Fishbone Is Red Hot!
This here is the kind of selection that proves that the shuffle truly is random.
I have loved Fishbone since, well, since I had hair... and that, my friends, was a long time ago. I think I've seen 'em live more times than any other band, at venues from the Lost Horizon in Syracuse to Dragonfly in Hollywood. Actually, at the Lost Horizon back (cough cough) years ago, Angelo (the singer/sax man) performed maybe the greatest crowd surfing feat I've ever witnessed, hopping off the stage and riding the crowd across the entire length of the club to the bar, grabbing himself a beer and making it all the way back to the stage without spilling a drop... all while the band played an extended jam in the middle of one of the songs. Classic. Fishbone, at the time, was at the height of their powers, playing in support of their classic Truth & Soul album. At the time I'd say they were the best funk band in the world, the best ska band in the world, and one of the best rock bands in the world, all at the same time. They came up out of the L.A. scene alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and they were always the better band - tighter, funkier, and they had musical chops that were straight unfuckwiddable. They came thisclose to breaking big, even playing SNL, but while the Peppers just built and built momentum to become the chart stalwarts they are today, drug and personal problems eventually knocked Fishbone flat for a few years. They've never fully left though and they're actually putting out better music than they have in years (albeit with very few original members). Crazy how they pop up in the shuffle when their new album drops next week. What a coinkydink! (Honest... total coincidence... the shuffle works in mysterious ways!).
Anyhoo, today's track is a rather obscure yet excellent alternate version of one of the jams from Truth & Soul, from the CD single... taking a song that's original had manic horns and one of the most ridiculous slap-bass lines ever, and stripping it down to the raw funk:
And we'll wrap it up with some classic concert footage from 1992, 'cuz the YouTubes are the best thing since sliced bread.
Fishbone is red hot, indeed!
I have loved Fishbone since, well, since I had hair... and that, my friends, was a long time ago. I think I've seen 'em live more times than any other band, at venues from the Lost Horizon in Syracuse to Dragonfly in Hollywood. Actually, at the Lost Horizon back (cough cough) years ago, Angelo (the singer/sax man) performed maybe the greatest crowd surfing feat I've ever witnessed, hopping off the stage and riding the crowd across the entire length of the club to the bar, grabbing himself a beer and making it all the way back to the stage without spilling a drop... all while the band played an extended jam in the middle of one of the songs. Classic. Fishbone, at the time, was at the height of their powers, playing in support of their classic Truth & Soul album. At the time I'd say they were the best funk band in the world, the best ska band in the world, and one of the best rock bands in the world, all at the same time. They came up out of the L.A. scene alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and they were always the better band - tighter, funkier, and they had musical chops that were straight unfuckwiddable. They came thisclose to breaking big, even playing SNL, but while the Peppers just built and built momentum to become the chart stalwarts they are today, drug and personal problems eventually knocked Fishbone flat for a few years. They've never fully left though and they're actually putting out better music than they have in years (albeit with very few original members). Crazy how they pop up in the shuffle when their new album drops next week. What a coinkydink! (Honest... total coincidence... the shuffle works in mysterious ways!).
Anyhoo, today's track is a rather obscure yet excellent alternate version of one of the jams from Truth & Soul, from the CD single... taking a song that's original had manic horns and one of the most ridiculous slap-bass lines ever, and stripping it down to the raw funk:
Fisbone - Bonin' In the Boneyard (New & Improved Bonin')
And we'll wrap it up with some classic concert footage from 1992, 'cuz the YouTubes are the best thing since sliced bread.
Fishbone is red hot, indeed!
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