Fishbone was added to the list of acts playing this years KROQ inland empire invasion. They will be playing early with a 12:00 noon set time so make sure you get there in time to catch the bone. Check the tour dates section and kroq.com for info and lineup.
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 a screening of Electric Purgatory: the fate of the black rocker, on August 16, 2005 in New York.
What: Black Rock Coalition Music and Film Series featuring Tar_Mac with special guest Spacey T, JonesBones, and special guests Electric Purgatory (the Film)
Price: $8.00
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Start Time: 7:00pm
Place: Knitting Factory, Tap Bar
74 Leonard Street
New York City, NY 10013
212-219-3132
Presented by:
Black Rock Coalition
http://www.blackrockcoaltion.com
http://www.electricpurgatory.com - check out our new Forum!
I awake this morning to a sore jaw and headache. The pain focuses itself on the outer rim of my eye socket and spreads all the way down my right arm. "What happened to the right side of my body?," I wonder, confused, as I roll over and look at the clock: 1:25 p.m. It's not morning at all! My ears are ringing and suddenly the previous night's memories come flooding back. ...
It was around 9 p.m. on a Saturday night and I was flipping through the paper, looking for something to do. I was feeling kind of ambivalent and nothing sounded very interesting to me: DJ so-and-so mixing it up at such-and-such club; singer-songwriter what's-his-name opening for funk house band at the bar down the street. I was about to resign myself to a night at home when suddenly the word miraculously jumped off the page from among the endless lines of small print. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was it true? Fishbone, it read. My all-time favorite band in the world was scheduled to play that night at Jack's Patio Bar & Gril. I quickly laced up my hiking shoes (I knew I'd need some comfortable, protective foot wear), pulled back my hair, and jumped in the car heading north for Jack's.
I knew that Jack's hosted a variety of live shows, but I'd only ever sat on their patio for after-work drinks. When I pulled into the parking lot, Jack's appeared how I remembered it: a generic strip-mall bar with a patio overlooking some of San Antonio's finest SUVs and pickups. But my growing excitement at the random opportunity to experience another Fishbone show turned Jack's into my new favorite place (for that night, at least).
I paid the $15 and busted into the joint to find a flurry of Dog Men Poets fans (the popular San Antonio hip-hop/funk-rock band was finishing its set) cheering in front of the stage and the obvious, eager Fishbone fans mingling in the back. I looked around and immediately spotted Angelo Moore, an idol of mine and Fishbone's lead singer/saxophone player. He sat on a stool next to the merchandise table, sporting a bright-orange top hat, classic Angelo-style suspenders, and tall combat boots, staring intently at something on his laptop. I inched closer and began milling around with the others who also wanted to approach him.
"You know it's good luck to shake the trombone player's hand right before a show." I was startled by the deep voice floating over my shoulder and turned to see John McKnight, Fishbone's current trombonist. "This is turning out to be quite a night," I thought to myself, noting the irony in being confronted by a member of my favorite band while I patiently waited to confront a member of my favorite band. I quickly gained composure so as not to launch into the whole annoying, predictable fan speak, and instead asked the man how the tour had been going.
He informed me that I was catching their last show of a three-month tour and that they were all drinking that night. As he left me to set up on stage, I surveyed the place and galloped off to the bar to grab my own drink.
Inside Jack's were two rooms, both graced by the presence of the large wrap-around bar. The main room was non-descript, but the performance room seemed the perfect venue for a Fishbone show: small enough for the kind of inter-crowd mingling that Fishbone is known for and large enough to handle the mosh-pit that I foresaw. Off to the side, a tub of overpriced beer was set up for convenience. But I had my heart set on whiskey and Coke because I knew the bite of whiskey with a little caffeine would be the best medicine for a Fishbone experience. It was the first in a series of drinks and I wish I'd discovered sooner that the $4 drink I bought from the side-bar facing the stage was only $3 in the main room.
Within minutes, Angelo took the stage and launched into a short series of spoken-word vignettes. The audience roared and screamed, drawn to him like moths to a light bulb. I hadn't been to a Fishbone show in a few years, and I noticed that the lines on Angelo's face had deepened, but overall he was the same handsome, animated frontman I had frequently seen. As he spat a diatribe on the conformity of the "desirables" versus the free-spiritedness of the "un-desirables," his eyes bulged, his veins danced and soon he peeled off his shirt and let his baggy pants hang from his finely sculpted, tattooed body.
Before long, every member of Fishbone joined him on stage, and the audience was blasted with the heavy brass intro to "Everyday Sunshine," one of my favorite Fishbone songs. From that moment on, I was leaping in and out of the growing mosh-pit, stopping only to refill my whiskey glass in time to take crowd toasts with the band. As usual, Fishbone covered the spectrum with songs from all of their albums, switching effortlessly from the slower, funkier tunes to the faster ska tunes of long ago. And with each song, they seemed to grow louder and more chaotic until they eventually erupted into a mad improv of noise while Angelo marched over to the bar to personally collect a round of shots for the band. Not coincidentally, I'm sure, the ritual drinking of shots was followed by the reggae-inspired dance-along to the song "Alcoholic."
At this point, the entire audience became a collective of hopped-up happy clowns as we melted info a frenzy of elbows and knees.
I had become a part of the music, a wave rising and falling with Angelo's ear-splitting saxophone solos, bouncing off shoulders and sweaty dreadlocks. And then it hit me: An elbow to the eye sent me exiting the mosh-pit wounded and confused. And blind. I reached my fingers to my face to assess the damage and discovered that my glasses were gone. But there was no blood, and relatively little pain (until the next morning), thanks to the whiskey.
The rest of the show was (literally) a blur to me and ended when the bar closed. I staggered, hands outstretched, for the door.
