fIREHOSE was an American rock music band from San Pedro, California, comprised of bass player/vocalist Mike Watt, guitar player/vocalist Ed Crawford (a.k.a. "Ed From Ohio"), and drummer George Hurley. fIREHOSE formed in 1987, after Crawford convinced Watt and Hurley -- the surviving members of the influential punk rock band The Minutemen -- to form a new band with him.