Editing Fishbone

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{{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.

==History==
===Early career (1979–1987)===
Fishbone got started in 1979 as a "disparate, all-black oddball crew" when the members were in junior high school. The Fisher brothers, Jones, Dowd, and Kibby were all from [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|first2=Christian |last2=Hoard|title=The new Rolling Stone album guide|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/298 298]|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac|url-access=registration|access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref> and were included in a school busing program that sent them daily to the [[San Fernando Valley]], where they met Moore, who was native to the area. After first using the name Megatron with Titus Norris on vocals, the sextet adopted the name Fishbone and formed a unique stew of different styles that became popular in the Los Angeles club scene and was a great influence on several subsequent alternative bands.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Accomazzo|first1=David|title=When Talent and Influence Aren't Enough|url=http://www.boulderweekly.com/entertainment/screen/when-talent-and-influence-arent-enough/|publisher=Boulder Weekly|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=November 9, 2011}}</ref> Their first club date was at Madame Wong's, the influential venue in Los Angeles's Chinatown that had been a showcase for a variety of seminal punk bands in the 1980s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2023-12-28 |title=Fishbone: Funk Meets Suburbia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/08/09/fishbone-funk-meets-suburbia/01b9188f-0fed-407f-948f-8644704d0c70/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> They formed strong friendships with Los Angeles bands like [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Thelonious Monster]], and [[Psi Com]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duersten|first1=Matthew|title=The Red Hot Days of Fabulous, Funky Fishbone|url=http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/red-hot-days-fabulous-funky-fishbone/|website=LAMag|publisher=Los Angeles Magazine|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 16, 2014}}</ref> Fishbone were signed to [[Columbia Records]] in 1983 after being spotted at a club gig by Brian O'Neal of [[The BusBoys]].<ref name=":2" /> Their first release was the 1985 single "[[Party at Ground Zero]]",<ref name="funk">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|title=Funk|publisher=Hal Leonard|year=2001|page=302|isbn=978-0-87930-629-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIEjkWXZdrMC&pg=PA302|access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref> followed by a self-titled EP, ''[[Fishbone (EP)|Fishbone]]'' produced by [[David Kahne]].<ref name=":2" /> They released their first full-length album ''[[In Your Face (Fishbone album)|In Your Face]]'' in 1986, and the following year they performed "Jamaica Ska" in the [[Annette Funicello]]/[[Frankie Avalon]] reunion movie ''[[Back to the Beach]]''. Fishbone's first major international tour was as the opening act for [[Beastie Boys]] on the 1987 ''Licensed to Ill'' tour.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Ron|title=The Punk History Behind the Beastie Boys' First Album, 'Licensed to Ill'|url=http://observer.com/2016/11/the-punk-history-behind-the-beastie-boys-first-album-licensed-to-ill/|website=Observer Music|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=November 11, 2016}}</ref>

===Rise to fame (1988–1994)===
Fishbone was primarily considered a [[ska]] and [[funk]] band during their early years, but later became more guitar-driven with a focus on rock and soul music.<ref name="rough">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|title=The rough guide to rock|publisher=Rough Guides|year=2003|pages=374–75|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT382|access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref> The 1988 album ''[[Truth and Soul]]'' brought Fishbone wide critical acclaim.<ref>"New Album could be the Big One for Fishbone". ''Billboard'' 103.17 (1991): 26-. ABI/INFORM Complete; ProQuest Discovery. Web. February 12, 2013.</ref><ref name=":3" /> With this album, the band also added [[social commentary]] to their lyrics, covering topics such as the breakup of families, contemporary racism, [[fascism]], [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]], and oppression in lower income housing projects. The album was highlighted by a hard rock-inspired version of [[Curtis Mayfield]]'s classic "[[Freddie's Dead]]" from the film ''[[Super Fly (soundtrack)|Super Fly]]''. The music video, directed by Douglas Gayeton, became the band's first hit on MTV. That same year, the group toured with Red Hot Chili Peppers and became nationally known in the burgeoning alternative music scene.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mervis|first1=Scott|title=A look back at some wild nights with the Red Hot Chili Peppers|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2017/05/10/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Pittsburgh-PPG-Paints-Arena-Graffiti-Decade-Flea-Anthony-Kiedis/stories/201705080112|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> Also that year, Fishbone and [[Little Richard]] recorded the [[Lead Belly]] song "[[Rock Island Line (song)|Rock Island Line]]" for the tribute album ''[[Folkways: A Vision Shared]]''.<ref>Pareles, Jon, 9-21-1988. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3D8163EF932A1575BC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&&scp=2&sq=folkways:%20a%20vision%20shared&st=cse RECORDINGS; 80's Pop Stars Pay Tribute to 30's Populists], "The New York Times"</ref>

The band added former [[Miles Davis]] sideman John Bigham<ref name="funk"/> on guitar and keyboards in 1989. The 1991 album ''[[The Reality of My Surroundings]]'' was a critical and commercial success, reaching #49 on the Billboard albums chart.<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine |title=Fishbone {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fishbone/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> One month before the album's release, the group played a performance on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' of "[[Sunless Saturday]]," a song which later featured an [[MTV]] video directed by [[Spike Lee]]. The song "[[Everyday Sunshine]]" also became a modest hit on radio and MTV.

While the band retained their roots in funk and ska, the 1993 album ''[[Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe]]'' included songs with free jazz, hard rock, punk, and heavy metal elements.<ref name="funk"/> At the time of the album's release, the band began to tear apart internally. Just before Fishbone joined the 1993 [[Lollapalooza]] tour, guitarist Kendall Jones was accused of mental instability and quit the band, moving to Northern California. Bassist John Norwood Fisher tracked Jones down in the belief that he needed rescue from a religious cult, only to be charged with attempted kidnapping; Fisher was acquitted at trial.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1998/042398/music3.html|title=Crazy to the 'bone: Fishbone's Norwood Fisher comes face to face with madness|last=Bottenberg|first=Rupert|date=April 23, 1998|publisher=[[Montreal Mirror]]|access-date=February 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226023318/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1998/042398/music3.html|archive-date=February 26, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> A benefit concert to help with Fisher's legal expenses featured [[Porno for Pyros]], [[Primus (band)|Primus]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], and [[Alice in Chains]].<ref name="funk"/> Keyboardist Christopher Dowd left Fishbone in 1994 and released an album titled ''Puzzle'' in 1997 under the name The Seedy Arkhestra, with various guests including [[Jeff Buckley]] and [[N'Dea Davenport]]. The album included an anti-Fishbone song called "Flog Your Dead Horse."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-08-11 |title=Fishbone Founder Says Band{{!}}Members Cut Him Out of Royalties |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/fishbone-founder-says-bandmembers-cut-him-out-of-royalties/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |work=Courthouse News Service}}</ref>

===Post-Sony years (1995–2002)===
Now a five-piece, Fishbone was dropped by [[Sony Records]] (formerly Columbia) in 1995, upon presenting their next album. The band added more heavy metal and hardcore punk influences to their sound on the 1996 concept album ''[[Chim Chim's Badass Revenge]]'', released by [[Rowdy Records]] and produced by [[Dallas Austin]]. The album went largely unnoticed by the general public, peaking at just #158 on the Billboard albums chart.<ref name=":4" /> In 1996, the band contributed to the [[AIDS]] benefit album ''[[Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin]]'' produced by the [[Red Hot Organization]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Red Hot + Latin: Silencio = Muerte - Various A... {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/red-hot-latin-silencio--muerte-mw0000089768 |access-date=2024-06-16 |language=en}}</ref> In 1998 the band lost another founding member, drummer Philip "Fish" Fisher, who became a session drummer and later appeared in the heavy metal band [[Wicked Wisdom]]. After brief periods with various drummers, the position was filled definitively by John Steward. John Bigham also left the band during this period to pursue his own career, later founding the band [[The Soul of John Black]]; Bigham was replaced by former [[Sound Barrier]] and [[Mother's Finest]] guitarist Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton. Keyboardist and horn player Anthony Brewster (The Untouchables) was a member of the group from 1997 to 1998, while John McKnight (from [[Ben Harper]]'s band) joined on keyboards, trombone, and guitar. During the latter part of the 1990s, Fishbone was without a recording contract and earned their keep through constant touring.

Fishbone maintained their dedicated fan base and achieved another major record deal with [[Hollywood Records]] in 2000. They were given the chance to record a new album with several special guests, including [[H.R. (musician)|H.R.]] of [[Bad Brains]], [[Gwen Stefani]], [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], [[Rick James]], [[Donny Osmond]], and [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs]]. The resulting album, ''[[Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx]]'', saw poor sales, though [[AllMusic]] called it the band's best album in a decade.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Huey|first1=Steve|title=Review: Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-psychotic-friends-nuttwerx-mw0000052685|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> The band was dropped from Hollywood Records and headed back on the road. John McKnight left the band in 2001, and the group continued as a five-piece. In 2002, on their own independent record label, they released ''[[Live at the Temple Bar and More]]'' which contained all new songs recorded live throughout 2001 and 2002. This was later complemented by a live CD/DVD, ''[[Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album)|Live in Amsterdam]]'', containing most of their hits and filmed at the 2002 [[Cannabis Cup]] Festival in [[Amsterdam, Netherlands]].

===Shifting membership and a documentary (2003–2015)===
[[File:FishboneAlive.jpg|thumb|left|Moore, Fisher and [[Rocky George]] performing in 2010]]
In late 2003 Fishbone lost another founding member when Walter Kibby left the band. Guitarist Tracy Singleton departed as well. After leaving Fishbone, Kibby released two albums with his band Dirty Walt & The Columbus Sanitation: ''To Put It Bluntly'' (2000) and ''Still Smokin' ''(2009). Kibby and Singleton also collaborated in the band Year of the Dragon, releasing the albums ''A Time to Love Is a Time to Bleed'' (2006) and ''Blunt Force Karma'' (2009). Together, they also recorded tracks with Swade G (Kibby's younger brother Wade Antonio Kibby) for the album ''Ghetto Life'' (2010).

