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After 25 years of rocking most bands would be tired even if their history had been pretty smooth sailing. Not with Fishbone, they’re a band still as tirelessly inventive as they ever were, still proudly aware of the difference between being silly and being stupid, and in general an absolute gold standard of what rock and roll bands should aspire to be like.
Most of the founding members of the band met on the same school bus regime. Brothers Phillip and John Fisher (drums and bass respectively), Walter Kibby (trumpet), Kendall Jones (guitar) and Chris Dowd (keyboards) would all take the same bus into the San Fernando Valley area where they met Angelo Moore (vocals) who was born there.
Soon after they met they formed Fishbone, and were soon playing the same Los Angeles clubs as the likes of the newly formed Red Hot Chili Peppers were getting some serious buzz. They were signed to Columbia Records in 1983after producer David Kahne saw them play a club show and two years later their self-titled debut E.P came out, along with their debut single “Party at Ground Zero".
1987 saw the release of their first full length album “In Your Face”, and their first major international tour supporting The Beastie Boys, a perfect fit I’m sure you’ll agree. The late 80’s and early 90’s saw the band add hard rock and soul influences into their brand of funk inflected ska and saw their commercial and critical fortunes sky-rocket as a result.
These were first displayed on their second album “Truth and Soul”, which saw them gain an MTV hit with their cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “Freddie’s Dead”. They also toured with the Chili Peppers and collaborated with one of the original Rock and rollers, Little Richard. Since then they’ve become one of the unsung heroes of alternative music.
They might not have the sales or cultural impact of Nirvana or the Chili Peppers but they’re still just as if not more fascinating and talented as both of them. They’ve had a tricky time since then, with band members dropping out and dropping back in again but they’ve kept on keeping on ever since they formed. Many artists could and should learn from this band and many music fans would do very well to seek them out as soon as possible.
Críticas en vivo
Unfortunately for us the location we went to, the Independent in S.F.,makes no effort to uphold the law allowing smoking of cigarettes and marijuana in their indoor venue. It's a small place and fills with smoke fast. Do not ever go there if you are asthmatic or have to take random drug tests. People smoke pot inches in front of you. When my husband went to complain to security and management about us being unable to enjoy the show due to our eyes and chests burning from thr smoke they not only said theres nothing they can do about it, they decided to whine to Fishbone about our concerns. So the lead singer prior to starting hisc2nd song chose to attempt to shame us in front of the audience for our concerns cussing us out. Makingvit clear that the only people the want at their concerts are the people drugging and smoking. No one should be there that only wanted to enjoy the music. We will never waste money on them again. Maybe they everyone stoned so they don't notice how out of tume they were.
rnbrook
Californian alt-rock outfit Fishbone are the definition of a cult phenomena as during their peak in the 90s, most college cars in the US were plastered in Fishbone logo stickers. Whenever they visited towns they promised a night of debauchery so the shows would be packed to the brim with revellers who shared this same mentality.
Years later and the band may have grown and matured yet the sense of anarchy still remains alive in the form of tracks including 'Everyday Sunshine' and 'Freddie's Dead'. The musicians onstage successfully merge the genres of ska, punk rock, funk, hard rock and soul on their records yet with such range of sounds you would think some of this multi-genre hopping would be pretty impossible onstage yet they successfully recreate it partly due to the large amount of guest musicians the band has drafted in. The whole audience jump and dance along throughout the show and there is one all round party for the finale of 'Sunless Saturday'.
sean-ward
Fishbone are a great band plain and simple. They were really when I was in High School, everyone in town had a fishbone sticker on their cars and everyone had fishbone T-shirts, we knew all their songs and all of the band members so we were all really pumped up to see them live.
The show itself was full of energy and just great. They did all of their classic songs including the ska song “Party at Ground Zero” and the hard rocking tune “Sunless Saturday” which really got the house going. At times it felt like it was 1993 all over again.At the end the did several encores and Angelo finished the set by jumping into the crowd. Really great show and really great band.
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a day time concert for kids. Frigging great idea. They started at 2pm for a 1 hour full band show. Playing the classic songs and 2 new ones. The kids were dancing and shouting to the songs. The fathers were up front skanking to the beat(I'm sure they were in pain the next day) and everyone had a good time. If your city gets one of these shows take the kids. It was my 7 year old nephew's first concert and I am so glad he got to experience a great and energetic band like Fishbone. Thank you. Later that nite there was an adult show which we caught as well. You cannot get enough Fishbone.
anahid67
Awesome band to see live! Last time I saw them they pulled me up on stage to stage dive and I spent the almost whole time in the most pit. All the fans at the shows are nice and friendly people, I was receiving high fives from countless strangers. After a night of awesome music, and dancing Angelo Moore (the frontman) came out and started signing merchandise. If you are going to see a band live, go see fishbone.
river.simard
Great show. Was awesome to see John, Chris and Fish again!!! Hoping they come back before the end of the year. The musicianship was tight as ever and hearing some songs from the original four albums that I had not heard in a while was killer. After seeing them for over 30 years they still create an energy that is second to none...Fishbone solider for life!
john-lessieu
