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 ...

It's taken 31 years, but Fishbone is finally making an appearance in Wichita. Two, actually. Friday, the ska-punk-funk-metal band with a big cult following plays Frida's on west 21st. And this fall, a ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Well, during a phone call with Fishbone’s Chris Dowd last week in honor of their upcoming Van Buren show, he asked me, “When was the last time you listened to a Fishbone record?” Then he added, “Be ...

I’ve continuously made music with Angelo from 1979 to the end of 2023. A hiatus is okay with me. If we never make music together again, we did the damn thang and I’m cool with that idea. — Norwood ...

Today marks the release of Fishbone’s ninth studio album Stockholm Syndrome. The album is the band’s first to feature their new lineup of Angelo Moore, Christopher Dowd, James Jones, Hassan Hurd, John ...

There are really only two types of Fishbone fans in this world: those who are ardent, revering devotees, and those who are about to become one. The cult favorite band, whose triumphs and struggles ...

Mike Park‘s latest iteration of Bruce Lee Band — which also includes Jeff Rosenstock, Dan Potthast, and Kevin Higuchi — released the great Division in the Heartland EP last year, and now they’ve ...

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 ...