Victoria, British Columbia
Fri 11 Sep 1998
Centennial Stadium
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Sorry for the delay on posting a review of the show in Victoria but I
decided to stay a little longer and I didn't have Internet access:
Here's a list of the set in 'album order':
Lyin' Ass Bitch
When Problems Arise
Give It Up
Freddie's Dead
Ma and Pa
Deep Inside
Bonin' In The Boneyard
Behavior Control Technician
Junkies Prayer
If I Were AI'd
Sunless Saturday
Unyielding Conditioning
Beergut
Monkey Dick
Skankin' To The Beat
Just Call Me Scrooge
They didn't play any new material.
The setting was at the University's stadium on a small stage with all the
fans on the grass field. The cool thing about Angelo is that he hangs out
with people while the band before them is playing. He just lay on the
grass reading a book listening to Kinnie Star perform and occasionally
would talk to a fan that came up to him. I was a little concerned because
the crowd sat on the grass field while watching Kinnie Star, but when
Fishbone started playing, people went nuts. The stage was arranged in the
same fashion as it was on the Magic Hour when they played Shattered, with
Angelo's theremin back by the drum set. They opened with Deep Inside and
continued with a bunch of classics before ending with Monkey Dick and
Behavior Control Technician. I was disappointed at the crowd response at
the end of their set, causing Fishbone not to return to the stage to do an
encore. It's the first show that I've seen where Angelo has stayed on
stage the entire time because no one was crowd surfing. Walt was super
happy when somebody threw a joint up on stage for him. The band was very
tight and energetic as usual and Angelo used his Theremin in some cool
places to add another dimension to the music. De La Soul was the other
band performing that afternoon and they to put on a very good show.
The new members included McKnight on keyboards and trombone and some
drummer who's name eludes me. This drummer is no Fish. His time and rhythm
is right on, but he doesn't do a lot to increase the energy or the feel to
the music. Live, Fish used to do a cool rhythmic feel to Behavior Control
Technician, but these guy plays it vary straight. Also, the verse "freedom
come" in Sunless Saturday, the beat on the ride cymbal was about half time
compared to what Fish would play. I tried to pick out a couple of examples
that I could translate into words. I'm no drumming expert but I think that
it seemed to lower the energy level in the band without having that solid
rhythmic beat. He royally fucked up Bonin' In The Boneyard, causing the
band to completely miss the "dog barking" part and he came in too early on
Lyin' Ass Bitch. Before "bitch" was said at the end, he hit the cymbals,
to which Angelo replied "ah ah ah" in a jokingly fashion. Norwood looked
like he was super pissed off in Bonin' when it got all screwed around. It
sounds like I'm painting a bad picture of this new drummer, so don't get
me wrong. He is a very good drummer, it's just he doesn't compare to Fish
(very few compare to Fish) and of coarse he doesn't have the years of
experience together which made Fish and Norwood such an important part of
the rhythm section of Fishbone. At times he looked like he was struggling
a little bit, especially in Beergut. His timing was dead on for the whole
show though.
It's funny that there has been some discussion over using the word bitch
in a derogatory way towards females. When Walt and Angelo were introducing
Lyin' Ass Bitch, they said that it doesn't matter who you are, anyone can
be a bitch. Angelo said that "you don't need a dick or a pussy to be a
bitch." I think I've heard them use the word bitch before in an insulting
fashion therefore it was kind of strange to hear them say this. I've also
heard them make a bunch of comments before playing Cholly.
I finally got a hold of the Nuttsactor tape that they've been selling at
shows. It cost me a fortune ($13), but it's pretty good and one of the few
things I don't have. The quality is somewhat poor, but Straight Up
Masquerade and Are You Wid' It are pretty strong songs. Black Box is good
to it's just I need a bit more time to digest it. I was still disappointed
that they didn't have any other videos other than the Dr. Madvibe stuff.
I'm very interested in knowing how the Seattle show went since they
probably had a lot more time to play.
For all you Bone fans that are thinking about going to check them out, I
strongly encourage you to do so. Although they have to go through this
phase of rebuilding, they are still a very energetic bunch with loads of
potential in making it big. In fact, they are still the best live band
around, it's just I'm comparing them to their other shows in the past.
Definitely, check them out.
Mike.