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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
May 8th 1998	The Hurricane - Kansas City (MO)
Oct 6th 1998	Ripleys Alive - Cincinnati (OH)
Oct 7th 1998	House of Blues - Chicago (IL)
Oct 9th 1998	A.1.A. - Lexington (KY)
Oct 10th 1998	Majestic Theater - Detroit (MI)
Oct 31st 1998	Alley Cat Scramble - Toronto (ON)
Dec 2nd 1998	9:30 Club - Washington (DC)
Dec 3rd 1998	The Vault - Baltimore (MD)
Dec 5th 1998	The Chance - Poughkeepsie (NY)
Dec 6th 1998	Trocadero - Philadelphia (PA)

Found on these live recordings

220 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Nov 13th 2010	Club Nokia - Los Angeles (CA)	Audience
	Dec 16th 2010	Avalon Night Club - Santa Clara (CA)	Professional capture
	Feb 11th 2011	Cervantes - Denver (CO)	Audience
	Feb 21st 2011	Altar Bar - Pittsburgh (PA)	Audience
	Feb 27th 2011	Amos' Southend - Charlotte (NC)	Audience
	Mar 1st 2011	The Norva - Norfolk (VA)	Audience
	May 28th 2011	Yucca Tap Room - Tempe (AZ)	Audience
	Oct 20th 2011	Bootleg Theater - Los Angeles (CA)	Audience
	Nov 3rd 2011	Double Down Live - Gainesville (FL)	Audience
	Mar 23rd 2012	Independent - San Francisco (CA)	Soundboard

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.