Editing Fishbone (section)

{{Short description|American rock band}}
{{About|the rock band||Fishbone (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Fishbone
| image             = Fishbone-28.jpg
| caption           = Fishbone performing live in 2007
| image_upright     = 1.25
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = Fishbone & Familyhood Nextperience
| origin            = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Funk metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-funk-metal-bands-that-time-forgot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629165820/https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-funk-metal-bands-that-time-forgot |title=10 funk metal bands that time forgot |last=Everley |first=Dave |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=June 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-first= Colin |editor-last= Larkin |editor-link= Colin Larkin (writer) |year= 2006 |title= [[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |edition= 4th |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn= 978-0-1953-1373-4 |chapter= Fishbone |quote= Funk metal hybrid from Los Angeles, California, USA who never managed to achieve the commercial success their critical reputation deserves.}}</ref>|[[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fishbone-mn0000796045/biography |first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |author-link= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= Fishbone – Artist Biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date= April 24, 2015}}</ref>|[[funk rock]]<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/769989/ice-cube-pantera-patti-smith-lead-pack-of-new-releases/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150822163941/http://www.mtv.com/news/769989/ice-cube-pantera-patti-smith-lead-pack-of-new-releases/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 22, 2015 |first= Brian |last= Hiatt |title= Ice Cube, Pantera, Patti Smith Lead Pack Of New Releases |publisher=[[MTV]] |date= March 18, 2000 |access-date= April 24, 2015}}</ref>|[[ska punk]]<ref>{{cite journal|first= Suzan |last= Colón |title= Rudeboy Awakening SPIN's guide to the history of ska |journal= [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dTM_D4UWqXQC&q=%22fishbone%22&pg=PA28 |volume= 12 |issue= 4 |date= June 1996 |page= 28 |issn= 0886-3032}}</ref>}}
| years_active      = 1979–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[DC-Jam Records|DC-Jam]]|[[Rowdy Records|Rowdy]]|[[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]|High Times|Sound in Color|Nuttsactor 5}}
| associated_acts   = {{hlist|[[Suicidal Tendencies]]|Year of the Dragon|Dirty Walt & The Columbus Sanitation|Trulio Disgracias|Dr. Madd Vibe|The&nbsp;Seedy Arkhestra|[[The Soul of John Black]]}}
| website           = {{URL|fishbone.net}}
| current_members   = {{Plain list|
* [[Angelo Moore]]
* Christopher Dowd
* Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton 
* Hassan Hurd
* JS Williams
* James Jones
}}
| past_members      = {{Plain list|
* John Norwood Fisher
* Walter A. Kibby II
* Phillip "Fish" Fisher
* Kendall Jones
* Anthony Brewster
* Dion Murdock
* Tori Ruffin
* André  "PaDre" Holmes
* Curtis Storey
* John McKnight
* Dre Gipson
* Freddie Flint
* [[Rocky George]]
* Jay Armant
* Paul Hampton
* John Bigham
* John Steward
* Mark Phillips
* Aroyn Day
}}
}}

'''Fishbone''' is an American [[Rock music|rock]] band from [[Los Angeles]], California. Formed in 1979, the band plays a fusion of [[ska music|ska]], [[punk rock|punk]], [[funk music|funk]], [[heavy metal music|metal]], [[reggae music|reggae]], and [[Soul music|soul]]. [[AllMusic]] has described the group as "one of the most distinctive and eclectic [[alternative rock]] bands of the late 1980s. With their hyperactive, self-conscious [[Multiculturalism|diversity]], goofy sense of humor, and sharp [[social commentary]], the group gained a sizable [[cult following]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fishbone Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} ... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fishbone-mn0000796045 |access-date=2024-06-16 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>

Fishbone first assembled as school students in 1979 with John Norwood Fisher (bass), his brother Philip "Fish" Fisher (drums), [[Angelo Moore]] (vocals, saxophones, [[theremin]]), Kendall Jones (guitar), "Dirty" Walter A. Kibby II (vocals, trumpet), and Christopher Dowd (keyboards, trombone, vocals). They achieved their greatest commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, after which they went through many personnel changes. From 2003 to 2010, John Norwood Fisher and Angelo Moore were the last remaining original members of the band. In the 2010s, all the other original members except Kendall Jones rejoined the band for various reunion tours and anniversary activities. As of March 2025, the lineup consists of Moore, Dowd, guitarist Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton, drummer Hassan Hurd, trumpeter JS Williams, and bassist James Jones.