These last six months, Fishbone played a couple of shows in LA under the Familyhood Nexperience brandname. Fishbone back on the improv path ! PFunk1 had the good idea to document the last show at Zen Sushi to share it with everyone. Check it out at http://www.wefunkwest.com/familyhood/. This is a must for any Fishbone soldier.
Dr Madd Vibe hits the French stages in just one week ! Angelo Moore will be backed up by Miles Mosley Band (with Dre Gipson on Keys and John McKnight on Trombone) and will share the bill with Weapon of Choice on most dates.
19/04 Limoges(87) "Le Grand Zanzibar" 20/04 Rennes(35) " UBU" (+Weapon Of Choice) 21/04 Orl?ans(45) "Astrolabe" (+Weapon Of Choice) 22/04 Beauvais(60) "L'Ouvre Boite" (+Weapon Of Choice) 24/04 Montpellier(34) "le Rockstore" (+Weapon Of Choice) 25/04 Bordeaux(33) "Le Krakatoa" (+Weapon Of Choice) 26/04 Lyon(69) "Ninkasi Kao" (+Weapon Of Choice) 27/04 Ris Orangis(91) "Le Plan" (+Weapon Of Choice) 28/04 Sannois(95) "EMB" (+Weapon Of Choice)
The release date, initially set for April 4th, of the new Fishbone Live DVD has been pushed back due to technical problems at the duplication stage. According to the management, the DVD "will be out very soon".
Year of the Dragon is Roderick Palmer's project with Dirty Walt and Spacey T. Their first EP "A Time to Love is a Time to Bleed" is now available through CDBaby.com.
Release notes:
Walter ?Dirty Walt? Kibby will be the first to tell you: ?I love my former group, Fishbone. I?m a founding member and I was in it to win it until recently. I wish them all the best, their success is my success. But I felt it was time for me personally to move on and try some new things.?
For this multi-talented individual this includes fronting newly-reformed band Sound Barrier (widely recognized as the first successful black metal band), a solo project and?YEAR OF THE DRAGON.
Year of the Dragon happened almost as an accident. Says co-vocalist Roderick ?Rodcore? Palmer, ?I also sing with Walt in Sound Barrier. We had recorded a slew of great material for that project, and had taken a break to mix it all. I had some free studio time with a friend who wanted to help us out, so I said to Walt, ?Hey man, let?s just go in and knock out a few songs. No filler, no frills.?? Dirty Walt enthusiastically agreed.
The duo got in the studio with drummer John Montgomery and Spacey T, another former Fishbone soldier and founding member of Sound Barrier, who played all the guitar and bass tracks. They didn?t have high expectations other than having a little fun and just killing some time, but they were all surprised at how the recordings turned out.
Sonically, there are elements of Dirty Walt?s former group in the mix, but the reggae, funk and hip-hop influences are mined deeper. They even take a chance with an acoustic song. Says Rodcore, ?We felt the need to do something stripped down, something you really didn?t see too much of in Fishbone. Since this recording was not meant to be much more than us logging studio time in, we figured it?d be fun to be more musically adventurous.?
The one thing Year of the Dragon share with Fishbone is a frenetic, powerful live show. ?I?ve been doing this a long time,? says Dirty Walt, ?and I know I can?t come with anything less than what the people are used to me giving them. The shows still gotta rock hard and with hardcore intensity.?
Year of the Dragon is the whole package?great songs and lively, energetic live shows from veterans in the game. Dirty Walt states it best: ?This is our year, man. We can?t lose. We won?t lose. Ya dig??
Fishbone, Money Mark, Liz Phair to Headline Global Green's Annual Oscar Party on March 3rd
Global Green's Oscar Party is a star-studded music event to celebrate smart solutions to global climate change. The evening will feature celebrity participants, an eco raffle, and a green building showcase lounge. Proceeds will benefit Green Rebuilding in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Global Green's Annual Oscar Party is one of the highlights of Oscar season and a great opportunity to support the work of Global Green USA.
The party happens at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Fri. at 8 p.m. $50 (general); $250 (preferred); $1,000 (VIP); $2,500 (sponsor). Proceeds go directly to green rebuilding efforts in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. Info, tickets: (310) 581-2700 x102 or Globalgreen.org.
Fishbone has set the release date - April 4th for the highly anticipated release of the new DVD with 4 unreleased studio tracks.
The footage was shot in the sweltering heat of late august in Hollywood. Shot in HI DEF 5.1 video and audio, sit back and relax as Fishbone takes over your living room for the evening.
They will be touring the western U.S. in early April with the DVD, then will be on the east coast the first 2 weeks of May.
They are set to tour Europe from June 1st - 25th hitting festivals in England, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Hungary, and club shows in Germany as well.
Check the schedule as the dates will start confirming.
Year of the Dragon, Dirty Walt and Spacey T's new band will be playing one of their very first gig in San Pedro Friday February 24th at the Waters Club. They will be supporting HR and Weapon of Choice, among others. Be sure to check them out if you're in the area.
Friday Feb. 24th
HR and the Dubb Agents
The Aggrolites
Weapon of Choice
Year of the Dragon
with the Mao Won Sound System
spinning Roots, Dub, and Dancehall
The Waters Club@La Zona Rosa#2
1331 S. Pacific Ave.
San Pedro, CA 90731
(L.A. Harbor)
Dr Madd Vibe and Weapon of Choice will spend the second half of April 2006 on a quick French tour. Si vous ?tes dans le coin, des dates ? ne manquer sous aucun pr?texte...
Electric Purgatory: the fate of the black rocker (trailer) is a documentary on the struggles of the black rock musician and the stigma they face in the black community and the music industry.
Filmmaker Raymond Gayle tells the story combining live performance footage, historical images, and interviews from many of Black Rock's elite such as Fishbone, Vernon Reid, Sound Barrier, Jimi Hazel, Cody Chesnutt, God Forbid, and Doug Pinnick.
Join us for the screening of Electric Purgatory: the fate of the black rocker, on Feb 15th and 18th, 2006 in Los Angeles at the Pan African Film Festival with special presence of Lonnie Marshal (Weapon of Choice) and Tory Ruffin (Fishbone).
What?
Electric Purgatory screening When?
Feb 15th 2006 at 8:45pm
Feb 18th 2006 at 9:50pm Where? Pan African Film Festival
Magic Johnson Theatres
4020 Marlton Ave,
Los Angeles, 90008
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