Feb 26 2005 @ L'Ouvre Boîte Beauvais, FR

THIS SHOW WAS A DAMN GOOD SHOW !

I saw Fishbone for the first time in 1993, it was the orignal lineup at this time. The show was crazy, everybody jumping, Chris Dowd turning around his keyboard, Fishplaying drums from behind in the depths of the stage, Kendall and John on guitars, Dirty Walt... I remember Angelo climbing on a speaker column which was about 4 or 5 meters high then diving onto the crowd... Awesome... ! This will remain the best Fishbone show... to me.

BUT, this time in the Ouvre-Bo?te, in 2005, Fishbone was AT LEAST AS GOOD AS in 1993. Now that there are keyboards and trumpets again on stage, they can play "old" good songs like Unyelding Conditionning or Party At Ground Zero, it made me shiver...

The band members were smiling, appeared to be relaxed and still on top form (considering the amount of alcohol they absorb!...). The new members, Rocky, Pastor Dre, Dre are really good... the alchemy is here. It was also great to see John McKnight, and... John "Wet Daddy" Steward is fucking great ! Fishbone is still here, and is still the best live band... no one can deny...

A word on the french band, Wolfunkind : they're good, a little too "metal" to me, but very original compared to other "funk called" french bands. They sound a little like the "French Funk Federation", a great p-funk band from the 90's... Don't forget to buy their CD,, they sell it at cost price... I guess no one else do that...!

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Tandis que la "froinicule" perdure sur l'ensemble de l'Hexagone, Fishbone réalise une tournée-marathon d'une vingtaine de dates. Malgré leurs déboires artistiques (méventes, désintérêt flagrant des maisons de disques sitôt la mode "fusion" du début des années 90 déclinante) les Californiens, découverts par les Transmusicales de Rennes au milieu des années 80, bénéficient toujours...

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The first time, I've seen fishbone in 1992 in a club called "Le Pied" near Toulouse. It was during la "grève des routiers" in summer 1992.

Second time, was in "Le Bikini" in toulouse in 1993 or 1994, I don't exactly remember the year.

Third Time was in Elysée-Montmartre in 2002 and the last time was saturday at "l'ouvre boîte" in beauvais.

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