As the Fleshtones' 40th Anniversary winds down, let's summarize: they've released over twenty albums and twenty singles: two covers albums; three live albums; half of an instrumental album; an album where each band member sings; an album of demos; an aborted debut album; an album with strings; a Christmas album; a Spanish-language EP. They've recorded in large and small studios in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Spain, Chapel Hill, Detroit, Austin. They've written songs about love, sex, mortality, family, memories, gentrification, Coney Island and Canada, girls, ghouls, zombies, and Rick Wakeman's cape; they've recorded with Alan Vega and written a song about the Ramones; they've written a song about a book written about them; they've written a disco song and a 12-bar blues; they've written a fake theme song for a TV show that never existed. They've recorded with Dave Faulkner, Peter Buck, Steve Albini, Rick Miller, Jim Diamond, Lenny Kaye, and Ivan Julian.
The never lost that beat. What's next? A concept double-album about Bazooka Joe? They've gotten a head start:
I don't think a double album of any sort is coming from the Fleshtones. Now, of course there exists the potential for more songs about Bazooka Joe and his Gang. I've been mulling over some ideas actually…
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I don't think a double album of any sort is coming from the Fleshtones. Now, of course there exists the potential for more songs about Bazooka Joe and his Gang. I've been mulling over some ideas actually…
Hey busy buddy, it's been a while!
Yeah a double album is not in the Fleshtones DNA is it.
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