# Boy, Did Firehouse Suck Or What? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496 "2004-12-18T06:09:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/1 "2004-12-18T06:09:19Z")
Sorry, just got done watching that VH1 Classic “Metal Mania” show while wrapping some Christmas presents. …but geez, they we’re _bad_. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/2 "2004-12-18T06:11:00Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > …but geez, they we’re _bad_. Of course, by “we’re”, I mean were. And by “_bad_”, I mean really, really effing bad. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/3 "2004-12-18T17:19:12Z")
Hey, man…Mike Watt’s bass playing is brilliant and his… oh, Fire **house** you say…? Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/4 "2004-12-18T19:26:30Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ll regret admitting this, but I actually liked “Love of a Lifetime.” Don’t know anthing else by them, though. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/5 "2004-12-18T20:51:47Z")
Bar none, Firehouse is the worst bar in Kalamazoo. It always sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/6 "2004-12-18T21:13:36Z")
**neofishboy** wrote > [@](#): > > Hey, man…Mike Watt’s bass playing is brilliant and his… > > oh, Firehouse you say…? > > Carry on. Heh. I misread and peeked in thinking that too. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/7 "2004-12-18T21:18:34Z")
Me too. I was about to open a Pit thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/8 "2004-12-18T21:19:23Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Sorry, just got done watching that VH1 Classic “Metal Mania” show while wrapping some Christmas presents. > > …but geez, they we’re _bad_. No arguement. Hell, I’ve known this since that shitty single _Don’t Treat Me Bad_. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/9 "2004-12-18T21:54:16Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > I’m pretty sure I’ll regret admitting this, but I actually liked “Love of a Lifetime.” > > Don’t know anthing else by them, though. At the very end of the video for this song, the singer stares into the camera with this totally unnatural, wide-eyed look on his face and goes “Oooooooooooo-ooooooooooh…” My sister and I thought this was hilarious. To this day we sometimes look at each other and go “Oooooooooooo-ooooooooooh…” ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/10 "2004-12-18T21:55:53Z")
And while we’re at it, _Slaughter_ were pretty ass-crap too, weren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/11 "2004-12-18T23:37:31Z")
The band released an album in early 2004, so it would probably be more accurate to say that Firehouse is actively sucking. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/12 "2004-12-19T04:20:20Z")
Didn’t they actually beat fucking Nirvana for a Grammy? “Finally found the love of a lifetime…a love to last my whole life thruuuuuuuuuuu” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/13 "2004-12-19T04:30:24Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > And while we’re at it, _Slaughter_ were pretty ass-crap too, weren’t they? You know, I had the chance to see them in concert a few years ago, when they were relegated to playing clubs again. They actually put on a good show. Female friend of mine was pulled up on stage to sing along on “Up All Night,” and didn’t know the words. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-firehouse-suck-or-what/280496/14 "2004-12-19T04:35:55Z")
> [@neofishboy](#): > > Hey, man…Mike Watt’s bass playing is brilliant and his… > > oh, Fire **house** you say…? > > Carry on. Exactly. I opened the thread to complain that I’d always see the name Firehouse and think “Oooh…fireHo…oh. …nevermind”.