Fishbone
Fishbone performing live in 2007
Background information
Also known as	Fishbone & Familyhood Nextperience
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Funk metal[1][2] alternative rock[3] funk rock[4] ska punk[5]
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Columbia DC-Jam Rowdy Hollywood High Times Sound in Color Nuttsactor 5
Members	Angelo Moore Christopher Dowd Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton Hassan Hurd JS Williams James Jones
Past members	John Norwood Fisher Walter A. Kibby II Phillip "Fish" Fisher Kendall Jones Anthony Brewster Dion Murdock Tori Ruffin André "PaDre" Holmes Curtis Storey John McKnight Dre Gipson Freddie Flint Rocky George Jay Armant Paul Hampton John Bigham John Steward Mark Phillips Aroyn Day
Website	www.fishbone.net

Fishbone is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1979, the band plays a fusion of ska, punk, funk, metal, reggae, and soul. AllMusic has described the group as "one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late 1980s. With their hyperactive, self-conscious diversity, goofy sense of humor, and sharp social commentary, the group gained a sizable cult following".^[6]

Fishbone first assembled as school students in 1979 with John Norwood Fisher (bass), his brother Philip "Fish" Fisher (drums), Angelo Moore (vocals, saxophones, theremin), Kendall Jones (guitar), "Dirty" Walter A. Kibby II (vocals, trumpet), and Christopher Dowd (keyboards, trombone, vocals). They achieved their greatest commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, after which they went through many personnel changes. Throughout the 2000s, John Norwood Fisher and Angelo Moore were the last remaining original members of the band. In the 2010s, the original lineup, save for Kendall Jones, reunited. As of March 2025, the lineup consists of Moore, Dowd, guitarist Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton, drummer Hassan Hurd, trumpeter JS Williams, and bassist James Jones.