Why aren't you listening to Fishbone right now?

suurrrre you do Leechie McLeechington.

the new 'Live at the Temple Bar' is FANTASTIC. I love the classical heavy metal styles they are bustin right now. like Mingus meets Iron Maiden. with Angelo singing!

They ran out of live energy after a while, but shit, who wouldn't? They were maybe the best live band going circa 1986-88. I just saw them a couple months ago and they were still crazed, but it just wasn't as well-muscled as the old days. Somewhere along the way, they shifted toward Living Colour, away from Cab Calloway. I was bored watching them the same way I was bored watching Dr. Know noodle in Mos Def's band.

Ha ha ha...LMFAO!!!

"Mingus meets Iron Maiden, with Angelo singing"...yup, pretty much!

I love their new line-up, Spacey-T is one of my new favorite guitarists (all that time working with Eddie Hazel apparently rubbed off on him...that solo in "Are U Wit It" just SCREAMS).

I suppose. I'm just being Devil's Advocate -- as I really couldn't give less of a damn about it -- but it just sort've smacks of double-standardism to decry one party's homophobia -- then adopt a moniker that could quite conceivably be interpretted as misogynist.

Well, basically, at one point during that show, Angelo or Kendall basically started a rant how "WE AIN'T ALL ABOUT THIS MAN BEING WITH ANOTHER MAN SHIT!".. and they went on and on and on...without any context. Unprovoked verbal fag ashing for no reason whatsoever. Even some of the frat boys in the audience were wondering what fuck they were on about for a while. It was pretty disgusting. It took the wind out of Fishbone loving sails, that's for sure.

about "bitch", well it was a common word in my household for as long as I remember, since my mother has long been a participant at dog shows for many years, and always had her female Great Danes shown...

That is an unforunate story, DB.

Aww, that's alright, Alex. My mom and the Great Danes are doing just fine, now.

And live? fuhgetaboutit.

Unyielding Conditioning
Skank N Go Nutts
Monkeydick
Let Them Hoes Fight
Karma Tsunami
Warmth of Your Breath
Demon In Here
Burnin In The Heat of Anger
Black Flowers
Get Out of the City

Post Cold War Politics
All of the Fishbone EP
Sunless Saturday
Everyday Sunshine
and Cholly

And I will defend Monkey... and Reality..., at least in parts. Truth and Soul is sometimes (often, really) the greatest album in the world.

The release of "The Reality of My Surroundings" may be one of my greatest ever musical disappointments... I love melodicism and songcraft, and the band jettisoned them almost entirely. At the time I assumed it was the lack of David Kahne's influence and that bust-up with whoever in the band getting cultified. But maybe it was a more accurate reflection of their live shows.

C/D: Fishbone

Do they still play "Fat Chicks" live? I remember them doing different versions of it over the years, and thinking they were singing "Fascist" the first time I saw 'em, when they opened for the Beastie Boys circa '87.

Did they invent "U-G-L-Y/you ain't got no alibi/you ugly" or did they swipe that from a schoolyard chant?

Sunless Saturday
Ghetto Soundwave
Bonin' In the Boneyard
Lying Ass Bitch
Cholly
It's A Wonderful Life
Those Days Are Gone
Housework

Haven't listened to them in years, but I think I'll start again! Thanks guys...

I am listening to the EP which I probably haven't listened to since H.S. and all of a sudden I'm 16 and in love with my life and the world and it's all good.

`Cos they haven't made a record worth listening to in over a decade. That's why.

Sadly, this is still true in 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChXk4R0mGNw

That doc is great.

I am listening to the EP which I probably haven't listened to since H.S. and all of a sudden I'm 16 and in love with my life and the world and it's all good.

― ENBB, Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:21 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This would probably still be true if I put it on right now.

This is ridiculous and sad and might even be the end of Fishbone:

Los Angeles-based alt-rockers Fishbone and their frontman Angelo Moore have been ordered by a Pennsylvania judge to pay nearly USD$1.4 million in damages to a woman who was severely injured during a stage dive which went horribly wrong back in 2010.

THR reports the incident took place on 23rd February, 2010, at a performance by the band at Philadelphia’s World Live Cafe. 46-year-old Kimberly Myers was transported to hospital after being knocked to the ground and fracturing her skull when Moore dove into the crowd.

Myers, who has reported various lingering medical symptoms since the incident, claimed that her immediate medical bills came to USD$15,846. She also estimated that her future medical costs would run up to USD$351,299. Judge DuBois awarded Myers compensatory damages for both amounts.

The judge also said that Myers was entitled to non-economic damages for future pain and suffering, any possible embarrassment, humiliation, and loss of the ability to enjoy the pleasures of life and disfigurement. This decision added another USD$750,000 to the tab.

Finally, Judge DuBois said punitive damages should be assessed solely against the band’s lead singer, noting Moore’s refusal to answer questions relating to his drug use and his acknowledgement of the risks stage diving posed to audience members. “Further, Moore exhibits little remorse or impetus to change his conduct,” the judge said, adding another USD$250,000 to the bill.

