Oct 20 2000 @ The Backroom Austin, TX

Fishbone recently performed a concert at The Backroom in Austin Texas to a sold-out crowd of 2500 screaming fans. The first track to grace to ears of the hungry attendants was "Sunless", a ska track off the new release. Though the performance was riveting, the newness of the song made for a hesitant crowd response, and just when they ...

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Okay, folks. I just got back from the best Fishbone show I have ever been to in my life!!!!! The Austin show kicked so much ass that I am still recovering. They did a trillion songs (I will list them if anyone is interested later), and they completely wore us out! How the hell do they keep up all that energy? The crowd was totally into it; and amazingly, a lot of people knew the words to thei...

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Wow! The only list member I met at that show was Jenna. I'm sorry I missed you other Houston folks, and Brandon from OK. I don't know if he made it, but I couldn't find the "buttermilk among the buttermilk with short blond hair." I thought I may have found him, but it was a fishbone virgin from St. Louis who was there for Saturday's football game and freaked out when he and his friends found out fishbone was playing. I was the guy up front next to the speakers on the right with the long red braid and the Pushead fishbone T-shirt taking pictures the whole night. The show was a blast. My sister-in-law went up on stage dancing, my brother's skinny ass swimming around the crowd, and Fishbone rocking like motherfuckers. I don't know how the sound was in the back, but in front, the sheer volume made it difficult to hear what was going on. Especially since most of what we got came off the stage, which is no kind of mix at all. the drummer from the Urge played the encores admirably. Steward was incapacitated, probably by allergies. Austin is known for being harsh to allergic people. If you guys see that guy that sang the Spanish verses of "One Planet People," let me know how to get hold of him. I've got some pictures of him up there singing with Angelo I'd like to send him. And the set list:

(in order, even) Sunless Saturday Bonin' in the Boneyard AIDS and Armageddon Question Of Life Ma and Pa Lyin' Ass Bitch Where'd You Get Those Pants Cholly The Suffering Shakey Ground Behavior Control Technician Monkey Dick Just Allow Karma Tsunami Housework Party At Ground Zero

encore: I'm A Weed Plant One Planet People Alcoholic Deep Inside

"The Goose" was on the encore list, too, but they didn't play it. So those of you hoping to hear it, they are prepared to do it.

Mike T

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To anyone who cares, John actually was suffering from a mild heat stroke. He had a long sleeve shirt on and it was hot as hell in that place! We gave him some water and he sat the rest of the time out. But John did do a slammin job of a sit in for him.

Jenna