It was Fishbone. They kick ass. Good enough?:->

I didn't care for the opening bands much at all. The first was called
Good Life, and they did this kind of poppy rock stuff, and the lead
singer wiggled around a lot.

I didn't catch the name of the second one - they at least had real
good energy, and did sort of an angry hard, metal, rappish kind of
music. I still didn't like them much though... I really like that
full, varied sound of groups like Fishbone or the Daddies (they do a
lot of non-swing stuff - or at least they did...).

Fishbone then proceeded to play a lot of songs, allthough I can't
remember which ones (I was too busy enjoying myself and grooving..).
There were a lot of people who weren't moving much... I mean, I can't
dance, but what the hell, it's fishbone... how can you not move to
that music? Oh well, I had a great time, and I was really happy that
they still are so tight after all this time...

Maybe someone else can comment more.. I was really tired *before* I
got there due to not enough sleep...:->

Ciao,

David N. Welton

I missed the opening band Good Life, but the second band Dial 7 I thought was awful. It was a great oportunity to head for the lobby and have a beer. Fishbone kicked ass, as usual, but the crowd seemed as if everyone had a long day at work and no one was really up for it. A few of the older songs seemed to get some people moving, but during Lemon Meringue/Unyielding Conditioning/Pray to the Junkiemaker, the energy in the crowd dropped to zero. I think maybe five people were into it at that point. At least from what I saw from up front. Things picked back up for the last few numbers and the encore of Swim had all the mosh-happy boys going nuts. Angelo came into the crowd for a brief moment during Sunless Saturday but that was it for him. Maybe it was the five foot gap between the stage and crowd barrier that he had to leap. Overall it was a great show and a great time, but I left feeling something was missing that I can't quite put my finger on.
The songs (in no particular order):

Party at Groud Zero
Question of Life
I Wish I Had a Date
When Problems Arise
Beergut
Monkey Dick
Housework
Behavior Control Technician
Lemon Meringue
Pray To the Junkiemaker
Alcoholic
Skankin To the Beat
Pressure
Sunless Saturday
A Selection
Give It Up
Ma And Pa
Bonin in the Boneyard
Ugly
Lyin Ass Bitch
Unyielding Conditioning
Swim

I agree! Fishbone was awesome! I don't know much about him, but I really
dig the new keyboard player! Does anybody know what he did prior to joing
Fishbone? Very good on the trumbone too! They played a lot of their early
stuff. UGLY, Selection, etc... But for some reason, their didn't seem to
be a lot of energy in the crowd. There were pockets of people skankin and
stuff, but overall I've seen much better crowds when I saw them in
Albuquerque at the El Rey theater back in the day! I was kind of
disappointed with my first San Francisco Fishbone experience. Anybody else
at the Warfield show have the same opinion? Who knows, maybe it's just the
venue it self, the Warfield might of been a bit too large for the show. I'd
rather of seen them somewhere else like Bimbos 365 club or something.

Breedlove