{"id":338,"date":"2007-02-01T21:14:49","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T02:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imheavyduty.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2007-02-01T21:14:49","modified_gmt":"2007-02-02T02:14:49","slug":"fleshtones-roman-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/2007\/fleshtones-roman-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleshtones &#8212; Roman Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imheavyduty.heavydutyincorporated.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/fleshtonesromangods.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630\" title=\"Fleshtones -- Roman Gods\" src=\"http:\/\/imheavyduty.heavydutyincorporated.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/fleshtonesromangods.jpg\" alt=\"Fleshtones -- Roman Gods\" width=\"500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"recdata\">\n<li><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Fleshtones<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Roman Gods<\/li>\n<li><strong>Year:<\/strong> 1981<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong> Vinyl 12 in.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rating (1-10):<\/strong> 10<\/li>\n<li><strong>Owner:<\/strong> Tracy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acquired:<\/strong> 1982 ? No idea where, just glad to have it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keeper:<\/strong> Yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to my friend John Hurlock and his older brother Mike I was exposed to the Fleshtones early on. They were one my favorite alternatives to the alternative bands of the 1980s. Not that anyone used the word &#8220;alternative&#8221; back then, but you know what I&#8217;m saying. These guys were essentially rock and roll (a high compliment) at a time when a lot of non-mainstream music was anything but. The Fleshtones called it &#8220;Super Rock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fleshtones did have a 1960s vibe but their sound was unlike anything before, or since. I think they are one of the most under-rated bands ever. The music was fun but not silly, the lyrics smart but not pretentious, and they put on a helluva show. I was lucky enough to see them a number of times, always in small venues. I even got to talk to my hero Peter Zaremba, the lead singer. He also hosted the coolest show ever on MTV, <em>The Cutting Edge<\/em>. I&#8217;ll admit it, I wanted to be Peter Zaremba. I even grew my hair like his. If only I could do that now.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roman Gods<\/em> is an excellent album, one of the most played records in my collection. My favorite song is <em>Shadow-line<\/em>. I have a lot more Fleshtones records, but I haven&#8217;t kept up with the band for a long time. That&#8217;s dumb. I&#8217;m going to catch up on what I&#8217;ve been missing.<\/p>\n<p>They are still kicking it. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fleshtones\">more about the Fleshtones<\/a>. (I wrote this while playing the album. Every few songs I increased the rating. By the end of <em>Roman Gods<\/em> it was clear, this can only be a &#8220;10.&#8221;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: Fleshtones Title: Roman Gods Year: 1981 Format: Vinyl 12 in. Rating (1-10): 10 Owner: Tracy Acquired: 1982 ? No idea where, just glad to have it. Keeper: Yes Thanks to my friend John Hurlock and his older brother Mike I was exposed to the Fleshtones early on. They were one my favorite alternatives to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468,452,453],"tags":[505,682,698,46,936,993,1033],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f","category-music","category-record-collection","tag-505","tag-fleshtones","tag-garage-rock","tag-music","tag-rock-and-roll","tag-super-rock","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}