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The Flames

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About Me

Banned fom Oakland 2004Danzig Parade Final Cut

Add to My Profile | More Videos I'm not sure where to begin...but, about 10 years ago my buddy NoName and I were walking around the Berryessa Flea Market when for some funny reason I wanted to go inside this little Mexican Cowboy store. As we walked in I saw them. Hanging on the wall, four radiant, slightly used Flaming Mariachi uniforms. They were all different in color, and each had its own special Flame-design. They were so beautiful. I Swelled up and NoName started to cry. The colors blended so perfectly, truly attire for a king or nobleman. I had to have them. "Cuanto esta?" I asked. "$19.99 each" he replied in perfect English. After a long negotiation I was able to talk him down to $80 for all four. Things were not as glamorous as they are now back then, and NoName and I were about $70 short. I him asked to hold them for us. We'd be back next weekend. To make a long and anxious week short, Saturday finally arrived and I woke up feeling like it was Christmas morning or something. I was so excited, probally the happiest time of my life. I was shortly going to become the proud owner of the Valley's sweetest threads. I felt like wearing clothes so splendid as these would surely make the elite notice. I was finally going to get the respect and attention I had lacked for so long....... but they were sold.

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Member Since: 9/13/2004
Band Website: vinehell.com
Band Members: Richie Flame (vocals) / Johnny Flame (Bass) / Chuckie Brown (Guitar) / No-name (Drums) / Chachi (guitar, trouble-maker)THE STREETS OF SAN JOSE
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Influences: F.D.N.Y. / State of Rhode Island / Hawthorn Bicycles / Laurel's Delight's, Alice's Morning Show (97.3fm) Great White, Gene Simmons, dragons, Crash Worship, MTV'S Boiling Points, Punk Rock, cheap beer, old men bars, Smokey the Bear, Pimpsqueak, bbq's, yule logs, happy hour,The Pogues, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Asta Kask, Swedish Troll music, Katie Bloom, GG Allin, Whiskey Sunday, Bernie Kingsford, Duraflame logs,basically anything remotely related to fire exept for those lame flaming beanie caps the cool kids wear.
Sounds Like: A cross between 80's punk, our old bands (Preachers That Lie, Loaded, Krupted Peasant Farmerz & Gustopo Pussy Ranch), KISS, Shane MaGowan, Elvis, and Blondie. Gently mix them together, soak in lighter fluid and set on fire. That's exactly what we sound like. Pingu Boogaloo

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Record Label: Vine Hell Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"An American Pyro in Cairo" out now!!!!

The FLAMES epic 10" An AMERICAN PYRO in CAIRO is out now!!! Ok, it took us about a year longer than we originally planned but we finally made it. They don't call us the hardest working punk rock ...
Posted by The Flames on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:44:00 PST

LIST OF PLACES WE'VE BEEN BANNED FROM

People are always asking me how many times have we been shut down or banned from playing a venue. That's one of those questions that makes me think and scratch my head. The following is list of places...
Posted by The Flames on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:35:00 PST

Going away to Europe, never coming back

I probally will but you never know. So many random things happen to me here, it's guaranteed that I will get lost or in a fight or thrown in jail.....probally all of it plus a lot more....
Posted by The Flames on Sun, 28 May 2006 04:29:00 PST

An American Pyro in Cairo

THE FLAMES are recording their hit record in two weeks. I know we're running a little behind of the schedule I originally planned, but it is finally going to happen. The FLAMES epic "An Amercan Pyro ...
Posted by The Flames on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:24:00 PST

My Reality Show

I guess if you're reading this you probally know that The Flames have been working on a new album due out this summer. It's almost done, we're two songs away and the artwork is ready. I have also been...
Posted by The Flames on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Burning Alive in 2005

The Flames have much instore for 2005. First off, our drummer NoName and his wife Christy are having a baby any day now so we have taken some time off to let him prepare for the new arrival. When he...
Posted by The Flames on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

not my heroes

A couple months ago there was a "San Jose" punk legend weekend at the Blank club downtown. It featured bands from the early 80's who supposedly paved the way for the Bay Area punk movement as we know ...
Posted by The Flames on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

hey dude i got a dell!

For decades I was against the computer revolution. As a native of Silicon Valley, I hated the .coms and www's. I watched as my own punk friends became absorbed, selling and buying their lives away in...
Posted by The Flames on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST