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Fishbone performing in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2022

Fishbone is an American rock band formed in 1979 with John Norwood Fisher (bass), his brother Philip "Fish" Fisher (drums), Angelo Moore (vocals, saxophones and theremin), Kendall Jones (guitar), "Dirty" Walter A. Kibby II (vocals, trumpet), and Christopher Dowd (keyboards, trombone, vocals). The band's current line-up consists of Moore and Dowd (who was absent between 1994 and 2018), with several new members added in 2024.

History

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Fishbone was founded when all the members were in junior high school in 1979.[1] After releasing two albums and two EPs, the band were joined by John Bigham on guitar and keyboards in 1989.[2] Guitarist Kendall Jones left the band in 1993,[3] soon followed by Christopher Dowd in 1994.[4] Bigham left in 1997,[5] and was replaced by Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton.[6] Drummer Philip "Fish" Fisher also left later in 1998, he was briefly replaced by Clint Cameron and Dion Murdock before John Steward joined in 1999. Dowd was replaced by Anthony Brewster from 1997 to 1998, before John McKnight joined, who stayed until 2001

Walter Kibby and Singleton both departed in 2003. Fisher, Moore and Steward rebuilt the band with Rocky George of Suicidal Tendencies and Tori Ruffin of The Time on guitars (though Ruffin left soon thereafter), and Dre Gipson on keyboards. McKnight returned in 2005, the band also had various trumpet players, who were PaDre Holmes, Fernando Pullum, Mervin Campbell, and Curtis Storey. McKnight again left in 2010, the band were re-joined by Kibby around the same time. In 2011 the band were joined by Tom "Tom-Bone" Ralls on trombone and Tori Ruffin briefly returning a substitute for George. After touring the band were joined by Jay Armant as full time trombonist.

In February 2013, keyboardist Dre Gipson left the band after nine years, reggae musician Freddie Flint filled in temporarily on keyboards, before Paul Hampton joined in July. Original drummer Philip "Fish" Fisher re-joined in November 2016, replacing Steward.[7] John Bigham returned to the band in 2017, replacing George. Keyboardist and trombonist Christopher Dowd returned in January 2018, replacing both Hampton and Armant.[8] Making a reunion of the bands classic line-up, minus Kendall Jones.

Bigham again departed in December 2019, he was replaced by Mark Phillips.[9] In November 2020, the band were re-joined by Kendall Jones for a one of performance. Phillip "Fish" Fisher left the group again in late 2021, after which John Steward rejoined on drums. In January 2024, Steward left the band for a second time. In April 2024, original members Norwood Fisher and Walter Kibby quit the band as well.[10] In mid-2024, Aroyn Day (bass), Hassan Hurd (drums), and JS Williams (trumpet) joined as their replacements. Mark Phillips also departed in August 2024,[11] Tracey Singleton returned as his replacement in November 2024.[12]

Members

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Current

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Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
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 Angelo Moore 1979–present
  • vocals
  • saxophones
  • theremin
  • percussion
 all releases
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 Christopher Dowd
  • 1979–1994
  • 2018–present (guest 2009, 2010, 2016)[13]
  • vocals
  • keyboards
  • trombone
Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton
  • 1997–2003
  • 2024–present
 guitar
Aroyn Day 2024–present
  • bass
  • vocals
 none to date
Hassan Hurd drums
JS Williams
  • trumpet
  • vocals

Former

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Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
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 John Norwood Fisher 1979–2024
  • bass
  • vocals
 all releases to date
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 "Dirty" Walter A. Kibby II
  • 1979–2003
  • 2010–2024 (guest 2008)[14]
  • vocals
  • trumpet
 all releases to date except Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006) and Fishbone Live (in Bordeaux) (2009)
Philip "Fish" Fisher
  • 1979–1998
  • 2016–2021[15]
  • drums
  • vocals
 all releases from Fishbone (1985) to Chim Chim's Badass Revenge (1996)
Kendall Jones 1979–1993 (guest 2008, 2010, 2016 and 2020)[16]
  • guitar
  • vocals
 all releases from Fishbone (1985) to Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe (1993)
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 John "JB" Bigham
  • 1989–1997
  • 2017–2019[17]
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • vocals
 all releases from Set the Booty Up Right (1990) to Chim Chim's Badass Revenge (1996)
Anthony Brewster
  • keyboards
  • trumpet
  • vocals
 none
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 John McKnight
  • 1998–2001
  • 2005–2010 (guest 2004)[19]
  • keyboards
  • trombone
  • guitar
  • Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx (2000)
  • Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All (2002)
  • Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006)
John Steward
  • 1999–2016
  • 2021–2024
[20] 		drums all releases from Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx (2000) to Fishbone (2023)
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 Rocky George 2003–2017[21] guitar
  • Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006)
  • Fishbone Live (in Bordeaux) (2009)
  • Crazy Glue (2011)
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 Dre Gipson 2003–2013[22]
  • keyboards
  • vocals
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 André "PaDre" Holmes
  • 2004–2005
  • 2007–2008[23]
  • trumpet
  • vocals
 Fishbone Live (in Bordeaux) (2009)
Curtis Storey 2005–2007[24] (died 2017)
  • Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006)
  • Crazy Glue (2011)
Jay Armant 2011–2018[25]
  • trombone
  • vocals
 Crazy Glue (2011)
Paul Hampton 2013–2018[26] keyboards none
Mark Phillips 2019–2024[27] guitar Fishbone (2023)

