Feb 25 2005 @ Le Botanique Brussels, BE

First off, i've got to give mad props to the opening band (and booking agent), Wolfunkind -> http://www.wolfunkind.com/. I was to tired to enjoy them fully in Paris, but these guys play a great tight set of french fpunk, not very far from the F?d?ration Fran?aise du Fonck (FFF) less the horns. A great show, too bad the audience was taken by surprise.

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WOW, what a great show! Like Denis, I thought the opening band "Wolfunkind" was really great. Everybody should support them and buy their double cd "Cycofonk" at one of Fishbone's concerts or via their website: www.wolfunkind.com. The other support act, PPz30, indeed became a little bit annoying after a while. I just wanted to see the 'bone man! I was really curious about the new line-up, and my expectations were quite high (Rocky George in Fishbone!!!). And what they did last night definitely did not disappoint me. The beginning of the show was a little bit chaotic, and Rocky's guitar was definitely a little bit lost in the mix. But after solving some problems, they gave me the best show I've seen in a long time. What a fun on stage, what an excited crowd (sometimes also on stage) and what a musicians! John Steward seemed to be totally drunk (like many other band members), but they were tight as hell. I really loved the 3 new songs they played (Jackass Brigade, a song about snowboarding and a song with one of the Dre's singing like he was the great Bob Marley himself). I unfortunately had to leave after they played Alcoholic, but these songs I remember they played (in no particular order): - Unyielding Conditioning - Ma and Pa - Ugly - Freddie's Dead - Everyday Sunshine - Sunless Saturday - Are U Wit It - Skank 'n Go Nuttz - Alcoholic - The Suffering - Hide Behind My Glasses - Subliminal Fascism - Jackass Brigade - 2 other new songs I have renewed faith in Fishbone after seeing this concert. I think this line-up has great potential, and I'm really looking forward to some new studio material.

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I was also there and i really spent a good time. I wasn't expecting them to play that long and was glad to see that they're still giving a lot of themselves on stage. I liked Angelo "crazyness" (in french we say "folie") and energy. It is a night I won't forget as didn't forget the first time I saw the band at AB twelve years ago. It was a revelation. And this time as I'm older I can say I rea...

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Comment un tel groupe peut-il "tenir" aussi longtemps (+ de 20ans!)... Quand tu as assisté à ce concert, t' as compris! A+ (see you soon)

Hey all,

I finally have found the time to write the required review of a superb show....

I only got to the Botanique by 21h30 due to late work and traffic jam, so I missed the opening band Wolfundkind, and I only caught few songs of the other opening act PPZ30...

I had made some flyers (ca 100) to promote fishbone.net, fishbonelive....

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It's been a long time i hadn't seen them outside festivals. There's no comparison. You really get the real power of this band on stage at their own gig. It's amazing that a band that you have seen many times can still amaze you at that point. It's now clear, this band is synonym of positivism, life, energy and love. Thank you all on stage and the former members.

I really enjoyed the reviews everyone wrote so far, so I'm sure that mine is going to be repetitive and boring. But I have to reiterate that this was one of the best concerts of my life because it was POSITIVE and fun. I hate even calling it a concert because it was so much more than that. Concert implies that it was merely music being played when this was actually more like a party or movement. A...

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aw man what a show,my first time seeing fishbone and definately not the last,i mean for a band to have played that many shows in one month and put in a performance like that is just surreal (j lo has a lot of catching up to do) ive never seen a band have that much fun on stage and having met angelo before hand just made it all the more beautiful i wouldve gone home happy then,i cant sing fishbones...

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From what I remember, that was a wild performance. Met Angelo and John at the bar before the show. They agreed to take some photos and we chatted a bit. Very nice and funny guys as always...

By the time the band came on stage, everyboy seemed to be, hum... slightly drunk! So, like I said, that was a wild gig.It sounded very chaotic. Chaotic but... fun!

 After the show, Joh...

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