After the 2003 departure of Kibby and Singleton, the last two founding members John Norwood Fisher and Angelo Moore, along with drummer John Steward, restarted Fishbone with [[Rocky George]] of [[Suicidal Tendencies]] and Tori Ruffin of [[The Time (band)|The Time]] on guitars (though Ruffin left soon thereafter), and Dre Gipson on keyboards. In 2005 John McKnight returned on trombone and guitar. Trumpet players during this period were PaDre Holmes, Fernando Pullum, Mervin Campbell, and Curtis Storey. The line-up of Fisher, Moore, Steward, George, Gipson, Storey, and McKnight recorded the studio album ''[[Still Stuck in Your Throat]]'' with producer [[David Kahne]], who had worked on the band's early albums. The album was released in October 2006 in Europe, and in April 2007 in the United States. Music videos were recorded for the cover song "[[Date Rape (song)|Date Rape]]" by [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]], and for the song "Let Dem Ho's Fight."

In 2008 and 2009, departed original members Walter Kibby, Christopher Dowd, and Kendall Jones joined Fishbone on stage on various occasions,{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} most notably for the shoot of the Pepsi "Pass" commercial, which aired in January 2009.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} In April 2008, Stephan Kraemer directed the shoot of a live CD/DVD recorded in Bordeaux, France. The DVD ''[[Fishbone Live]]'' was released on May 10, 2009.

In January 2010, John McKnight left Fishbone for the second time. During this period original member Walter Kibby returned on trumpet and vocals. During a 2011 tour, Tom "Tom-Bone" Ralls, formerly of Weapon of Choice, filled in on trombone. Tori Ruffin also briefly returned to play guitar in place of Rocky George, who was unable to tour. After the tour, Jay Armant, a former student of Fernando Pullum, joined as the new trombone player. Fishbone released a seven-track EP titled ''Crazy Glue'' on October 11, 2011.

Current and former members of the band were deeply involved in the making of the documentary film ''[[Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone]]'',<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbonedocumentary.com/ |title=Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone |publisher=Fishbonedocumentary.com |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> directed by Lev Anderson and [[Chris Metzler]]. Narrated by [[Laurence Fishburne]] and featuring interviews with [[Les Claypool]], [[Gwen Stefani]], [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], [[Branford Marsalis]], [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], [[Ice-T]], and [[Gogol Bordello]], the film debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 19, 2010. The film has screened at more than 100 film festivals in twenty countries, winning 12 awards for Best Documentary. One of the top-reviewed documentaries of 2011–2012, the film has a ranking of 100% on RottenTomatoes.com and was nominated for a Golden Tomato Award. The film was rolled out in United States theaters nationwide with bookings in over seventy-five cities, including extended runs in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, plus week-long engagements in 20+ cities including Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Portland, Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Kansas City.  A DVD was released by [[The Cinema Guild]] on February 21, 2012, and received a national TV broadcast on the public television series ''AfroPoP''.

In February 2013, keyboardist Dre Gipson left the band after nine years to focus on a new project called Hunter Green. Fishbone was in the midst of a US tour, and reggae musician Freddie Flint filled in temporarily on keyboards. In July 2013, Paul Hampton (formerly of The Skeletones) joined as Fishbone's new keyboardist. In February 2014, federal judge [[Jan E. DuBois]] ruled that Fishbone had to pay $1.4 million to a woman who suffered a fractured skull and [[Clavicle|collarbone]] during a 2010 concert in Philadelphia when Angelo Moore [[Stage diving|stage-dove]] and landed on top of her.<ref name="Spin 2014-02-14">{{cite news|last=McGovern|first=Kyle|date=February 14, 2014|title=Fishbone Owe $1.4 Million for Stage-Diving on Fan|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/02/fishbone-stage-dive-lawsuit/|newspaper=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="AP 2014-02-13">{{cite news |last=Dale |first=Maryclaire |date=February 13, 2014 |title=$1.4M for woman injured by Pa. Fishbone stage-dive |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/14m-woman-injured-pa-fishbone-stage-dive |agency=Associated Press |location=Philadelphia |access-date=April 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313022255/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/14m-woman-injured-pa-fishbone-stage-dive |archive-date=March 13, 2015 }}</ref> A five-track EP titled ''Intrinsically Intertwined'' was released on April 22, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fishbone.net/new-ep-intrinsically-intertwined-drops-tuesday-april-22-pre-order-available-april-10-2/ |title=New 5-Song EP Intrinsically Intertwined Drops Tuesday April 22. Pre-order available April 10 |publisher=fishbone.net |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

===Original lineup reforms and disbands again (2016–present)===
On November 18, 2016, founding member and original drummer Philip "Fish" Fisher played his first show with the band since his departure in 1998. On November 26, Fishbone performed at a Jimi Hendrix tribute concert at Harlem's [[Apollo Theater]], at which time drummer John Steward departed Fishbone after 18 years to make room for the returning Fish.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fishbonelive.org/news/view/275/|title=Fishbone news|website=Fishbonelive.org|access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref> In January 2017 the band announced a tour to commemorate the 1996 album ''[[Chim Chim's Badass Revenge]]''. Former guitarist John Bigham returned to the band, after which Rocky George departed after 14 years of service. 

