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Alcoholic

Published on these records

Chim Chim's Bad Ass Revenge

(1996)

(1996)

Fishbone 101 - Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' The Fonkay

(1996)

(1999)

Live in Amsterdam

(2005)

Live in Bordeaux

(2009)

Official video

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
634 times	06 Jul 1985 @ Keystone - Palo Alto (CA-US)	15 Dec 2023 @ Goldfield Trading Post - Roseville (CA-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Feb 17th 2001	Roseland Theater - Portland (OR)
Mar 15th 2001	Key Club - W Hollywood (CA)
Jun 8th 2001	Wetlands - New York (NY)
Jun 9th 2001	Wetlands - New York (NY)
Jun 10th 2001	Pearl Street - Northampton (MA)
Jun 12th 2001	Toad's Place - New Haven (CT)
Jun 16th 2001	North Star Bar - Philadelphia (PA)
Jun 17th 2001	9:30 Club - Washington (DC)
Jun 18th 2001	Alley Katz - Richmond (VA)
Jun 26th 2001	Ziggy's by the Sea - Atlantic Beach (NC)

Found on these live recordings

220 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Mar 26th 2017	Waiting Room - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	Mar 26th 2017	Waiting Room - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	Apr 2nd 2017	Duck Room at Blueberry Hill - St Louis (MO)	Audience
	Jul 1st 2017	Moe.down - Turin (NY)	Audience
	Jul 1st 2017	Moe.down - Turin (NY)	Audience
	Jul 1st 2017	Moe.down - Turin (NY)	Audience
	Sep 14th 2017	Catalyst - Santa Cruz (CA)	Audience
	Feb 10th 2018	The Cave - Big Bear Lake (CA)	Audience
	Jun 29th 2018	Levitt Pavillion - Los Angeles (CA)	Audience
	Jul 28th 2018	Fuji Rock Festival - Niigata (JP)	Professional capture

Found in these videos

Tagged in 72 videos

Found in 24 full show videos

Official video

https://youtu.be/kScvg2CDMWw

Lyrics

Ohh Alcoholic
Ohh real good liquor
Ohh make you clumsy
Ohh make you throw up

Well...my Pop had a party at the house one night
on the last day of school and the food is all right.
We had a speaker on the roof and a speaker on the hill
with four turntables and a reel to reel.
All the pretty women came, no ugly chicks
all the stars came from the Ritz.
The people eat the chicken
and they drink up all the liquor
and they turn into a big
Screwdriver

Well...my uncle is a 'Holic'
and he down a pound of Whiskey!
With an Eight for a chaser,
spit it on the bouncer
kicked his ass
and he lost a girlfriend
with a big soul kitchen
Now he's layin' in the gutter
like a skid row bum
Skid row bum style

Ohh Alcoholic
Ohh Scotch and 800
Ohh make you scratch the record
Ohh burn the spaghetti

Well...I came home from school on a Monday.
I missed the radio reggae show.
I felt like a rude boy,
I could have slammed me a poseur

"You know" Well...
My uncle called me a punk rocker in the doorway
as he dribbled on the table
when he started to say,
"You're not a rude boy, you're a lazy boy,
you should make like a tree and leave
Make like a library and book,
Make like a roach and bug off"

Ohh Alcoholic
you can't drive
Before you crash and go to jail.