The East Carolinian, November 22, 1988

NOVEMBER 22, 1988 Page 8

Fishbone, an industrial punk band, does the Fat Albert, kills Freddy  

BY CHIPPY BONEHEAD, Staff Fishboner 

A couple outside the Attic asked if we knew anything about the band playing tonight. We said sure, "It's Fishbone, a fast and furious industrial punk band. They said, 'Do they do covers? We told them no, and they left to seek more acceptable ways to spend Friday night. We went in and watched Fishbone do TWO covers, their version of Curtis Mayfield's "Freddy's Dead" and the theme from 'Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" Na,na,na, gonna
have a good Mme, hey, hey, hey.
Hey. now could I have known they'd do "Fat Albert"? Fishbone is known for off the wall stuff, but the only thing that could have surprised me more would have been a cover of "The jeffersons" theme song.
I wasn't surprised by the rest of the show. Flaying to an almost packed house, Fishbone alternately rocked and stunned the audience. From the speed metal "Subliminal Facism" to the acoustic finale "Change", the "coalition
against tradition" (as their press release names them), proved their reputation as the hottest live act around to be justified.
Starting out with a couple of fast-paced tracks from their new Lp, "Truth and Soul, they sent the crowd into a pogoing, slamming jumble. A few brave souls continued to perform stage dives throughout the show, even after
bouncers escorted unruly partiers to the cold outdoors. But since one of the Fishboners kept diving too, it was hard to condemn those enthusiastic divers caught up in the party mood.
Fishbone kept the crowd dancing the entire night. Even those near the bar were inspired to a few knee swivels.
After a slower number and then the now infamous "Fat Albert" interlude, the band and the crowd began shaking the floorboards with "Freddy's Dead", "Bonin' in the Boneyard" (a Bonehead favorite) and their 1985 hit, "Party at Ground Zero"
The party was red hot, they sang, and after a brief encore, five of the bones left the stage. Guitarist Kendall Ray Jones cooled down the crowd with "Change". Tracy Chapman seems to have put a copyright on acoustic
ballads lately, but I'm all for more songs like "Change" from Fishbone, as long as it doesn't keep them from cranking out their party jams.
After the Attic show, most of Fishbone gravitated to a party on Jarvis Street, where they proceeded to take off X's "Los Angeles" the greatest album made, and put in tape after tape of Public Enemy.
They freely distributed a strange brew of Chihuahua beer and liquor and talked about record companv hassles.

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