In late 2017 Moore, Kibby, and John Norwood Fisher were featured on the song "Creatures of Habit" by John Heintz's funk-rock supergroup The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=Nathan|title=Fishbone's Angelo Moore tears it up on the latest funk supergroup The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown "Creatures of Habit"|url=http://afropunk.com/2018/01/premiere-fishbones-angelo-moore-tears-latest-funk-supergroup-big-ol-nasty-getdown-creatures-habit/|website=AfroPunk|access-date=March 31, 2018|date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> Their song "Creatures of Habit" was chosen for the [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']] top ten playlist on January 5, 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/arts/music/playlist-justin-timberlake-bruno-mars-kendrick-lamar.html | title=The Playlist: Justin Timberlake Stays Funky (For Now), and 9 More New Songs | work=The New York Times | date=January 5, 2018 | last1=Pareles | first1=Jon | last2=Caramanica | first2=Jon | last3=Russonello | first3=Giovanni }}</ref> Fisher played bass for The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown song "Mantra"<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/big-ol-nasty-getdown-vol-2-video-8097825/ | title=The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown Shares Behind-the-Scenes Clips of Funk All-Star Album | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> while he and Moore have made several appearances on subsequent albums by the supergroup.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://michaelsmusiclog.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-big-ol-nasty-getdown-repurpose.html | title=Michael Doherty's Music Log: The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown: "Repurpose Purpose Vol. 1" (2024) Vinyl Review | date=December 31, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thepitchkc.com/analog-adventures-old-crow-medicine-show-mf-doom-david-rawlings-and-more-of-the-best-recent-vinyl/ | title=Analog Adventures: Old Crow Medicine Show, MF DOOM, David Rawlings, and more of the best recent vinyl | date=January 28, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/drmaddvibe/reel/DC3G8L6pfr5/ | title=Instagram }}</ref>  

In January 2018, Christopher Dowd made a guest appearance with the band onstage and decided to rejoin, thus replacing both trombonist Jay Armant and keyboardist Paul Hampton.<ref>{{cite web|title=It is OFISHAL! Chris Dowd back in Fishbone|url=http://www.fishbonelive.org/|website=Fishbonelive.org|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=January 30, 2018}}</ref> The band's 2018 lineup consisted of Angelo Moore, John Norwood Fisher, Fish, Walter Kibby, Christopher Dowd, and John Bigham, thus recreating the classic Fishbone lineup minus Kendall Jones. In December 2019, John Bigham announced that he was no longer playing with Fishbone to focus on his solo work. Guitarist Mark Phillips joined the band shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mclars.fireside.fm/72|title=Angelo Moore|first=M. C.|last=Lars|website=Mclars.fireside.fm|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref> In November 2020, Kendall Jones made a rare appearance with the band for a performance of "[[Them Bones]]" by [[Alice in Chains]] for a tribute to the band arranged by the [[Museum of Pop Culture]]. Phillip "Fish" Fisher left the group again in late 2021, after which John Steward rejoined on drums.

On May 26, 2023, Fishbone released a self-titled EP,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Jason |date=2023-05-19 |title=FISHBONE To Release New Self-Titled EP On May 26th via Bottles To The Ground |url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2023/05/19/fishbone-to-release-new-self-titled-ep-on-may-26th-via-bottles-to-the-ground/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Icon Vs. Icon |language=en-US}}</ref> including one song in collaboration with [[NOFX]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=2023-05-10 |title=Fishbone announce new EP, share "Estranged Fruit" featuring NOFX: Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2023/05/fishbone-nofx-estranged-fruit-stream/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2024, Steward left the band for a second time. On April 25, 2024, Fishbone made a vague post on Facebook, indicating a major lineup change for their upcoming live dates. The following day, Dowd revealed that Fisher and Kibby had left the band due to disagreements over songwriting and recording schedules. Dowd and Moore vowed to continue, alongside new musicians to be announced, as Fishbone. This left Moore as the only member who has been with Fishbone throughout its entire history; Dowd was also a founding member but with a lengthy hiatus before rejoining.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fishbone's Lineup Change Has Been a Major Mess {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/fishbone-messily-make-major-lineup-changes |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Fishbone’s Lineup Change Has Been a Major Mess {{!}} Exclaim! |language=en}}</ref> New members Aroyn Day, Hassan Hurd, and JS Williams were added. Guitarist Mark Phillips left the band four months later,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-08-14 |title=Mark Philips Leaves Fishbone {{!}} fishbonelive.org |url=https://www.fishbonelive.org/news/2024-08-14-mark-philips-leaves-fishbone-54266 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=www.fishbonelive.org |language=en}}</ref> and was replaced by Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton who had previously left the band in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Punknews.org |date=2024-11-01 |title=Fishbone release video for new song, "RxPxOxS" |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/84116/fishbone-release-video-for-new-song-rxpxoxs |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.punknews.org |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2024, the new lineup released the single "Racist Piece of Shit", denouncing [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2024-10-31 |title=Fishbone Call Out 'Mad Orange King' Donald Trump on New Protest Song 'Racist Piece of S–t' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/fishbone-donald-trump-protest-song-racist-piece-1235816624/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2024-10-31 |title=Fishbone Serenade Donald Trump With New Song 'Racist Piece of S-it' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fishbone-trump-racist-piece-of-shit-1235146760/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>On April 25, 2025, the group released the single "Last Call in America" which features [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]. Both this song and "Racist Piece of Shit" will be featured on the band's upcoming studio album ''Stockholm Syndrome'' which is due for release on June 27, 2025 and it will be the band's first new studio album since 2006's ''Still Stuck in Your Throat''.

