Fishbone (EP)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fishbone
| type = ep
| artist = Fishbone
| cover = Fishbone_Fishbone_EP.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 21, 1985
| recorded = 1985
| studio = Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA; Eldorado Recording Studios, Burbank, CA
| venue =
| length = 26:33
| label = Columbia
| producer = David Kahne
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = In Your Face
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Fishbone
| type = ep
| single1 = ? (Modern Industry)
| single1date = 1985
| single2 = Party at Ground Zero
| single2date = 1985
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( Fishbone > Review )))|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7276|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|author=Prato, Greg|accessdate=March 31, 2010}}
| rev3 = Rolling Stone
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}Brackett, Nathan. "Fishbone". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 298, cited March 31, 2010
| rev2 = Robert Christgau
| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|B+}}Christgau, Robert. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1929 "Fishbone"]. robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
}}
Fishbone is the recording debut of alternative group Fishbone. This six-song EP was released in 1985 and captures the band at the height of their early funk/ska era. The track "Party at Ground Zero" remains one of the band's most popular tracks.
The track "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F." stands for "Voyage to the Land of the Freeze-Dried Godzilla Farts", as confirmed on the band's website, and imagines a government attempt to convince the public that Hiroshima was actually caused by Godzilla farting.{{cite news |last=Prato|first=Greg|date=June 12, 2012 |title= V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F. |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/v-t-t-l-o-t-f-d-g-f-204106/|url-status= dead|work= Rolling Stone|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220819211804/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/v-t-t-l-o-t-f-d-g-f-204106/ |archive-date=August 19, 2022|access-date=June 16, 2024}}{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
Reception
Spin wrote, "The spirits of Little Richard, Chuck Berry and dozens of anonymous honkers and shouters haunt the grooves. Fishbone charges through the six cuts at breakneck speed. Tunes jump jaggedly from one change to another, flashing a frantic ska-beat, squawking horns, growling guitars, nearly a capella harmonies, yelps, squeaks, guffaws and moans."{{cite magazine| magazine= Spin | title=Spins|author=Randall F. Grass| date=July 1985|issue=3|page=32}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| title1 = Ugly
| writer1 = Kendall Jones
| length1 = 2:52
| title2 = Another Generation
| writer2 = Jones
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = ? (Modern Industry)
| writer3 = David Kahne, Jones
| length3 = 4:26
| title4 = Party at Ground Zero
| writer4 = Jones, Angelo Moore, John Norwood Fisher
| length4 = 6:31
| title5 = V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.
| writer5 = Fisher
| length5 = 4:23
| title6 = Lyin' Ass Bitch
| writer6 = Lisa R. Grant, Jones, Moore
| length6 = 4:16
}}
:7. "Skankin' to the Beat" (bonus track, some vinyl editions)[https://www.facebook.com/fishbonemusic/posts/10152395924979893 Fishbone Official Page], Facebook, April 19, 2014
Personnel
;Fishbone
- Angelo Moore – saxophone, vocals
- Walter A. Kibby II – trumpet, vocals
- Kendall Jones – guitars, vocals
- Chris Dowd – keyboards, trombone, vocals
- John Norwood Fisher – bass, vocals
- Philip "Fish" Fisher – drums
;Additional personnel
- Lisa Grant – vocals on "Lyin' Ass Bitch"
;Production
- Nancy Donald – design
- David Kahne – engineer
- Tony Lane – design
- David Leonard – engineer, mixing
- John Scarpati – photography
- Jack Skinner – mastering (Sterling Sound, New York City)
Accolades
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!Year !Publication !Country !Accolade !Rank |
| align=center| 1985
|align=center| 3{{cite magazine|author= |title=Pazz & Jop 1985|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres85.php|magazine=The Village Voice|via=Robert Christgau|location=New York|page=|date=February 18, 1986|access-date=February 3, 2024}} |
References
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