FISHBONE
At Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON {CANADA}
(4/25/02)
What a city.......Toronto!!! Probably the most exciting city in Canada!! Toronto's
energy level and downtown scene is almost like New York City....almost!!
Anyway,
the Toronto fans packed Lee's Palace to await the arrival of the Nuttsanctified
Spaceship from the planet NUTTMEG.......touchdown time: 11:40pm. Outta the
Nuttsanctified Spaceship came the crazed-looking, meganutt bass player Norwood
Fisher, the being with the sticks of fire John Steward, the lethal axe-slayer
wanted in 20 galaxies Spacey T (he's the one responsible for the Big Bang!),
the foul-mouthed trumpeteer Dirty Walt, and the tongue-of-fire, word-slaying,
death-defying leaping captain of the Nuttsanctified Spaceship.....Mr.
"Emergency House Call Puhh-leeze!" himself...........
Angelo, under the disguise of his mirrored but extremely verbalistic,
word-contortionist personality Dr. MaddVibe, started with a hefty dose of
"Emergency House Call, Puhh-leeeeze!" The musical splank of the bass,
guitar and drum grooves was too much for some fans who started the mosh pit
shit a little too early in the show! (CHILL, GUYS!!) It was the fault of the
megawatt bass riffs!!! "Nuttmeg World" was Dirty Walt's turn to put
his funky, smokey voice to good work! It was time for some
"Pressure"....that blew the lid off of the Toronto fans who went
insane with the crowd-surfing, moshing, and what have you! Angelo was hovering
six feet above the floor twice with the support of the Nuttsanctified
followers!! "Ma and Pa", "Housework" (YES, that song!),
"AIDS and Armaggedon", and "Let Dem Hoes Fight" were great,
especially "Let Dem Hoes Fight" with enough wattage from the heavy
bass and wicked guitar to light up all the neon displays in Toronto! Angelo did
the "Junkie's Prayer" (TOO FUNKY!) but no "Pray to the
Junkiemaster". "Alcoholic", "Sunless Saturday",
"Karma Tsunami", "Freddie's Dead", and the psychotic &
hardcore "Riot" were good. Spacey T shined as he spoke of late
Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel........he deemed Eddie as the greatest guitar
player in Funkadelic history. Spacey T ripped a new asshole in "Shakey
Ground" (penned by Hazel)! His tribute included a piece of Funkadelic's
"I Wanna Know If It's Good to You", "Free Your Mind and Your Ass
Will Follow", "Pussy", "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic",
and "Comin' Round the Mountain"! The majestic horns blew on
"Party at Ground Zero"!!
The first encore included a rapper named Skitz who rapped about the Nuttiest
band in town!! That segued into "The Suffering", which led to
"Everyday Sunshine" which featured some gospel jamming!! "Bonin'
in the Boneyard" stank from the overpowering bass of Norwood!
The second encore started with "Fishbone is Red Hot".......the fans jumped
and moshed about with delight!! "Servitude" ended the show with some
power drumming by John.......it brought the foundation of Lee's Palace down to
ruins! Being satisfied with the destruction before them, the Nuttsanctified
Spaceship departed at 1:45am.
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