May 06 2005 @ House Of Blues Orlando Lake Buena Vista, FL

Decent show at House of Blues last night... took my 15 year old to her first "rock" show and that part of it was VERy cool! She loved it and has been a fan for a while. Also took my 21 year old to her first Fishbone show and she really got into it as well.

The place was packed with (presumably) Stoopid fans. Pit was odd... as usual, a few pricks ruin everything. No Fishbone merch at the stand and the guy running it was not cool... 15 minutes after the 'Bone did their thing and AM does a decent sales pitch, the guy has no 'Bone merch and advises me to "try coming back later..." right.

Sound was not too bad, but pretty washed out. Wood's bass cord appeared to keep coming in and out... he'd grab it and shake it around and his bass would kick back in. I had to laugh... might wanna have a back-up ready to go... ;-)

Angelo looks VERY creepy in a Dutch-boy wig.

So, the show... it was pretty good. Nothing great and seemed quite short; less than an hour. Same setlist as usual. The new guys play well and seemed pretty into it all, but it just wasn't close to being on fire, you know. Funny comment I heard from a guy behind me who had never seen the 'Bone, "These guys are INTENSE!" Ha... if they only knew.

Anyway, hooking up with some peeps in Jax tonight... we'll keep ya posted.

Steve S.

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Alrighty. Now I have a smidgin' more minutos to give a better review from Friday night's set. Yeah set. I hauled balls after Angelo &. Company finished up with "Servitude". Had not one ounce of wanting to stay and see Stoopid. Now don't take this the wrong way, I saw Stoopid couple years back and it was a decent show, it's just this night was all about the 'bone. I haven't seen Fishbone sinc...

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