==Members==
{{Main article|List of Fishbone members}}

* [[Angelo Moore]] – vocals, saxophones, theremin, percussion (1979-present)
* Christopher Dowd – keyboards, trombone, vocals (1979–1994, 2018–present)
* Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton - guitar (1997–2003, 2024–present)
* Hassan Hurd – drums (2024–present)
* JS Williams – trumpet, vocals (2024–present)
* James Jones - bass (2025–present)

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:13em;" |Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:18em;" |Album details
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:10em;" |Sales
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |title=Fishbone |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fishbone/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref><u>Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' chart positions</u>''<br />The Reality of My Surroundings'':

{{Cite web |date=August 3, 1991 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1587&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1587.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1587 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117134939/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1587&URLjpg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Fobj%2F028020%2Ff4%2Fnlc008388.1587.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1587 |archive-date=2023-01-17 |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] }}''Give a Monkey a Brain...'':{{Cite web |date=July 3, 1993 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0999&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0999.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117135608/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0999&URLjpg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Fobj%2F028020%2Ff4%2Fnlc008388.0999.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0999 |archive-date=2023-01-17 |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[In Your Face (Fishbone album)|In Your Face]]''
|
* Released: November 1986
* Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* Format: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Cassette tape|CS]], [[LP record|LP]]
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Truth and Soul]]''
|
*Released: September&nbsp;13,&nbsp;1988
* Label: Columbia
* Format: CD, CS, LP
|153
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Reality of My Surroundings]]'' 
|
*Released: April&nbsp;23,&nbsp;1991
* Label: Columbia
* Format: CD, CS, 2xLP
|49
|68
|
* US: 200,000<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Boehm |first=Mike |date=1997-11-21 |title=The Art of Bait and Switch |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-21-ca-56200-story.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe]]''
|
* Released: May&nbsp;23,&nbsp;1993
* Label: Columbia
* Format: CD, CS, LP + 7", [[MiniDisc|MD]]
|99
|61
|
* US: 128,000<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reece |first=Douglas |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=fishbone+soundscan&pg=PA117 |title=Billboard |date=1996-04-06 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=10, 117 |language=en |chapter=Fishbone Debuts on Rowdy With Stripped-Down Approach}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Chim Chim's Badass Revenge]]''
|
* Released: May&nbsp;21,&nbsp;1996
* Label: [[Rowdy Records|Rowdy]]/[[Arista Records|Arista]]
* Format: CD, CS
|158
|—
|
* US: 36,000<ref name=":0" />
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx]]''
|
* Released: March&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2000
* Label: [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
* Format: CD
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Still Stuck in Your Throat]]''
|
* Released: October&nbsp;16,&nbsp;2006
* Label: Sound In Color
* Format: CD
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |''Stockholm Syndrome''
|
* Released: June&nbsp;27,&nbsp;2025
* Label: 
* Format: CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming
|—
|
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Live albums===
*''[[Live at the Temple Bar and More]]'' (2002)
*''[[Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album)|Live in Amsterdam]]'' (CD/DVD – 2005 – recorded live in November 2002)
*''[[Fishbone Live]] (in Bordeaux)'' (CD/DVD – 2009 – recorded live in April 2008)
*''Live at The Independent'' (2012)

===Compilation albums===
*''[[Singles (Fishbone album)|Singles]]'' (Japan only, 1993)
*''[[Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay]]'' (1996)
*''The Essential Fishbone'' (2003)

