If'n
If'n
1987 studio album by Firehose
If'n is the second album by the American alternative rock band fIREHOSE, released in 1987.
The album name is a reference to the Bob Dylan song "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.[2] The left side of the album cover has a picture of Hüsker Dü, friends of the band and labelmates at SST Records.[3]
"For the Singer of R.E.M." was a tribute to the alternative rock band R.E.M., who had invited Firehose's predecessor Minutemen to join them on the tour to support the 1985 album Fables of the Reconstruction.[4] When Minutemen singer D Boon died in a car crash shortly after the tour, R.E.M. organized a benefit concert for Boon's family and remained friendly with Minutemen Mike Watt and George Hurley, who would go on to form Firehose with singer/guitarist Ed Crawford.