Oct 10 2002 @ Lee's Palace Toronto, ON

Following a mildly satisfying set by local ska-metalheads the Salads, the hungry Lee's Palace crowd anxiously awaited main course Fishbone. Despite the departure of original drummer Fish, negligible radio support and being dropped from their label, the L.A. survivors are holding things together. What's kept Fishbone going all these years is fan support fed by legendary performances boasting formid...

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Saw FB in Toronto on Thursday night and a few things came to light. One, as I expected there were more people at this show than the show in back in April. There were three important thing missing (Keisha, Tina and Nerre) but I made the best of it. Hey Nerre, the sweater's in the cleaners so I wore a jean shirt this time.

The crowd seemed HUNGRY for Fishbone with some punk ...

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I, too, was thoroughly impressed with the Fishbone show in Toronto on Thursday night. If I sound like a 29 year-old whitey it's because I am! Hehehe. But seriously... I've loved 'Bone since Truth & Soul came out so give me some credit!

I brought two friends with me who would say that their favourite band is Van Halen and they both loved the show. The most Fishbone they ever heard was the CD I put on in the car on the way over. Soooo... my point is that Fishbone still has more than what it takes to win over a crowd.

I'm a huge Funkadelic fan and Spacey's Eddie Hazel tribute during the encore was amazing. i just saw GC a little over a month ago at The Kee To Bala so the P-vibes were still flowing strong. Any other keen listeners hear "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?" during the chorus of "Shakey Ground?"

I work every other week at a summer camp up in Muskoka and I wish I was heading up on Sunday so I could catch 'Bone one more time at The Kee before they head out to Europe. Hopefully it won't be too long before they're back in T.O.!

Later,

Chris Engler

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