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, - - By Charles Lieurance b , nn,.. , .,. Photo courtesy of Emergo records

throes. We came from the direction of old "In fact, it's been a step up. We've shipped You've seen the or at least you've British Invasion. movie, Freddie Cannon and Gary "U.S." Bonds sin- more records and are selling more than we heard the soundtrack. It's and they escaped from gles." did on I.R.S., even though it was a lot bigger Beach boho Steve Samson shows on the movie. up Since then, have become fix- label," he said. "The promotion for the album Beach one in tiger-prin- t briefs They escaped from the movie and took the Sunnyside day ated with Russ Meyer films and the Flesh- will be more interesting and the band gets to and a buzz cut. He's with his horn lines with them. Fleshtones with horn really gnarly tones have made four albums of garage pop, produce itself. You can't call that a step a real-gon- e beatnik lines will appear at The Drumstick Monday friend "Snap" Henderson, each improving on the last. Their finest LP, down." two-ton- e tank in paisley bermudas and a top. night. "Hexbreaker" on I.R.S., made their sound "Fleshtones vs. Reality" is the band's most wears a has a little goa- The Fleshtones wrestled with the punk-tras- h "Snap" black beret, it was an album of mature album to a high-energ- y tribute the late 70s and positively epic. Although date, tee named Wilbur and reads "The Dharma scene through early mannersisms are to- flower without a dead note of mannerisms, these put to Stax and power walks beach. '80s, trying to the wonder all in- Bums" as he on the transplant in a completely innovative fashion. in the mix. For variety's sake, Zaremba horn that's and cartoonish about rock 'n' gether The surf comes in to a really cheesy cheap cludes the vocals of Wendy Wild, a member of of American Breed roll into the sophisticated club line, courtesy the (who side group Love Delegation, and bandmate world "Bend Me, scene. Some glorious garbage emerged, takes a lot ofwork later go on to give the Shape 'It only Keith Strong, whose are showstoppers the garage "Cold, Cold pipes Me"). including sprint to make music bland and in the Fleshtones' live shows. Strong puts his with some out Shoes," and a harmonica-drive- n piece of Henderson comes up bongos Bon Scott yowl to work on "Way Down South," harum-scaru- "Shadowline." there are so of nowhere and pats out a wild rhythm while called many people laid to side lines of a song originally vinyl by Strong's "The Flower that . "We were going through several to mission. he reads his prose poem dedicated that group with REM's , Full Time Men. Steve watches development," said the Fleshtones' most rec- Powers the Square Factories." As forthe I'm as uncom- With all this cross-pollinatio- n going on, the Steve's ognizable personality, vocalist, keyboardist rest, the girls. Steve's thumb goes up. Fleshtones' sound gets more varied and pow- and the host of Peter flower thumb goes down. "Cutting Edge," fortable with power erful with album. Zaremba. One was the diso line, a real every Steve sees Delilah, a perky brunette who gay as the next guy . . So how much work does it take to produce beat-craz- y then comes looks vaguely Neapolitan and says "neato." cheap, leathery sound; trash in the studio? Where do those TV-movi- horn-lin- positive as a Mantovani the Vindicator's e, theme-show- , e Zaremba "Snap" thinks she's as square horns come from and how do you get brass to record cover. Samson thinks she's hip in a thing. After "Hexbreaker," the Fleshtones broke sound that way? Since there aren't many real kind of "Then we mutate everything together into screwy way. with I.R.S. "Snap" Hendersons and Steve Samsons around, one-hi- t wonders some sort of mayhem." Suddenly the latest burst psychedelic well I.R.S. how do in the mood? The with the "Our albums didn't really sell by you get yourself into a song under a beach cabana. The same Fishtones, along Cramps, "It takes a lot of work to make records to all of the most standards, and it was mutually agreed that only horn come out of nowhere, some varia- turned garbage gold, taking and are dedi- parts moments we part ways," Zaremba said. "It's all friendly. bland there so many people tion on a James Bond theme this time. The trendy, commercially embarrassing to mission." Zaremba it to and I'll still do LR.S.'s 'Cutting Edge' thing. In cated that gives as if someone had in rock music everything corny super- "As for guitars grind throughout we're revamping for a whole new format pop music right in the solar plexus. into the The vocals, by ficial and making it actually work. Not just fact, kicked sand amplifier. for show. be on twice a month now." the rest, I'm as uncomfortable with flower functional, mind you, but right up there in the It'll some guy with next year's haricut, Wayfarers released "The as the next guy . . ." cross the rock This year the Fleshtones power and floral shorts, sound like a cartoon pantheon. album on And like what like. I know, "The trash a little dif- Fleshtones vs. Reality," their first you just you between Eric Burdon and Buddy Holly. Enough Cramps approached I know. Zaremba said. New York's Emergo Records. Peter, and range to connect it with the ferently than we did," hiccups Zaremba doesn'-- t consider this a step Cost for the show is $6 and, as usual, it roots of rock and gruff tunelessness "They found all that old psychobilly that enough .down. starts at 9 p.m. to connect it with the more soulful side of the emerged when was in its death