During the ’80s in Los Angeles, a band of Black kids from the South Central area and the San Fernando Valley played a form of rock music with such vigor, bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers were ...

For Chris Dowd, songwriter and keys player for the genre-defying musical group Fishbone, a band is like an artistic movement. Like a painter who unveils a new style that legions imitate (read: Picasso ...

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Tracey Singleton’s return to punk-ska-funk pioneers Fishbone in 2024, after a 22-year absence, came about unexpectedly. Singleton, also known as Spacey T, had watched some videos online and sent a ...

We're joined by Angelo Moore and Chris Dowd, the founding members of Fishbone. In the world of ska and punk music the band is a legend. The band formed in 1979 – over 45 years ago. Angelo and Chris ...

“I felt musically invisible. I wasn’t feeling respected as a writer,” says Christopher Dowd, explaining why he quit the band Fishbone in 1994. Fast-forward to 2023, and Fishbone just released the ...

In the late ’70s, a band of high school kids from South Central Los Angeles were curious about what would happen if they sped up traditional reggae rhythms and added a punk rock tempo. The result ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Long-running ska-punk stalwarts Less Than Jake return to Northeast Ohio on Friday as their “Summer Circus” tour stops at the House of Blues Cleveland. Tickets start at $47 and are ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

It made almost too much sense when Fishbone singer and saxophonist Angelo Moore said his love for music came as a child watching Looney Tunes cartoons. My own first exposure to his ska/punk/rock band ...