Known informally as The Fleshtones Hall of Fame, here is your virtual home for The Fleshtones, the four most exciting men in rock & roll. Since the summer of 1976 The Fleshtones have been blending rock & roll with R&B, and garage with dance and serving it from town to town across the globe with a smile, a great attitude, and lots of late-night sweat. For years, they've simply called it Super Rock.
The Fleshtones are Peter Zaremba (vocals, harmonica, & organ), Keith Streng (guitar & vocals), Bill Milhizer (drums & vocals), and Ken Fox (bass & vocals). Based in Brooklyn, New York, the quartet's origins lie just a few miles north in Queens, where in 1975 Streng and original bass player Marek Pakulski rented "The House," as it was infamously known, and found instruments down in the basement. To quote Keith: "How and why The Fleshtones started was that there was a place to do it!" Countless "Blue Whale Bashes," Lower East Side sightings, and an endless string of gigs and records later, The Fleshtones continue to record and perform with a wit, passion, and energy that few bands can top.
Remember, The Fleshtones can't change their luck, but they can change your mind! Come on in, and let's have a good time!
 It's Super Rock Time - Press Release 28 February 2010
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IT'S SUPER ROCK TIME: The I.R.S. Years 1980-1985 (RVCD-311)
Release date: 9 March 2010
Raven presents a superb 26-track, 78-minute CD collection from one of America’s original, and longest-running, garage-rock bands, self-proclaimed Living Legends, THE FLESHTONES.
Formed in 1976 in Queens, New York by vocalist Peter Zaremba and guitarist Keith Streng, the
Fleshtones combined fuzzed guitar and Farfisa organ with 50s rockabilly and 60s R&B into a
potent retro stew they called “Super Rock”. Contemporaries of Suicide and the Cramps on the
late-70s NY scene, the group became a huge influence on early ‘80s garage-rock revivalists
Dream Syndicate, Plimsouls, Hoodoo Gurus etc. Amazingly, they are still at it today, finally
garnering respect for being as raucous as ever.
It’s Super Rock Time – The I.R.S. Years 1980-1985 covers their key five year
tenure with Miles Copeland’s record label. Culled from their classic albums (Roman Gods, Hexbreaker!, Speed Connection) and numerous EPs and singles, highlights include the frat-rocking ‘Girl from Baltimore’, the whomping ‘Screamin’ Skull’, the moody ‘Shadow Line’, the Standells-like ‘Stop Fooling Around’ and one of their most memorable tunes, a tasty cover of Lee Dorsey’s ‘Ride Your Pony’. Many tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. “Energetic, freewheelin’ and street-smart, the Fleshtones are cool, smart, witty, they rock pretty hard and their music sounds great at a party” – All Music Guide. With superb quality audio, detailed notes and color booklet, this excellent release is a must for fans of irresistible, reverb-drenched garage / R&B.
Online store: www.ravenrecords.com.au
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"Top Of The World, Ma!" (well, almost...) 19 February 2010
| Just a quick reminder to say that Peter is writing about his recent travels with the Fleshtones in Scandinavia over on his Busybuddy blog. Catch up with the boys as they traverse Denmark, Norway and Sweden by rail, air and road. Expect lots of anecdotes, pictures and details of what was for breakfast. Yummy.
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10 Years After The Fleshtones 08 February 2010
| The 'Tones are interviewed by Cathimini in the December edition of the French rock mag' "Abus Dangereux". They also contribute a Sam The Sham inspired version of "Foxy Lady" to the cover mount CD.
So why not practice your French by reading the article (217Kb) or simply dance around the living room to the MP3 (5.4Mb)?
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A Blast of Cold Air 19 January 2010
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Super Rock snow boots at the ready, the confirmed schedule for the Fleshtones "Blast of Cold Air" tour in February shakes down as follows:
04.02 Raahuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
05.02 Blå Rock, Tromsø, Norway
06.02 Morten's House, Moss, Norway
08.02 Bergen, Norway (tbc)
10.02 Elm Street, Oslo, Norway
12.02 Kägelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden
13.02 Kägelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden
Last time round at Morten's pad (or was it the time before) the boys decided to get naked although rumours are unconfirmed as to whether they led everyone out into the snow for a good roll around. The accompanying snap was taken before everything got out of hand. Hey, does anyone know where I can find one of those ingenious Norgwegian bottle holders?
The two shows in Stockholm are to be accompanied by a screening of the sixty minute documentary about the band "Pardon Us For Living But The
Graveyard Is Full". The show on the 12th also features those Swedish Garage Rock Gods, the Nomads. There is also a rumour on Facebook that
the 'Tones will be playing the whole of "Roman Gods".
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