===EPs===
*''[[Fishbone (EP)|Fishbone]]'' (1985)
*''[[It's a Wonderful Life (EP)|It's a Wonderful Life]]'' (1987)
*''[[Set the Booty Up Right]]'' (1990)
*''[[Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All]]'' (2002)
*''Crazy Glue'' (2011)
*''Intrinsically Intertwined'' (2014)
*''Fishbone'' (2023)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Modern rock tracks|US<br />Modern]]<br /><ref name=":1" />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref>{{Cite web |title=FISHBONE {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25377/fishbone/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "? (Modern Industry)"
| rowspan="2" | 1985|| —
|—
| rowspan="2" | ''Fishbone EP''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Party at Ground Zero]]"
| —
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"[[When Problems Arise]]"
| 1986||—
|—
|''In Your Face''
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Freddie's Dead]]" 
| rowspan="3" |1988
|—
|—
| rowspan="4" |''Truth and Soul''
|-
! scope="row" |"Change"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row" | "Question of Life"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"[[Ma and Pa]]"
|1989||—
|95
|-
! scope="row"|"Bonin' in the Boneyard"
|1990
|—
|—
|non-album single
|-
! scope="row"|"Fight the Youth"
| rowspan="3" | 1991||—
|—
| rowspan="3" |''The Reality of My Surroundings''
|-
! scope="row"|"[[Sunless Saturday]]"
|7
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"[[Everyday Sunshine]]"
|14
|60
|-
! scope="row"|"Lemon Meringue"
| rowspan="6" |1993
|—
|—
| rowspan="6" |''Give a Monkey a Brain and'' 
''He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe''
|-
! scope="row"|"Black Flowers"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"No Fear"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Swim (song)|Swim]]"
|—
|54
|-
! scope="row"|"Unyielding Conditioning"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"Servitude"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"Alcoholic"
|1996
|—
|—
| rowspan="2" |''Chim Chim's Badass Revenge''
|-
! scope="row"|"Crazy Bald Heads"
|1997
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"The Suffering"
|2000
|—
|—
|''The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx''
|-
! scope="row"|"Party with Saddam"
|2007
|—
|—
|''Still Stuck In Your Throat''
|-
! scope="row"|"Estranged Fruit"
|2023
|—
|—
|''Fishbone EP (2023)''
|-
! scope="row"|"Racist Piece of Shit"
|2024
|—
|—
| rowspan="2" | ''Stockholm Syndrome''
|-
! scope="row"|"Last Call in America" <small>(featurinng [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]])</small>
|2025
|—
|—
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Music videos===
* Modern Industry (1985)
* Party At Ground Zero (1985)
* V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F. (1985)
* When Problems Arise (1986)
* It's a Wonderful Life (1987)
* Jamaican Ska (1987)
* Freddie's Dead (1988)
* Ma and Pa (1988)
* Fight the Youth (1991)
* Sunless Saturday (1991)
* Everyday Sunshine (1991)
* Swim (1993)
* Servitude (1993)
* Unyielding Conditioning (1993)
* Alcoholic (1996)
* Date Rape (2006)
* Let Dem Ho's Fight (2007)
* Crazy Glue (2011)
* All We Have Is Now (2023)
* Racist Piece of Shit (2024)
* Lost in America <small>(featuring [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]])</small> (2025)

===DVDs===
*''[[The Reality of My Surroundings - Past to Present]]'' (1991)
*''[[Critical Times - Fishbone's Hen House Sessions]]'' (2001)
*''[[Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album)|Live in Amsterdam]]'' (CD/DVD – 2005 – recorded live in 2002)
*''[[Fishbone Live]] (in Bordeaux)'' (CD/DVD – 2009 – recorded live in April 2008)
*''[[Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone]]'' (Documentary – 2012)

===Appearances on soundtracks and "various artists" compilations===
* "Jamaica Ska", with [[Annette Funicello]], on ''[[Back to the Beach]]'' soundtrack (1987) (Fishbone appear in the film)
* "He's a Fly Guy", with [[Curtis Mayfield]], on ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'' soundtrack (1988) (Fishbone appear in the film: they are outside the prison when Flyguy gets out)
* "Slow Bus Moving" on ''[[Tapeheads]]'' soundtrack (1988) (Fishbone appear in this film: they are in a bar playing this song)
* "[[Rock Island Line (song)|Rock Island Line]]", with [[Little Richard]], on [[Folkways: A Vision Shared]] compilation (1988)
* "Skankin' to the Beat" on ''[[Say Anything...]]'' soundtrack (1989)
* Live version of "Freddie's Dead" on ''Genrecide: A Compilation, Vol. 1'' (1993)
* "Swim" on ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' [[Last Action Hero (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] (1993)
* "[[Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song)|Let the Good Times Roll]]" on ''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]'' soundtrack (1994)
* "Fled" on ''[[Fled]]'' soundtrack (1996)
* "[[What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New Pussycat?]]" with [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs]] on [[Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin]] compilation (1996)
* "[[Crazy Baldhead (song)|Crazy Bald Heads]]" on [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ska-Island/release/1714910 Ska Island] compilation (1997)
* "I'm a Weed Plant", later reworked into "Where'd You Get Those Pants", on [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Steady-Sounds-From-The-Underground/release/5759873 Steady Sounds from the Underground] compilation (1998)
* "Critical Time" on [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hen-House-Studios-Anthology-Volume-II-2002/release/3588952 Hen House Studios Anthology Volume II, 2002]
* "Cheyenne Star Forever Moore" on [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Rising-Son-The-Legend-Of-Skateboarder-Christian-Hosoi-Music-Inspired-By-The-Film/release/839332 Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi: Music Inspired by the Film] compilation (2006)
* "Dead Ones (Scene 3) – Revenge" and "Night Out (Scene 5) – Connects" (as Mega*Nut) on [[Lifesavas]]' ''Gutterfly'' soundtrack (2007)
* "Changes" (not to be confused with "Change" from [[Truth and Soul]]) on [http://www.pettediscographies.com/fishbone/fishbonecompM.asp The ChangeRing Compilation] (2008)
* "[[Our House (Madness song)|Our House]]", on [http://www.pettediscographies.com/fishbone/fishbonecompN.asp New Wave '80s Hits] and [http://www.pettediscographies.com/fishbone/fishbonecompN.asp Generation Rubik's Cube] compilations (2009)

