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Fishbone = mc2

Danny (Shredder) Weizmann, L.A. Weekly, 3 May 1985

Al Einstein, man? He had it all wrong! E isn’t the thing that equals mc2. Fishbone’s riding high off a self-titled cbs ep, rocking down with a mean-ass sophisticated professionalism. Fishbone is matter multiplied infinitely over velocity. I don’t wanna label what Fishbone does as some rackety-reggae-funk-punk-ska-skunk-scum bologna. In layman’s terms, you could say it’s the Groove Supreme, but with more attention paid to detail. Let’s simply declare it Fishbone.

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