FireHouse

This article is about the band, FireHouse. Not to be confused with fIREHOSE. For a similarly named band, see Icehouse. For all other uses, see Firehouse (disambiguation).

FireHouse
Busan Rock Festival on August 4, 2012
Busan Rock Festival on August 4, 2012
Background information
OriginRichmond, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
Years active1984–present
Labels
Members
Past members

FireHouse (also Firehouse) is an American hard rock band that formed in 1984 in Richmond, Virginia, and then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they were signed to Epic Records in 1989.[5] The band reached stardom during the early 1990s with charting singles like "Reach for the Sky", "Don't Treat Me Bad" and "All She Wrote", as well as their signature power ballads "I Live My Life for You", "Love of a Lifetime" and "When I Look into Your Eyes". At the 1992 American Music Awards, FireHouse won the award for "Favorite New Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist".[6]

As the 1990s progressed, the band remained very popular in Asia, mainly in Japan and Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore. They also maintained popularity in South America and Europe.[5] FireHouse continued to release new material throughout the late 1990s and into the early 2000s, most of which successfully charted in Japan. The band has also continued to tour internationally, having participated twice in the annual Rock Never Stops Tour with other bands from the same genre. FireHouse is estimated to have sold over 7 million albums worldwide since their debut.[7]

Originally composed of vocalist/keyboardist C. J. Snare, guitarist Bill Leverty, drummer Michael Foster and bassist Perry Richardson, the band has maintained its original members with the exception of Richardson, who departed in 2000. Richardson was replaced two times before current bassist, Allen McKenzie, was given the position in 2004.[8] Snare remained as the lead singer of FireHouse until his death on April 5, 2024.[9] He was replaced by a former American Idol Season 21 contestant Nate Peck, who has been touring with the band since 2023 taking Snare's place as a temporary lead vocalist, citing health issues.[10]

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  6. ^ "19th American Music Awards". 1992 19th American Music Awards. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  7. ^ "Bill Leverty Interview". 2007 Saviours of Rock. Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2007.
  8. ^ "FireHouse Biography at FireHouseMusic". 2007 FireHouse. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  9. ^ Larry Petro (April 7, 2024). "FIREHOUSE Vocalist CJ SNARE Passes Away At 64". KNAC.com. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
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