FFanzeen: You seen to be very ‘60s oriented. Which bands?
Peter Zaremba: Everyone likes the same bands. At this point, everyone’s into the same influences.
FF: Which new bands to you listen to?
Keith Streng: DMZ. I love DMZ. Though we hate their album.
PZ: We’re definitely into Boston music. They’re really a lot neater than most bands. Like the Count. The Count has an amazing personality. You could mistake him for a genius.
FF: How did you get signed on Red Star Records?
PZ: Well, Marty’s into ­ it’s strange what Marty’s into.
FF: Suicide. Walter Stedding.
PZ: Right. He’s into taking chances. We’re just the latest one. He’s certainly into supporting bands. We like Marty.
FF: Have you recorded yet?
KS: No.
PZ: We’ve made tapes by ourselves. Maybe you’ve heard some of them.
FF: No, this is the first time I’ve heard you.
PZ: Really. What was your opinion of what we are doing? Do you think it was very straightforward?
FF: I thought it was very ‘60ish and right out of ...
KS: "Riot on Sunset Strip."
FF: Yeah.
PZ: Playing a place like Max’s is like, the audience is sort of boring.
KS: It sucks. They can’t dance.
FF: When are you recording?
KS: July. An album.
FF: Are you going to name the album after the group. Like the other Red Star artists, like Real Kids album is called "Real Kids"?
PZ: We’re definitely not gonna do that.
KS: We really like The Real Kids.
PZ: All the Boston bands are like, really psychotic almost. Really emotional.
FF: What are some of the songs you do?
KS: The instrumental we do is called "Atom Spies." The other instrumental we did tonight is called "Zombie," but that will eventually have lyrics.
PZ: "Judy," "Code Three," "BYOB" (Bring Your Own Bottle ­ ed.).
(Someone): "Nervous Breakdown."
KS: That’s not an original. If that was an original, we’d be stars.
FF: That covers . . .
PZ: You know, stuff.
KS: "Keep on Dancing."
PZ: "Caroline," "Soul City."
KS: "Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White." We do them because they help us with our song writing.
PZ: We’re not actually trying to bring back the sixties.
FF: What songs are you recording for the album?
KS: I don’t know.
PZ: We’re not sure, but we want to try to get as many sounds as we can on the album.
FF: I mean, what ratio between covers and originals?
PZ: At most there’ll be three covers on it.
FF: Which ones?
PZ: Probably "Caroline." "Rockin’ This Joint" by Kid Thomas. Maybe "Come On, Let’s Go."
KS: Yah, we’d like to do a version of "Come On, Let’s Go."
PZ: By Richie Valens.
FF: How did you get the idea of doing the film and showing it on stage as you play?
KS: That’s Henry’s alley.
(M.) Henry Jones: I had the idea to superimpose the visuals over the subjects. The sound will be played with the film and the group will play live over it. And what happens happens. The film is called "Soul City."
FF: How long did it take to make the film?
HJ: Nine months. It’s two minutes long. It’s a two-minute song. It will be officially released in October, but a lot more work has to be done on it.
FF: How will it be released?
HJ: A worldwide distribution.
FF: How were the Fleshtones formed?
PZ: Those guys were always in bands, ya know. They started to jam and they started doing this experimental thing. For it, Marek was playing bass and everybody was switching instruments. I came into it and we decided to form a band. And we learned, like, four songs and played at a party a few days afterwards and, you know, we just kept doing it.
FF: How long ago was that?
PZ: It was a few years ago. And we still like to play at parties. We get some good sounds.
FF: You’re a good party band.
PZ: Yeah, we like playing at a party, or a loft, or a hall.
(Billy Miller enters)
PZ: Have you heard the Zantees?
FF: Yeah, they’re good.
PZ: We’re big Zantees fans. The main thing, you know, is to have a good time.
FF: How would you describe yourselves?
PZ: Basically nice guys. We’re just rock’n’roll sort of guys.
FF: What do you do during the daytime?
PZ: Generally, I wake up at six or seven in the evening. And then we rehearse.
Billing Miller: Then he goes over to Miriam’s (Linna) house.
PZ: Then I go over to Miriam’s house.
KS: And listen to her great record collection.
FF: Do you plan to tour?
KS: Yeah, tomorrow we play in his house and the day after in my basement.
PZ: We did a really good gig in Philadelphia.
KS: That was a hot gig.
BM: You should have seen these guys in Connecticut.
FF: And of course, you played in Boston.
PZ: That was a minor stop.
KS: That was a real fuck-up.
FF: Who did you play with up there?
PZ: The Real Kids. We would like to play with DMZ. There’s a lot of bands up there we’d like to play with. They’re very straightforward. What’s your next question? What’s the future of rock’n’roll? Well . . .
FF: What is the future . . . What are the group’s goals?
KS: I don’t know.
PZ: We always sort of just wanted to play this music and have people like us. To get people into rock’n’roll for being rock’n’roll. Being able to react to it other than intellectually. I guess as a group, we’d like to make some money eventually.
KS: We wanna get better, too.
PZ: We practice a lot. We try to get better.