▁Early ▁beg inn ings ▁The ▁history ▁of ▁Fire H ouse ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁back ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁when ▁Le ver ty ' s ▁band ▁White ▁He at ▁needed ▁a ▁drum mer . ▁After ▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁aud itions , ▁current ▁Fire H ouse ▁drum mer ▁Michael ▁F oster ▁answered ▁the ▁ad ▁and ▁when ▁Le ver ty ▁was ▁im pressed ▁by ▁his ▁skill , ▁he ▁quickly ▁h ired ▁him . ▁When ▁the ▁band ▁wasn ' t ▁on ▁tour , ▁Le ver ty ▁and ▁F oster ▁would ▁visit ▁rock ▁clubs , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁at ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁clubs ▁where ▁they ▁caught ▁sight ▁of ▁a ▁band ▁called ▁Max x ▁War rior . ▁Sing ing ▁for ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁C . ▁J . ▁Sn are , ▁and ▁the ▁band ' s ▁bass ist ▁was ▁Perry ▁Richard son . ▁Le ver ty ▁and ▁F oster ▁were ▁im pressed ▁with ▁Sn are ' s ▁vocal ▁ability , ▁and ▁became ▁determined ▁to ▁un ite ▁the ▁bands . ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁Max x ▁War rior ▁broke ▁up , ▁Le ver ty ▁sent ▁Sn are ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁songs ▁and ▁asked ▁him ▁to ▁sing ▁on ▁his ▁t ape . ▁F oster ▁and ▁Le ver ty ▁were ▁again ▁im pressed , ▁so ▁they ▁brought ▁Sn are ▁in ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁band ' s ▁lead ▁singer ▁for ▁a ▁show ▁in ▁Virginia ▁several ▁weeks ▁later . ▁ ▁The ▁three - member ▁group ▁took ▁their ▁t ape ▁to ▁Perry ▁Richard son , ▁the ▁ex - b ass ist ▁for