Apr 17 1999 @ The Galaxy Westhampton, NY

Here's most of what I remember from the show - due to tech problems and other bullshit, Fishbone didn't appear until 1:30AM - good sets from LI ska band Spider Nick and the Mad Dogs and LA Beasties/ISP clones Kottonmouth Kings - band was loose and funky,as you might imagine they would be at that hour - bailed out around 3:15, but here's what came before, in no particular order:

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You pretty much covered it. Fishbone rocked as usual, but the show was poorly organized. The place is normally a teen, or 18+ sorta hip hop house club and the show was billed as Fishbone, Kottonmouth Kings, Spider Nick & the Maddogs, (local ska band, who is actually really good) and 3 dj's. So you had the three bands, but in between the three bands they had a dj spinning hip hop music and a lot of younger kids breakdancing and dancing. It was funny because before fishbone came on, the dj set was going on and a lot of the kids who were there just to dance and had no idea who fishbone was were like fuck this rock shit, go home. But when fishbone came on, they were dancing it up and loving it and were so into it, whicjh as has been stressed many a time on this list is the wonderful thing about fishbone. I was not impressed by Kottonmouth Kings,your depiction of them was very accurate. I think the funny thing was, when Fishbone went into breath, Walt was like "since Kottonmouth Kings are from LA, lets get one of them up here and freestyle about the LAPD". Well, there lead guy got up there and was trying but was so weak and then some kid who was probably just there for the club night got up there and freestyled 10 times better than the guy from Kottonmouth kings. But overall, very small club, poorly organized, not one of the better fishbone shows i've been to, but still a fishbone show, which is better than any other. I am so tired, but I am going to try to make it out to my apartment in Jersey, which is 5 minutes from the Montclair show to catch the show at 4.

Peace, Vijay

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