, five of which are covers. The cover of Blue Öyster Cult's "The Red and the Black" had been previously recorded by the Minutemen (Watt and Hurley's seminal punk rock band) and released on "3-Way Tie (For Last)". Watt's introduction to "Revolution (Part Two)" contains a nod to Gibby Haynes, the lead singer of the Butthole Surfers — "This is a song for today. Hope I don't fuck it up, Gibby." The EP has become a collector's item due to its discontinuation shortly after its release. [cite web | last = Prato | first = Greg | title = Live Totem Pole | work = | publisher = Allmusic | date = | url = http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fiftxqy5ldje | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-09-11 ]

The cover art is by Raymond Pettibon.

Track listing

# "The Red And The Black" (Blue Öyster Cult) – 3:34
# "Sophisticated Bitch" (Public Enemy) – 3:52
# "Revolution (Part Two)" (Butthole Surfers) – 3:09
# "Slack Motherfucker" (Superchunk) – 2:40
# "What Gets Heard" (Mike Watt) – 2:20
# "Mannequin" (Wire) – 2:26
# "Makin' The Freeway" (Watt) – 2:15

Personnel

* Mike Watt – bass, vocals
* Ed Crawford – guitar, vocals
* George Hurley – drums

References