"More Than Skin Deep": an intravenous explosion of Rock'n'Roll Garage, the best since "Roman Gods", The Z-Man & the 'Tones are back with a vengeance, they wanna make some money goddammit !!! … but still … they can't forget nor detach from their roots & to prove that, they bring us a pure fuel-jewel destined to mark history &, once more show us they don't fear the years.

Twist, Shake, Rock'n'Roll … They Do It All!!!

Tracklist

I'm Not A Sissy; My Love Machine; Laugh It Off; I Wanna Feel Something Now; Gentleman's Twist; Smash Crash; Dig In; Blow Job; God Damn It; A Hand For The Band; Dance With The Ghoulman; Anywhere You Go; Medley: My Kindy Lovin' - The Crossroads Are Coming; Better Days

Fleshtones Story (well some of it) by Peter Zaremba

The Fleshtones have just done something they've done all too rarely in their long career, or should we say "careen": They have released a new album. To make this event even more exceptional, it is being released by those judicious connaisseurs at Epitaph Records, so something must be up. Intensely loved by those who know them, these defenders of the wellsprings of Rock and Roll (i.e. exciting and unpredictable musical happenings) are unfortunately not the stars their contributions and personalities would merit. After all, a lot of people have heard of "Fleshtones" but not enough have actually heard them, or better yet seen them in one of their madcap meltdowns. So to all Johnny Come Latelys who think they know what this primitive beat thing is all about, the Fleshtones just say "Been There, Done That!" only they continue to do so with more fury and fun than anyone else.

For those that don't know, the Fleshtones were founded by high school buddies Peter Zeremba and Keith Streng in Keith's Whitestone, Queens basement in early 1976. Picking up some cheap Japanese equipment that had been abandoned there, they quickly hooked into the scene of their heroes The Ramones, Suicide and the Dictators at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City. In fact it was Suicide's Alan Vega that brought the band to the attention of former Doll's manager Marty Thau, who recorded their first album for his RED STAR RECORDS. Of course that album did not get released until 1992, setting the stage for a bizarre recording history. Here was a band that just did not fit in to the accepted categories as expected. One thing that set the group apart from their contemporaries was the shear dancibility and spontaneous humor of what the press had dubbed their "amphetamine rock".

After playing both the first "New Wave Festival" at New York's Village Gate in 1978 and the First International New Wave Music Festival, the M-80 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 1979, the band regrouped with Bill Milhizer on the drums in 1980. Thus began the band's "Super Rock" phase, with the Fleshtones recording classic LP's like Roman Gods and Hexbreaker for the trailblazing IRS label, counting the likes of the Cramps as label mates. The band added it's fire to the just budding Hollywood scene in the early 80's and singer Zaremba began hosting the show "The Cutting Edge" broadcast over MTV, where almost every of what was to be called "alternative bands" made their first national TV appearance.

In 1990, Ken Fox, late of Jason and the Scorchers fame took over bass playing duties from stand-in hero Andy Shernoff (Dictators) in the middle of the recording of the Fleshtones "Powerstance" LP. Now it seems as if he was always with the band, (in fact he claims he learned his bass chops playing along to the Fleshtones LP's back home in Toronto!). Since then the Fleshtones have recorded ForeverFleshtones, produced by Peter Buck (1994), and Laboratory of Sound produced by Steve Albini (1995). Afterwards the band struck out on their own and recorded Hitsburg USA, a collection of favorites ranging from Chris Stamey's If And When to early 60's novelty junk like Mr. Custer, at Compactor Studios in Flatbush. Finding Brooklyn much to their liking they returned in June of 1997 to record More Than Skin Deep.