===Guest appearances===
*"[[Fix (Blackstreet song)|Fix]]" ([[Blackstreet]] featuring [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]], [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] and Fishbone) (1997)
*''[[Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome]]'' ([[Joi (singer)|Joi]]) (1997)
*''[[Boggy Depot]]'' ([[Jerry Cantrell]]) (1998) Tracks 2. and 12. feature [[Angelo Moore]] on horns. Tracks 4. and 5. feature [[John Norwood Fisher]] on drums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Cantrell – Boggy Depot |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/70430-Jerry-Cantrell-Boggy-Depot |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Discogs|date=1998 }}</ref>
*''[[The Crucial Conspiracy]]'' ([[The Dingees]]) (2001) Multiple tracks feature [[Angelo Moore]] on vocals, horns, and [[theremin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dingees – The Crucial Conspiracy |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/367331-The-Dingees-The-Crucial-Conspiracy |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Discogs}}</ref>
*''[[Purple Onion (album)|Purple Onion]]'' ([[The Les Claypool Frog Brigade]]) (2002) Tracks 5. and 8. feature Phillip "Fish" Fisher on drums. Track 8. features [[John Norwood Fisher]] on bass.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Les Claypool Frog Brigade* – Purple Onion |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/699513-The-Les-Claypool-Frog-Brigade-Purple-Onion |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Discogs}}</ref>
*''[[The Stage (album)|Sunny Disposition]]'' ([[Avenged Sevenfold]]) (2016)

