The Wolves and the Fishes
I am a huge fan of a band called Fishbone, who are from the US and don't tour the UK/Europe that much - the last time was 2003. This year they are touring Europe with just two UK gigs; one in London and one as part of the Download Festival. I live in the midlands so London is over 2hrs drive away but it's not too bad a drive – and in 2002 I flew to Amsterdam to see them so it was easy in comparison!
This time Fishbone were playing in Highbury on the 8th June so I left work at 4pm and headed straight for London. I arrived outside the venue dead on 7pm which was when the doors opened so it was a quick trip to Subway and then into the venue.
At first it didn't bode well as the first support act "this is our first UK gig EVER - yeah!!" after every song were from Canada and I didn't think much of them. Also, the merchandise stall was manned by a French bloke who didn't have any Fishbone stock as the Fishbone bloke wasn't about! Eventually I got a t-shirt before Wolfunkind (the main support) came on.
Although I didn’t know what they were like I decided to stand at the front centre of the stage for Wolfunkind so that I would be in a good for when Fishbone came on.
I was well pleased that I did as Wolfunkind were excellent, playing some great funk metal. It turned out the drummer was the bloke on the merchandise stand and on stage wore just a pair of white y-front pants, the guitarist looked like a down and out in a suit, with a mass of messy hair and a beard, the bassist had a glitzy jacket on and the singer was dressed normally but with a cross in tape over his trouser front! O and they had three inflatable dolls on the stage!!
For their last song they were joined by Angelo Moore, the lead singer of Fishbone, who sang and then Rocky George (Fishbone guitarist) did an instrumental/jam with them.
In fact I liked them so much I bought a CD and t-shirt and intend to get the rest of their CD's! It's in French but check out their website as it has some audio clips.
www.wolfunkind.com
The road crew then started setting up the stage for Fishbone but there were problems with Angelo's Theremin and eventually the crew got him to come out and sort it. So he used that to start the set. I didn't get a set list but from what I remember (in no order) they did:-
Sunless Saturday
Face Plant
Ma & Pa
Subliminal Fascism
I like to hide behind my Glasses
Everyday Sunshine
The Suffering
Cheyenne Star Forever Moore
Alcoholic
Freyed F****n' Nerve Endings
Date rape
Face Plant was not on the set list but Norwood (bassist) decided to do it on the
spur of the moment I think.
I'd not seen the new line up before so I was looking forward to the extra horns and I wasn't disappointed. The mix wasn't good from the front but it was still a great gig. Everyone seemed happy although there were a few monitor/cable issues during the first few songs. Sound wise I think the current line up is the best since I saw them the first time about 10yrs ago.
http://www.fishbone.net/
after such a good gig the 135miles drive home flew past! And I’ve found out that they will both be back in the UK touring “in the fall”!
This time Fishbone were playing in Highbury on the 8th June so I left work at 4pm and headed straight for London. I arrived outside the venue dead on 7pm which was when the doors opened so it was a quick trip to Subway and then into the venue.
At first it didn't bode well as the first support act "this is our first UK gig EVER - yeah!!" after every song were from Canada and I didn't think much of them. Also, the merchandise stall was manned by a French bloke who didn't have any Fishbone stock as the Fishbone bloke wasn't about! Eventually I got a t-shirt before Wolfunkind (the main support) came on.
Although I didn’t know what they were like I decided to stand at the front centre of the stage for Wolfunkind so that I would be in a good for when Fishbone came on.
I was well pleased that I did as Wolfunkind were excellent, playing some great funk metal. It turned out the drummer was the bloke on the merchandise stand and on stage wore just a pair of white y-front pants, the guitarist looked like a down and out in a suit, with a mass of messy hair and a beard, the bassist had a glitzy jacket on and the singer was dressed normally but with a cross in tape over his trouser front! O and they had three inflatable dolls on the stage!!
For their last song they were joined by Angelo Moore, the lead singer of Fishbone, who sang and then Rocky George (Fishbone guitarist) did an instrumental/jam with them.
In fact I liked them so much I bought a CD and t-shirt and intend to get the rest of their CD's! It's in French but check out their website as it has some audio clips.
www.wolfunkind.com
The road crew then started setting up the stage for Fishbone but there were problems with Angelo's Theremin and eventually the crew got him to come out and sort it. So he used that to start the set. I didn't get a set list but from what I remember (in no order) they did:-
Sunless Saturday
Face Plant
Ma & Pa
Subliminal Fascism
I like to hide behind my Glasses
Everyday Sunshine
The Suffering
Cheyenne Star Forever Moore
Alcoholic
Freyed F****n' Nerve Endings
Date rape
Face Plant was not on the set list but Norwood (bassist) decided to do it on the
spur of the moment I think.
I'd not seen the new line up before so I was looking forward to the extra horns and I wasn't disappointed. The mix wasn't good from the front but it was still a great gig. Everyone seemed happy although there were a few monitor/cable issues during the first few songs. Sound wise I think the current line up is the best since I saw them the first time about 10yrs ago.
http://www.fishbone.net/
after such a good gig the 135miles drive home flew past! And I’ve found out that they will both be back in the UK touring “in the fall”!
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