Ragin', Full-On Explained

Ragin', Full-On is the first album by American alternative rock band fIREHOSE.^{[2] [3]} It was released after the breakup of the influential punk rock band Minutemen due to the death of the guitarist D. Boon.^[4] Like all fIREHOSE albums, Ragin', Full-On is dedicated to Boon.^[5]

Production

The band members wrote the songs in various songwriting combinations, some of which included Kira Roessler.^[4]

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote that "this sound pretty good insofar as it postpunks like the old band and pretty bad insofar as it makes room for Crawford, a moderately hot guitarist whose vocal instincts are as sappy as his lyrics." Trouser Press noted that "first note to last, there’s a prickly, intangible integrity to the band that the restless Boon would have admired."^[6] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that the album "overcomes its generally spotty writing with impassioned playing."

Track listing

Adapted from LP labels.^[7]

Personnel

• Ed Crawford - guitar, vocals, photography
• Mike Watt - bass guitar, vocals, co-producer
• George Hurley - drums
• Ethan James - producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: fIREHOSE - Ragin' Full On - CD. SST Superstore.
2. Book: Earles, Andrew. Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. September 15, 2014. Voyageur Press. 9780760346488. Google Books.
3. Web site: Mike Watt on What's Watt. exclaim.ca.
4. Web site: Hillburn. Robert. A Votive 'Ballot' For D. Boon. The Los Angeles Times. February 7, 1987. May 15, 2019.
5. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. February 14, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
6. Web site: fIREHOSE . Trouser Press . 14 February 2021.
7. Web site: Discogs . fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On (1986, Vinyl) . Discogs . 17 February 2022.