==Film and television appearances==
* Angelo Moore appeared briefly in the 1984 movie ''[[Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo]]''.
* In 1985, Angelo Moore and Walter Kibby appeared in the [[Eurythmics]] video "Would I Lie to You?"
* Angelo Moore appeared in the 1986 music video for "[[Do Fries Go with That Shake?]]" by [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]. 
* The band is featured in the 1987 movie ''[[Back to the Beach]]'', performing a rendition of "Jamaica Ska" with [[Annette Funicello]] singing lead vocals.<ref>
{{cite web
  | title = Back to the Beach (1987): Full cast
  | publisher = IMDb
  | url = https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096223/fullcredits#cast
  | access-date = January 22, 2009}}
</ref>
* In 1987, the band has a brief cameo in the [[Hank Williams Jr.]] music video "Young Country", appearing on a merry-go-round, raising their cowboy hats as they pass by the camera.
* Fishbone appears in the 1988 [[John Cusack]]/[[Tim Robbins]] film ''[[Tapeheads]]'' as "Ranchbone" in the bar scene, playing the song "Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party)".<ref>
{{cite web
  | title = Tapeheads (1988): Full cast
  | publisher = IMDb
  | url = https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096223/fullcredits#cast
  | access-date = January 22, 2009}}
</ref> They supplied an incidental score for the film as well.
* In the 1988 [[blaxploitation]]-[[Parody|spoof]] ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'', members of Fishbone appear on the street as hecklers of Antonio Fargas' character Flyguy, and also as a back-up band.
* The January 1989 performance at Brixton Academy, London, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fishbone live at Brixton Academy, London (UK) Jan 27, 1989 |url=http://www.fishbonelive.org/concert_archive/1989-01-27/2086/?PHPSESSID=ee6379436ec214f7bf404271b0f58f78 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |website=Fishbonelive.org}}</ref> was shown on UK TV in February 1989 in the second episode of Channel 4's ''Big World Cafe''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big World Cafe[26/02/89] (1989) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88fa5711|access-date=August 27, 2020 |publisher=BFI|language=en}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Episode #1.2|date=February 26, 1989|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0524495/?ref_=ttep_ep2|type=Music|others=Fishbone, Mary Kante, New Order, Cecil D. Womack|publisher=Spellbound Pictures, Zenith North Ltd.|access-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref> introducing the group to a wider UK audience.
* Frontman Angelo Moore made a cameo in the 1989 music video for the ''[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'' song, "[[Knock Me Down]]"
* Angelo Moore joins [[Living Colour]] live on stage for their performance of "Elvis Is Dead" on a 1990 episode of ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]''. This performance of the song also features a live guest appearance of [[Little Richard]] on vocals.
* [[Angelo Moore]] has several appearances in the music video for the [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] song, "Wrong Way".
* The song "[[Swim (song)|Swim]]" was featured in the 1993 film ''[[Last Action Hero]]''.
* [[Angelo Moore]] and [[John Norwood Fisher]] both appear in the music video for [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]]' 1993 cover of the ''[[Bob Marley]]'' song "Simmer Down".  
* A woman wears a Fishbone t-shirt in the 1991 Richard Linklater film ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]''.
* In 1994 Fishbone plays "Let the Good Times Roll" in the [[Chuck Russell]] film ''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]''. Fishbone is also on the film's soundtrack.<ref>
{{cite web
  | title = The Mask (1994): Soundtracks
  | publisher = IMDb
  | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110475/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd
  | access-date = June 11, 2014}}
</ref>
* Fishbone performed "Sunless Saturday" on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on March 23, 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/season-16/episode/16-jeremy-irons-with-fishbone-64641 |title=SEASON 16 EPISODE 16 3/23/1991 |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=NBC |access-date=July 24, 2019 |quote=Saturday Night Live Season 16 Episode 16 on March 23, 1991 with host Jeremy Irons and musical guest Fishbone.}}</ref>
* The band appeared on the March 6, 1995, edition of [[WWE|WWF's]] ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' to promote their upcoming performance of "[[America the Beautiful]]" at [[WrestleMania XI]]. The band was ultimately replaced by [[Special Olympics|Special Olympian]] Kathy Huey.
* Fishbone is mentioned by Janeane Garofalo as the musical guest on February 12, 1997, episode of ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' entitled "Pain Equals Funny". 
* Angelo Moore, John Norwood Fisher, and John Steward appear in the 2006 film ''[[Idlewild (film)|Idlewild]]'' as members of the band led by Rooster, the character played by [[Big Boi]] of [[OutKast]].<ref>
{{cite web
  | title = Idlewild (2006): Full cast
  | publisher = IMDb
  | url = https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0417225/fullcredits#cast
  | access-date = January 22, 2009}}
</ref>
* In 2007 Fishbone appeared in the [[David Arquette]] movie ''[[The Tripper]]''.<ref>
{{cite web
  | title = The Tripper (2006): Full cast
  | publisher = IMDb
  | url = https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0760187/fullcredits#cast
  | access-date = January 22, 2009}}
</ref>
* Marlon Wayans (in the role of Seymour Stewart) wears a Fishbone T-shirt in ''[[Mo' Money]]'' (1992).
* The characters Freddie and Lena of ''[[A Different World]]'' were depicted as fans and could be seen wearing Fishbone band shirts.
* [[John Cusack]] wears a Fishbone shirt in the film ''[[Say Anything...]]''. The movie's iconic "boombox" scene originally featured Fishbone's "Turn the Other Way" blaring from the radio. [[Peter Gabriel]]'s "[[In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel song)|In Your Eyes]]" replaced the song during editing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93981/why-boombox-scene-say-anything-almost-didnt-happen |title=Why the Boombox Scene in Say Anything Almost Didn't Happen |publisher=mentalfloss.com |date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
* In the movie ''[[Bull Durham]]'', [[Tim Robbins]]' character Ebby "Nuke" Laloosh is wearing a Fishbone T-shirt with his suit while giving his first interview after getting called up to the big leagues.
* In 2010's ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine]]'', Cusack pulls out and clearly advertises a black T-shirt with the band's logo from his character's suitcase.
* In the TV show ''[[Northern Exposure]]'', Ed Chigliak ([[Darren E. Burrows]]) is frequently spotted with a Fishbone shirt under his leather jacket.
* Early episodes of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' had scenes filmed against a set of lockers that featured a Fishbone sticker in almost every shot.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
* On November 21, 2011, Republican presidential candidate [[Michele Bachmann]] was played on to ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' to the Fishbone song "Lyin' Ass Bitch". [[The Roots]] drummer [[Questlove]] later explained that the playing of the song was "tongue in cheek." Fallon and the NBC network later apologized.
* In the video for the [[Ramones]] song "I Believe in Miracles" the band's name appears as part of the scrolling text on the upper and lower part of the screen. Fishbone members are also seen in a cameo in this music video.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://fishbone.net/ Official band website]
*[http://www.fishbonelive.org FishboneLive.org] – collaborative Fishbone encyclopedia (semi-official)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080705175226/http://legacyrecordings.com/Fishbone.aspx Fishbone at Legacy Recordings]
*[https://archive.org/details/Fishbone Fishbone on the Live Music Archive] – Fishbone's section of archive.org's free live concert recordings.
* {{IMDb name|nm0279329}}

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