FISHBONE
At the Wetlands, NYC (6/09/01)
At 12:10am, the Fishbone funk was set loose on the fans at
the Wetlands!!!Here is the set list:
·
Rolling in Many Blunt Ways
[Dirty Walt song]
·
Nuttmeg World [Dirty Walt
song]
·
Karma Tsunami
·
Pressure
·
Behavior Control Technician
·
Shakey Ground
·
I Wish I Had a Date
·
Cholly
·
Freddie's Dead
·
Ma and Pa
·
Just Allow
·
Riot
·
Bonin' in the Boneyard
·
Jah-Jah on the Telephone
(excerpt)
·
AIDS and Armageddon
·
Lyin' Ass Bitch
·
One Planet People
·
Alcoholic
·
Subliminal Fascism
·
The Lord's
Prayer....Fishbone-style
·
Servitude
ENCORE:
·
The Suffering
·
Everyday Sunshine
·
Party at Ground Zero
DA BREAKDOWN (an appropriate term for this
show)
The band started with a couple of Dirty Walt's solo songs, "Rolling in
Many Blunt Ways" and "Nuttmeg World". The grooves were
well-anchored by the strong, stanky bass of Norwood Fisher and the guitar
antics of the insane Spacey T were electrifying!!!! Angelo Moore and Norwood
provided backing vocals. Angelo provided percussion (a la bongo) and hi-frequency
soundwaves to disturb one's brainwaves (by way of the theremin)!!! John
Steward's drumming was as lethal as a fat woman named Cholly falling onto
Angelo, after a crowd-surfing mishap!!
THEN, IT CAME!!! (The following is not for
the faint of heart......)
The REAL bomb dropped as the song "Skankin' to the Beat" began
(reggae-funk on heavy dose of CRACK).......I felt a strong push and it almost
floored me! I looked........these MF's were MOSHING!!! The ska groove got the
party into breakneck mode! These folks were "breaking down" every
sense of decent behavior and sanity as they pounced and bounced about like
water molecules of boiling water!! Forget about Corey Glover & VICE's
armageddon-type shows..........this was the inner depths of HELL, and I was
along for the insane ride!! The breakneck pace slowed down to allow the crowd
to breathe and cool down (my body temperature was probably at 105 degrees
Fahrenheit)!
"Shakey Ground" featured Spacey T
doing a tribute to the late Eddie Hazel with guitar lines from the Funkadelic
song "I Wanna Know If It's Good To You"....it was some phenomenal
shit.......just to listen to Spacey T's guitarwork!! "Riot" was an
appropriate term for the chaos in the club!! "Bonin' in the Boneyard"
featured some in-your-face bassisms by the great Norwood!! "Jah-Jah on the
Telephone" (from Angelo's Dr. MaddVibe alter-ego) was a nice addition to
the show!! "AIDS and Armageddon" had a much hard-rock slant to it,
thanks to the fiery guitar antics & smotherin' bass!!! (Smotherin' like the
atmosphere in the club.......the place was almost sold out and a lot of people
were still on this "PCP-type" high!! "Lyin' Ass Bitch"
was DA BOMB, with the ending dedicated to George W. Bush ("You redneck
motherfucker......lyin' piece of sack of shit......slut, trash can, scummest
dirtbag.......BITCH!!")!!!! "The
Suffering" began with a long reggae-type intro.......the song featured
some strong bass & a great guitar solo! "Party at Ground Zero"
ended with some top-notch, stank ass solos from Norwood (bass), John (drums),
and Spacey T (guitar)!! The chaos finally subsided at 2:20am. BY THAT TIME, THE
WETLANDS WAS IN A STATE OF DISASTER!!
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