Fishbone reviews

Fishbone

Musical Group

Forfans of crossover, ska, funk, reggae and alternative rock; readers of debaser looking for genre-blending music.
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The Profile

American rock band formed in Los Angeles, known for blending ska, punk, funk, metal and soul into a crossover sound.

Fronted by Angelo Moore; formed in 1979 in Los Angeles; noted for genre-blending albums such as The Reality Of My Sorroundings, Give a Monkey a Brain and Truth And Soul.

DeBaser reviews present Fishbone as a seminal crossover band mixing ska, funk, punk, reggae and soul. Critics praise The Reality Of My Sorroundings and often recommend Truth And Soul and Give a Monkey a Brain... as highlights. Reviews emphasize the band's eclectic energy and genre-blending creativity.

Notable Quotes

❝ "if there were more people here talking about soul, reggae, ska, funk, in short, more blackness, I would be thrilled."

❝ "This album, \"The Reality Of My Surroundings\" is perhaps the perfect work of the genre"

❝ A record that, in all honesty, does not reach the prodigious and unreachable heights of their undisputed masterpiece "The Reality of my Surroundings", but I still give it five stars.