Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band
by Joe Bonomo

List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $11.42
You Save: $8.53 (43%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.84 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Book Summary Information

Book Reviews of Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band

Book Review: The 'Tones stand alone
Summary: 5 Stars

Summary of Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band

Until now.

Sweat is not the typical rock & roll story of stars, stacks of money, or wild, unbridled triumphs; it's the story of a band that has reached the threshold of fame many times over, but never quite made it; a band that contributed to numerous sea changes in the New York City music scene, but unlike many of the bands around them, didn't come out the other side famous or drenched in cool. Sweat is a bare-knuckled, compelling account of road-paving rock & roll played in the real world, where success measured over the long haul is redefined each and every hard-won morning and where patience, vision and determination do not always lead to prosperity. Join author Joe Bonomo as he guides you through the peaks and valleys of the Fleshtones' impressive career, and enjoy an insider's view of three decades in New York City's music scene along the way.

Featuring interviews with Robert Christgau, Steve Albini, Peter Buck, Barney Hoskyns,New York Doll manager Marty Thau, CBGB owner Hilly Kristal and more, Sweat is more than just the story of a band, it's a rock & roll allegory for anyone who has ever persevered in the face of adversity, and the soul sucking pressure of the status quo, to continue to do what they loved.

Rock Books

• Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Composers & Musicians
• General
• Entertainment > Music > History & Criticism
• Musical Genres > Punk
• Rock
• Theory, Composition & Performance > Theory
• General