Oct 08 1998 @ Oberlin College Oberlin, OH

yeah, I made it out there. The people who put it on didn't publicize it for crap, though. Out of the 35 presale tickets that there were, my group accounted for 10 of them. Plus they ended up waiting for over an hour after the scheduled start time just to see if anyone else would show; about 100 people finally made it in. I saw them last spring at Peabody's in Cleveland. Peabody's is pret...

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Fishbone plays to small Hales crowd by Jacob Kramer-Duffield

Despite a sparse crowd at Hales Gymnasium Thursday night, Fishbone turned in an intense performance to the very receptive crowd. From their opening number through to the triumphant close of "Party at Ground Zero," they maintained the hard-edge sound that has held them as a fixture on the ska scene for more than a d...

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at the end of the long review, the guy says turnouts for bone shows is not that good. Well I can say that the bone shows I have gone to have always had a good turn out. This Oberlin show was not advertised worth shit. I heard about by chance by listening to Oberlin's metal show one night. One of the 5 times I ever even tuned into Oberlin radio. there was ZERO press. The bone cut short the set I believe, but they stayed afterwards talking to people. There were only like 100 people top there. I was pissed of and embarrased for Oberlin College. And I don't go there.

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