Now, I rotate my jaw slowly, rub my temples. I look down at the brown burn on my wrist where someone's cigarette made acquantance with my flailing arm the night before. I roll over, sink into my pillow, and smile. Yes, all the pain was worth the joy of the Fishbone show at Jack's.
By Brooke Palmer
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14893823&BRD=2318&PAG=461&dept_id=484045&rfi=6
Fishbone will be returning to Cane's Bar & Grill Sat. July 9th. Tix are $15. It is a 21+ show. Come check out the Bone at an awesome location directly on the sand in Mission Beach, go to canesbar&grill.com to see the new remodeling inside. Fishbone hits the stage at 10:30 pm but you will want to check out the opening bands, Alfred Howard & the K23 Orchestra is one of California's hottest up and coming hip hop bands. Go to alhowardk23.com/ to check their style. Opening the show will be Ocean Beach band Spoken Gun, a good night of music all around.
Fishbone & Slightly Stoopid - show #5 on 100 shows in 100 days
Go to http://smash.yahoo.com to see the reality web series 100 shows in 100 days. Two guys and a film crew jump in a van to see 100 of their favorite bands in 100 days. They stopped by Las Vegas House of Blues on June 15 to catch the Fishbone / Slightly Stoopid show. They got more than they bargained for and made it a 2 part series to document the madness that went down at the show. Fishbone's segment will be airing on July 2nd. Short notice we know but we just got the air date today, the song "hide behind my glasses" will be the centerpeice of the show. Check out smash.yahoo.com for the preview that is up right now.
After a few days of outages, FishboneLive.org is back online. The rebuilt host should be stabler, so hopefully this won't happen again for a couple of years ! Once again, big thanks to Arno who devotes part of his time, processor power, disk space and bandwidth to make this place happen.
Fishbone's cover of the Sublime classic "Date Rape" needs you help. The Tribute's release is scheduled for June 21st and Fishbone's cover is already one of the most popular request from that album on LA's KROQ. We need a bigger push because, as the current Slightly Stoopid tour shows, the song has a great potential to reach new audiences. Contact your local radio station and request "Date Rape" from the Sublime tribute "Look at all the love we found" and contact KROQ too at the same time here !
Live in Amsterdam review: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good The dvd has extrodinary sound and filming is exceptional. The dvd/cd package is dedicated to the gentlemen who recorded and mixed the recording of the show (who it seems passed away in February of this year) and it's heads and shoulders above the sub par sound of the Temple Bar cd. The disc begins with what seems to me to be a very heartfelt reading of Rockstar by Dr. Madd Vibe. I had never seen him recite this poem before and it took on a whole new aura to see him recite sans the music. This segued into March of The Fishbone Soldier as Wet Daddy added a funky ass beat in the background.
They were soon to be joined by Spacey and Norwood and each added their own special touches to the impromptu jam. As the jam picked up speed so did Angelo. "Fishbone Soldier is a trooper 'cause controversy is his funky fate". "Walk on NIGGA'S Walk on" he screams with emotion I can't describe in this post. Without playing an actual "song" these brotha's have my full attention and as of now it's my favourite part of the dvd.
The setlist, thank god isn't strictly 101. Surprises include a insane version of CCBAR. As I stated the mix is excellent so for all you Chim Chim lovers out there you'll be amazed to hear this song the way it should have been heard the first time. Wet Daddy goes buck wild with the double bass attack that to some may a bit excessive but I kinda dig it. In The Heet Of Anger is the best FB tune that they've written since the Chim Chim album, yea I said it. It's a shame that only the faithful will get to hear this gem, I can't get enough of it, and to think that when I first heard it on the comp. I agreed that it was a throw away. Premadawnutt is Premadawnutt is Premadawnutt. I prefer the new arrangement that the boy's are currently playing. I've read alot of posts that claim that the production of GAMAB is fantastic! I agree for the most part but Warmth and Fear both sound tinny and terrible to my ears. I think that the live mix of Swim, which closes the dvd/cd puts the studio version to shame. I have never enjoyed listening to that mundane song more than I did the other night.
There is some commentary from Norwood & Angelo that pops up approx. 6 times throughout the show which is quite hilarious.
The Bad
The aforementioned commentary cuts into the end of Wid It and cut's of the first verse of Cholly. Both Spacey and Wet Daddy mess up on Ma & Pa in different places.
On my $25 canadian version the audio and video are slightly out of synch during parts of Dr. Madd Vibes's Houesecall. Can someone please let me know if this is the same on your copy as well?
There are only 14 songs included.
The Ugly
The packaging and liner notes, which includes spelling mistakes are truly amateurish. Is Antoine working with the Bone again?!?! Crucial Management is credited on the dvd and the cover as Fishbone's management. There is neither a menu or any extras included in the dvd. Of the pictures on the case, 80% are of Walt smoking blunts. There is not one picture of Wet Daddy in this package and he's still in the band. Do you think High Times Records are trying to make a statement here?
I've saved what I think is the worst for the last and I've been searching and searching for some kind of excuse but lawd knows I can't find one. On the cd, there are 2 second pauses between each song. How could this happen? What kind of shit is that? It sounds terrible trust me. With my little Easy CD Creator I can mix these songs and burn them to another disc to eliminate the pauses but would it have killed someone at High Times to do this on their end?
Anyways, there you have it, my Good, Bad and Ugly comments regarding the latest offering from Fishbone, for what their worth. You shouldn't be dissapointed with the set, as I said the sound and camera work are both top notch. The band is smoking but like on these recent opening dates, they are gone far too soon.
Another video from the current tour. Tim Younkin (thanks!) kindly shares his 3-cams shot of the Suffering live, at the Norva. Get it here ! (! 40mb !).
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