Scottish art punks Fire Engines produced a handful of singles, a couple of which were modest hits in the UK,  and one album in the early 1980’s. Clearly influenced by New York No Wave bands like The Contortions and the neurotic Jersey jungle music of The Feelies, Fire Engines were still very much their own beast. The band consisted of David Henderson on vocals and guitar, Murray Slade on guitar, bassist Graham Main and drummer Russell Burn. Dissonant, funky, angry, sweet and ahead of its time, you could drop their tunes into a mix with The Strokes, Of Montreal and TV On The Radio and they’d be right at home.
 

 
No Wavy ‘Get Up And Use Me’ sounds like The Raybeats knockin’ heads with Tom Verlaine. Nervous and twangy with a Verlaine whine.  Recently covered by Franz Ferdinand.

A compilation of Fire Engine tracks is available here.