EZO "Fire Fire (Japan, Invitation Records, Japanese Hard Rock Collection Series, VICL-2080)"

EZO (イーズィーオー, Iiziiō) was a Japanese heavy metal band originally formed as Flatbacker in the spring of 1982 in Sapporo, Japan out of the remnants of two high school bands, Power-Station and Scrap. EZO has been named a "seminal influence by such artists as Steve McDonald of Redd Kross and Michael Steele of The Bangles."

EZO consisted of Masaki Yamada (vocals), Taro Takahashi (bass), Shoyo Iida (guitar) and Hiro Homma (drums).

Fire Fire is the second studio album released by Japanese metal band Ezo. It was released on May 21, 1989 on Geffen Records.

Track listing

All songs by EZO and Jody Gray except where indicated.

1. "Love Junkie" – 4:44
2. "Night Crawler" (EZO, Chris Gates, Gray, James Palace) – 4:21
3. "Fire Fire" – 5:51
4. "Wild Talk" – 4:37
5. "Burn Down the Night" – 4:39
6. "Black Moon" – 3:54
7. "Back to Zero" – 4:23
8. "Cold Blooded" (EZO, Gray, Palace, Stephan Galfas) – 3:59
9. "She's Ridin' the Rhythm" (EZO, Gray, Palace) – 3:54
10. "Streetwalker" (EZO, Gray, Palace) – 4:15
11. "Million Miles Away" (EZO, Gates, Gray) – 3:49

Time:  48:33

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Atlantic Studio, New York, NY, USA.

Preproduction at P.A.W. Rehearsal Studio.

Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.

Stephan Galfas – producer, mixing

Jody Gray, James Palace – associate producers

Mark Corbin, Ellen Fitton – engineers

Noah Baron – mixing

George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Norio Yamamoto – coordinator