FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #22: Texas If You Can
FLESHTONESÂ “Ride Your Pony” b/w “Roman Gods” (I.R.S. Records #IR-9905, 1981)
Way before Jack & Meg White called attention to America’s gurgling underground garage-rock movement, New York City’s Fleshtones were brewing a heady concoction of farfisa-driven proto-punk and Stax/Volt-style soul dubbed Super Rock. After being wowed by their fine perfomance in a late-night screening of Urgh! A Music War, I high-tailed it to my local record shop to buy up all the Fleshtones records I could find. Sadly, this […]