The decision in awarding these damages to Myers was also partially informed by Moore’s previous testimony in the original 2010 lawsuit. The judge in that case noted the fact that Moore and Fishbone had been stage diving into crowds since the 1980s, and even continued to do it after Myers’ 2010 incident.

The future of Moore and Fishbone, who have now released seven studio albums after rising to prominence in the 1980s, is unknown at this stage.

3 old members are back in the band. This is incredible. Current lineup:

Angelo, Dirty Walt, Norwood, Fish, John Bigham and Chris Dowd!!!

Whoa!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9z7xehvWY

dude they sound awesome

Hope they tour this way. I haven't seen them since '91.

Dunno if that's a one-time thing or the current lineup tho

Current lineup! They will be touring like this and are working on a new album.

man, I remember channel surfing one summer vacation and catching Fishbone on SNL playing "Sunless Saturday". it was the most bonkers performance I've ever seen on that show

It was them doing Everyday Sunshine that got them banned from the show, for running long.

Great that Fish is back! They better tour. Right now Angelo is touring as part of that David Bowie tribute.

They've been touring with Fish!

Kendall Jones and Dowd were still playing together as of last May, too. Hmm.......

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A LITTLE OF THAT OLD DOODLELEEDOO
A LITTLE OF THAT OLD DOODLELEEDOO
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A LITTLE OF THAT OLD DOODLELEEDOO
A LITTLE OF THAT OLD DOODLELEEDOO
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A LITTLE OF THAT OLD DOODLELEEDOO
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Every once in a while I see somebody wearing a Fishbone t-shirt and it always makes me happy.

Xpost SPEAKING OF DOODLEDOO

i kinda forgot how many fishbone songs i used to listen to

ma and pa! bonin in the boneyard!

i think i've always put fishbone and faith no more together in my mind - these clean, sparkly, fast sounds with this totally locked-in deep musicianship moving so quickly you don't even have time to pin it down

Same, I spent a lot of time with fishbone in a specific phase of my life and then never really went back

Listened to the It's a Wonderful Life ep on xmas eve. Slick Nick You Devil You is amazing.

Cos I'm listening to That Recoird Got Me High talking about XTC.

Has been a while since I really got into listening to them but they did play some memorable shows at the turn of the 90s I was very glad I got to see.
Shame the guitarist went odd sect Xian again.
& loved the keyboardists songs as reworked by jeff Huckley. Thought that song was one of the best things i heard Jeff Buckley play live and thunk it was a song written about his estranged dad. Until I heard it was actually mainly written by Chris the keyboardist with this bunch.

I had no idea about the Fishbone/Jeff Buckley connection!

https://media.altpress.com/uploads/2020/07/FISHBONE-AND-FAT-MIKE.jpg

Recording with ... Fat Mike of NOFX? Um, ok.

https://www.altpress.com/features/fishbone-reformed-fat-mike-producing-new-album/

just found this but not read it through yet
https://therecoup.com/2019/08/23/25-years-of-grace-christopher-dowd-on-his-friend-jeff-buckley/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cx4Wq_pgt8

listening to give a monkey a brain and he'll swear he's the center of the universe for the first time tonight......this is the greatest album of all time

I remember seeing this live on TV. I love that they're so tight they can just improvise their way to a second ending, even if they allegedly got banned from SNL for it (as if they'd ever get asked on again):

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbs0qe

They were just in DC recently.

nice!!! I used to watch SNL reruns all the time as a teenager and this was the one time the musical guest made me go "what the fuck was that". "Sunless Saturday" was even crazier than that!!

They were fantast9c love at the turn of the 90s. Used to do 2 hour + shows that remained energetic throughout.
Fantastic musicians.
I remember following Rollins Band a the same time and seeing their tour itineraries where Fishbone had a printed one complete with setlists before the show and managed to make the versions differ heavily between shows whereas Rollins had a handwritten one but at least appeared to say exactly the same thing at exactly the same point each night. Not sure how much versions of songs varied night to night but it was pretty intense so worth seeing.

Haven't checked them out much since so not sure if lineup has changed massively. I think the last time I was really hearing about them the guitarist had joined a christian cult or had a christian cult he had been involved with interfering with him. That and the keyboard player having co written a song Jeff Buckley did which sounded extremely personal to him and his relationship with his dad.

fantastic live that is

current lineup is siqqq! chris dowd back in the band and it really adds so much to have the old vocal blend from the records.

chris and jeff buckley were very close

real bummer they never did a live album in the 90s

there's tons of great boots tho! the fishbone tape trading community is strong. also lots of great full shows on yt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TBILUuY4vo

Huh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3_qn0A0yY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDQ8VdIOoKs

I'm kinda shocked at how much I like these new songs. Maybe nostalgia is overpowering my taste, or they really are that good.

My guess is the latter! It's pretty close to the classic lineup, though alas, it looks like it's not Fish on drums.

All we have is now is great too