COURTESY OF FISHBONE
Fishbone headlines tomorrow at Volcanoes Nightclub.
Fishbone makes
isle splash
If any of our readers know Hugh Hefner personally, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone would like an invitation to the man's famous mansion.
"We did the Playboy Channel recently, and they put us in the top 10 of the channel's appearances and I'm excited about that (because) anything to do with Hugh Hefner is the bomb. I never been invited but I got high hopes. I hope he notices me and invites me down," Fisher mentioned during a telephone interview.
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Xbox Pipeline Masters Party
with Fishbone, Go Jimmy Go and PohakuWhere: Volcanoes Nightclub, 1130 N. Nimitz Highway
When: 9 p.m. today
Admission: $20, 18 and over
Call: 528-7071
The Bud Light Surfer's Big Bash
with Yellowman, Fishbone, Neken, Hot Rain and AmplifiedWhere: Volcanoes Nightclub, 1130 N. Nimitz Highway
When: 9 p.m. tomorrow
Tickets: $21 advance (available at Breakers Restaurant, all Hawaiian Island Creations stores and the University of Hawaii-Manoa Campus Center); $27 day of event
Call: 528-7071
Fishbone returns to the local concert stage tonight as the headline attraction of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Xbox Pipeline Masters Party at the Volcanoes Nightclub. (The band will return tomorrow night to the club when they share the stage with reggae fave Yellowman at another concert event.)
It's been a few years since Fishbone's last show here, and Fisher says the group -- still fronted by madman Angelo Moore -- is bringing some new guest members with them for the weekend.
"We got Rocky George from Suicidal Tendencies playing guitar at the moment. Anthony Brewster, who was in Fishbone for a moment but is from the Untouchables, is on keyboards. ... We got Kid Merv, a brass band alumnus from New Orleans, playing trumpet with Fishbone -- that's dope! -- and Tim Moynahan from the Untouchables on trombone."
Another change since last time is strictly personal: Fisher and drummer John Steward have taken up surfing.
"I'm becoming a surfer and he can surf. I've only been surfing a couple of weeks, and I can't get up," Fisher said, laughing at his plight.
"I'm already addicted to snowboarding, so this is just the next evolution in board sports for me. ... Now me and John are trying to hook Angelo up so he can start surfing, too. Then we'll just roll around the planet, performing in beach communities and checking out the waves."
Fishbone has always been known for its unique amalgam of ska, funk and rock, as well as being an energetic and thoroughly entertaining concert act.
The band's current album is "Live at the Temple Bar and More," showcasing new material that the band recorded "in sunny Santa Monica."
Fisher says that it'll be available for sale at the show.
"We also have an EP called "The Friendliest Psychosis of All" -- about a half-hour's worth of music. We put it out on our own label, Nuttsacttor 5," he said.
Fisher also said "We just did this 'America's Wildest Backyard Parties' that'll be coming out soon, and it was wild -- like 'Girls Gone Wild.' Pure American madness in the Jerry Springer style or even deeper. I think we fit in pretty well."
COURTESY OF SANCTUARY GROUP
Jamaican artist Yellowman describes himself as being "yellow like cheese."
Reggae messenger
The terms "reggae legend" and "reggae superstar" get tossed around so freely these days that it seems any Jamaican artist with a few gray hairs or a couple of hit records automatically qualifies as such. One of those artists who can lay claim to either title is Yellowman, an inimitable entertainer who has been a leading innovator for more than 20 years in dancehall reggae and who shows no signs of slowing down."I love to travel, and I love to tour because people want to see me -- and I love it," he said last Saturday by phone while "walking with somebody in the ghetto" near his home in Jamaica.
Yellowman headlines tomorrow's relocated Bud Light Surfer's Big Bash. (The concert was moved to Volcanoes after heavy rains and flooding damaged the original venue in Haleiwa.)
The albino rapper who once described himself as being "yellow like cheese" is flying in from Jamaica especially to do the show between tour commitments and will return home afterward.
"You can tell (the people) that they're gonna get a good show, and I hope they can live up to the energy that I'm gonna share with them," he said.
It's been roughly a quarter-century since the former teenage toaster Winston Foster first rose to public prominence in Kingston, and almost that long since his first records established him as an international star.
Known early on for his lewd lyrics, Yellowman boasted about his sexual prowess and expressed forthright political opinions, which deflected the ostracism he experienced growing up as an albino in Jamaica. His quick wit, ironic humor and the ability to flow with almost any rhythm made Yellowman a popular concert act as well.
Yellowman's current album, "New York," released three weeks ago, finds him again at the top of his game and taking on topics ranging from sex to family responsibilities to the need for world peace.
The new album contains several songs written in response to the American invasion of Iraq. "CNN News" calls on the network to tell the entire story about what's going on there.
"Some people, they sing and they talk (about) things, and they don't know nothing about the world. But I know, you know? I watch CNN a lot ... but sometimes, you don't see everything on CNN. ... That's the reason why I did a song about CNN -- show us the truth there.
"I don't worry about politicians. I worry about how they're trying to change the world. My children, other people's children, they need to know what's going on, (so) when they grow up, they'll know how to survive and how to live with people. They must know the truth."
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