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Firehouse

Firehouse is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dokken. Those roots explain a lot about how Firehouse arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Damn Yankees, Dokken, Poison, Great White and Bad English, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Slaughter, Quiet Riot, Warrant, Ratt and Dokken, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Firehouse, reaching back through Dokken and forward to Slaughter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

FireHouse is an American hard rock band that formed in 1984 in Richmond, Virginia. They then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they signed with Epic Records in 1989. The band reached stardom during the early 1990s with charting singles like "Don't Treat Me Bad," "All She Wrote," and "Reach for the Sky," as well as their signature power ballads "Love of a Lifetime," "When I Look into Your Eyes," and "I Live My Life for You." At the 1992 American Music Awards, FireHouse won the award for "Favorite New Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist."

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Firehouse connections

Firehouse grew out of Dokken, shares an orbit with Damn Yankees, Dokken, Poison and Great White, went on to shape Slaughter, Quiet Riot, Warrant and Ratt. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Firehouse

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Sounds and acts that shaped Firehouse.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Firehouse.

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