Missed the 'Tones a few weeks ago when they played here in Baltimore  
but like Joseph states they were easily one of great live, fun party  
bands of the mid-80s. I lived in Philly at the time so it was easy to  
catch them there or even in NYC. After the Ramones and Replacements  
they're probably the band I've seen live the most times. Even  
interviewed Streng and Zaremba years ago when 'Powerstance' came out.  
They're definitely one of the good ones.

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On Mar 27, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Joseph Savitz wrote:

> Don't know about them now, but the 'Tones were one of the best and  
> most
> fun live bands around back in the mid-Eighties. I mean "fun" in a  
> stay up
> all night / wake up in a strange place / scalding polysubstance  
> hangover /
> miss work kinda way. Their "Roman Gods" LP (on IRS) desperately  
> needs to be
> reissued. I envy you. I'll check out the other two bands you  
> mention as
> well. (Oh yeah, one of my favorite FT songs, "The World Has  
> Changed", is on
> the Children o' Nuggets box.)
>