The Fleshtones : Girl From Baltimore
In November of 1980, The Fleshtones, garage-rockers out of NYC, released Up-Front, a five song EP on IRS Records. There's a surf instrumental and a high intensity version of the Stones' "Play With Fire". Owing a bit of their schtick to Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, The Fleshtones, led by Peter Zaremba, had already established themselves as a great party band. And by signing to IRS, they earned a spot in the Urgh! A Music War documentary.
Six years later our paths would cross in New Orleans when I worked on The Cutting Edge. That story, which includes cameos by Alex Chilton and Mitch Easter, can be found here.
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