The Fleshtones

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The Fleshtones
General information
Genre (s) Garage rock
founding 1976
Founding members
Peter Zaremba
Keith Strictly
Jan-Marek Pakulski (until 1988)
Lenny Calderone
Current occupation
Vocals, organ, harmonica
 Peter Zaremba
Guitar, vocals
 Keith Strictly
Drums, vocals
 Bill Milhizer
Bass, vocals
 Ken Fox (since 1990)
former members
bass
 Robert Warren
bass
 Andy Shernoff
saxophone
 Jon Weiss
saxophone
 Gordon Spaeth (1978–1988)
saxophone
 Brian Spaeth (1978-1981)

The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from New York , active since 1976 , with musical roots in rock'n 'roll of the 1950s and 1960s.

Band history

In 1976 singer and keyboardist Peter Zaremba, guitarist Keith Streng, bassist Jan Marek Pakulski and drummer Bill Milhizer founded the Fleshtones in the New York borough of Queens . With the song American Beat they gained first notoriety and came to a record deal with the label IRS Records . Their first EP Up-Front was released in 1980 and two years later the debut album Roman Gods . With that they made it into the US album charts straight away . An album that was recorded in 1978 but not released was followed up. There followed three more albums for IRS, of which Hexbreaker is considered their best, but they could not repeat the success of the debut. They are best known for their concerts and live performances.

Since 1987 the band has continued to release albums on changing labels on a regular basis. In addition, the members also had other side projects, such as Keith Streng's Full Time Men , in which REM guitarist Peter Buck played. In the beginning the bass player changed several times and at times a saxophonist was part of the line-up. In addition to Zaremba, Streng and Milhizer, Ken Fox has been part of the four-piece band as bassist since 1990.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Roman Gods
  US 174 03/06/1982 (5 weeks)

Albums

  • Roman Gods (1982)
  • Blast off! (1982)
  • Hexbreaker (1983)
  • Speed ​​Connection (1985)
  • Speed ​​Connection II: The Final Chapter (1985)
  • Fleshtones vs. Reality (1987)
  • The Fleshtones: Living Legends (1989)
  • Soul Madrid (1989)
  • Powerstance! (1991)
  • Forever Fleshtones (1993)
  • Beautiful Light (1994)
  • Angry Years 1984--1986 (1994)
  • Laboratory of Sound (1995)
  • Fleshtones Favorites (1997)
  • Hitsburg USA! (1997)
  • More Than Skin Deep (1998)
  • Hitsburg Revisited (1999)
  • Solid Gold Sound (2001)
  • Do you swing? (2003)
  • Beachhead (2005)
  • Take a Good Look (2008)
  • The Band Drinks for Free (2016)

Tribute album

  • Vindicated! A Tribute to the Fleshtones (2007)

literature

  • Joe Bonomo: Sweat - The Story of The Fleshtones, America's Garage Band, Continuum Books, 2007.

swell

  1. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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