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Fishbone will be supporting Less Than Jake on 30 of their 31 2025 Summer Circus tour. Also supporting will be The Suicide Machines, Bite Me Bambi and Catbite (on select dates). All the details available on the tour dates section of Fishbonelive.org 

Out of nowhere, Dirty Walt & the Colombus Sanitation released a new record today, Feb 17th 2025. Called Grand Pa's Politics, this record showcases once more Dirty Walt's OG Funk flavors, Go Go beats and trademark lyrics. 13 strong songs, available on all streaming platforms. 

RxPxOxS is the new song that was released for Haloween and the upcoming presidential election.  In pure Fishbone fashion, it tells it like it is : 

Here we go again... another election cycle, another divisive decision to make. If you are ok with a racist running the country? If so, at least you know who you are and now we know where you stand. We didn't come all this way to go all the way…

Since Mark Phillips announced that he would leave Fishbone to pursue personal projects, there's been some speculation on whom would replace him. Well, Spacey T just confirmed that he's be back on guitars with Fishbone. Spacey T was instrumental to Fishbone's sound between 1998 and 2003. He's currently in studio with the rest of the band…

Fishbone just announced its west coast holiday shows with support from Strawberry Fuzz and Damnage. 11 dates across California, Oregon, Washington State, Nevada, Arizona and British Columbia.  Tickets are on sale Friday Sept 20th. 

This will certainly be the opportunity to catch some of the new tunes that have been recorded lately, among which Racist P.O.S. that Fishbone shared a snippet of…

Mark Philips is no longer Fishbone's guitarist.  He announced on social media that his other musical commitments as a composer and a producer had expanded in a way that no longer was  compatible with being in Fishbone.  Mark had assumed guitar duties in January 2020 after John Bigham had left to pursue his solo career.  In his 4+ years on guitar, Mark played close to 120 shows and contributed the song Wake…

Fishbone announced a special 180g vinyl release of the 1985 EP limited to 1000 copies.  It's a self release made possible by special arrangement with Somy/Columbia and all proceeds go to the original members.  The release features the original EP and a companion disc that includes the demos also found on disc 2 of the Fishbone 101 compilation.  It is available from…

L.A. legend, Roger Perry has passed 6 Aug 2024.  Roger was Fishbone's first manager, starting in 1984, when he got turned onto the band by another band he managed, the Bus Boys.  He also went on to manage 24-7 Spyz in 1989.  As Jimi Hazel (24-7 Spyz) put it: "Anyone who encountered Roger quickly discovered the depth of his musical knowledge, how absolutely hilarious he was and how supportive of the music and the bands he loved."

Roger was featured in the…

The Year of the Dragon, the band featuring Fishbone founding member Walter Kibby and Fishbone alumni Jay Armant just released a new single and video. The song can be heard on all platforms from https://yotd.hearnow.com/went-viral and the video is on youtube, of course. Enjoy! 

Fishbone presented its new line up at Boston's MGM Music Hall on May 29th, opening for Madness.  Founding members Angelo Moore and Chris Dowd are supported by Mark Phillips, on guitar duties since 2019, Aroyn Day on bass, JS Williams on trumpet and…