Fleshies, a loud band, started playing together in 1999 in beautiful Oakland, California. The band's involvement in the east bay area collective S.P.A.M. Records provided for a convenient label to release some early 7" records, cassette-only releases, and a (long out-of-print) self-titled "demo" CD. A penchant for songwriting, constant shows, and generally keeping busy made for a ridiculous amount of productivity from a weird punk band, and a number of records soon followed. The album "Kill The Dreamer's Dream" came out on Alternative Tentacles in 2001. Fleshies released a 10" picture disc/CD, "The Game of Futbol", on Billie Joe Armstrong's (Green Day) Adeline Records in mid-2002. "The Sicilian", again on Alternative Tentacles, quickly followed in early 2003. This put Fleshies in the decidedly odd position of having new records out simultaneously on record labels run by the most longstanding, iconographic figure of underground punk (Jello Biafra) and by the one individual arguably responsible for punk's most widespread mainstream recognizance (Billie Joe Armstrong). Rather than developing a business plan and jumping on the gravy train of opening slots for high-profile "punk" bands (with a few one-off exceptions), Fleshies continued their already-established pattern of body/mind-warping worldwide marathon tours - mostly in the same basements, warehouses, squats, and really sketchy bars they'd been playing since 1999, albeit at slightly more packed-out shows.