Touring

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Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Clint Cameron 1998[28] drums none
Dion Murdock 1998–1999[29]
Torrell (Tori) Ruffin
  • 2003–2004
  • 2004
  • 2004–2005
  • 2005
  • 2011[30]
 guitar Ruffin played off and on between 2003 and 2005, he later returned as a touring substitute for Rocky George in 2011.
Elizabeth Lea 2003–2004[31] trombone none
Mervin Campbell
trumpet
Fernando Pullum
  • 2007
  • 2009
  • 2010
Tom Bone Ralls 2011[33] trombone
Freddie Flint 2013[34] keyboards

Guests/substitutes

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Image Name Years active Instruments Notes
Foley_Live_at_La_Villette_2017.jpg
 Foley 1993
  • bass
  • drums
 played bass and drums at one show on June 25, 1993.[35]
Earl Hudson drums played drums at nine shows between September 23, and October 2 1993.[36]
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 Gil Sharone 1998 played drums at one show on March 22, 1998.[37]
James Gray played drums at twelve shows between May 25 and September 30, 1998.[38]
Tim Moynahan 2003 trombone played trombone at five shows between November 21 and December 13, 2003.[39]
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 Flea trumpet played trumpet at one show on November, 26 2003.[40]
Big Na, Mike T and Stuff 2005 drums played drums at one show on April, 22 2005.[41]
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 Ikey Owens 2012–2013 keyboards played keyboards at four shows between December 20, 2012 and January 1, 2013.[42]

Timeline

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Line-ups

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Period Members Releases
1979 – 1989
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Kendall Jones - guitar, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums, vocals
1989 – 1993
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Kendall Jones - guitar, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums, vocals
  • John Bigham - guitar, keyboards
1993 – 1994
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums, vocals
  • John Bigham - guitar
 none
1995 – 1997
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums, vocals
  • John Bigham - guitar
1997 – 1998
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums, vocals
  • Spacey T - guitar
  • Anthony Brewster - keyboards, valve trombone, vocals
 none
1998
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Spacey T - guitar
  • Anthony Brewster - keyboards, valve trombone, vocals
  • Clint Cameron - drums
1998 – 1999
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Spacey T - guitar
  • John McKnight - keyboards, trombone, guitar
  • Dion Murdock - drums
1999 – 2001
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Spacey T - guitar
  • John McKnight - keyboards, trombone, guitar
  • John Steward - drums
2001 – 2003
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Spacey T - guitar
  • John Steward - drums
2003 – 2004
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Tori Ruffin - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • Mervin Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn
 none
2004
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Tori Ruffin - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • Dre Holmes - trumpet, vocals
2004 – 2005
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Dre Holmes - trumpet, vocals
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • John McKnight - keyboards, trombone, guitar
2005 – 2007
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • John McKnight - keyboards, trombone, guitar
  • Curtis Storey - trumpet, vocals
2007 – 2008
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • John McKnight - keyboards, trombone, guitar
  • Dre Holmes - trumpet, vocals
 none
2008 – 2010
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • John McKnight - keyboards, trombone, guitar
  • Mervin Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn
2010 – 2011
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • John McKnight - keyboards, trombone, guitar
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
2011
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Tom Bone Ralls - trombone
2011 – 2013
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Dre Gipson - keyboards
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Jay Armant - trombone, vocals
  • Crazy Glue (2011)
  • Intrinsically Intertwined (2014)
2013
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Jay Armant - trombone, vocals
  • Freddie Flint - keyboards (unofficial)
 none
2013 – 2016
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • John Steward - drums
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Jay Armant - trombone, vocals
  • Paul Hampton - keyboards
2016 – 2017
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Jay Armant - trombone, vocals
  • Paul Hampton - keyboards
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums
2017 – 2018
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Rocky George - guitar
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Jay Armant - trombone, vocals
  • Paul Hampton - keyboards
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums
  • John Bigham - guitar
2018 – 2019
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums
  • John Bigham - guitar
2019 – 2021
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums
  • Mark Phillips - guitar
2021 – 2024
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
  • Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • Mark Phillips - guitar
  • John Steward - drums
  • Fishbone (2023)
2024
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • Mark Phillips - guitar
  • Aroyn Day - bass, vocals
  • Hassan Hurd - drums
  • JS Williams - trumpet, vocals
2024 – present
  • Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
  • Christopher Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
  • Spacey T - guitar
  • Aroyn Day - bass, vocals
  • Hassan Hurd - drums
  • JS Williams - trumpet, vocals

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