The Next Big Thing

Joe Bonomo, the chap researching and writing a book about the Fleshtones, has tipped us to a nice little photo gallery that contains lots of moody black and white shots of acts such as the Chesterfield Kings, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, Tav Falco, Gun Club, Per Ubu etc taken by Derek von Essen. With regards to his book, Joe is still working away and has now interviewed such revered figures as Andy Shernoff, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Billy and Miriam at Norton Records, Marty Thau and dozens of other people that readers of NBT will be familiar with. Unfortunately, Debbie Harry put the phone down on Joe but what would you do if were an international sex symbol and someone rang up saying : “Hi, Ms. Harry, it’s the guy who’s writing the book about [the] Fleshtones.”? Whatever, Joe remains on the look-out for a publisher and would dearly love to hear from any interested media moguls. If one doesn’t come forward soon then it might have to be another case for NBT International Publishing, so be warned. The text holds a wider message than simply being the account of yet another obscure RnR band and will slot nicely alongside your growing collection of books about the Ramones.