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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
Jun 28th 2001	Dancing in the District - Nashville (TN)
Jun 30th 2001	Ranch Bowl - Omaha (NE)
Jul 7th 2001	Metro - Austin (TX)
Jul 8th 2001	Red Jacket - Dallas (TX)
Jul 18th 2001	Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver (BC)
Jul 20th 2001	Berbatis Pan - Portland (OR)
Jul 21st 2001	SF Dawg Pound - San Francisco (CA)
Aug 24th 2001	Temple Bar - Santa Monica (CA)
Oct 16th 2001	Cubby Bear - Chicago (IL)
Oct 25th 2001	Harper's Ferry - Allston (MA)

Found on these live recordings

220 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Mar 23rd 2012	Independent - San Francisco (CA)	Professional capture
	May 26th 2012	Denver Day of Rock - Denver (CO)	Audience
	Jul 12th 2012	The New Parish - Oakland (CA)	Audience
	Oct 20th 2012	Les Abattoirs - Bourgoin Jallieu (FR)	Audience
	Oct 20th 2012	Les Abattoirs - Bourgoin Jallieu (FR)	Professional capture
	Oct 22nd 2012	New Morning - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Oct 27th 2012	La Luciole - Alençon (FR)	Audience
	Nov 11th 2012	Le Rackam - Bretigny sur Orge (FR)	Audience
	May 25th 2013	Denver Day of Rock - Denver (CO)	Audience
	Apr 13th 2014	Coachella - Indio (CA)	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.