List of Fishbone members

Fishbone is an American rock band formed in 1979 with John Norwood Fisher (bass), his brother Philip "Fish" Fisher (drums), Angelo Moore (vocals, saxophones and theremin), Kendall Jones (guitar), "Dirty" Walter A. Kibby II (vocals, trumpet), and Christopher Dowd (keyboards, trombone, vocals). The band's current line-up consists of constant members Moore and J. Fisher, Kibby II (who was absent between 2003 and 2010), Dowd (who was absent between 1994 and 2018), drummer John Steward (who first joined in 1999) and guitarist Mark Phillips (since 2019).

History

Fishbone was founded when all the members were in junior high school in 1979.^[1] After releasing two albums and two EPs, the band were joined by John Bigham on guitar and keyboards in 1989.^[2] Guitarist Kendall Jones left the band in 1993,^[3] soon followed by Christopher Dowd in 1994.^[4] Bigham left in 1997,^[5] and was replaced by Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton.^[6] Drummer Philip "Fish" Fisher also left later in 1998, he was briefly replaced by Clint Cameron and Dion Murdock before John Steward joined in 1999. Dowd was replaced by Anthony Brewster from 1997 to 1998, before John McKnight joined, who stayed until 2001

Walter Kibby and Singleton both departed in 2003. Fisher, Moore and Steward rebuilt the band with Rocky George of Suicidal Tendencies and Tori Ruffin of The Time on guitars (though Ruffin left soon thereafter), and Dre Gipson on keyboards. McKnight returned in 2005, the band also had various trumpet players, who were PaDre Holmes, Fernando Pullum, Mervin Campbell, and Curtis Storey. McKnight again left in 2010, the band were re-joined by Kibby around the same time. In 2011 the band were joined by Tom "Tom-Bone" Ralls on trombone and Tori Ruffin briefly returning a substitute for George. After touring the band were joined by Jay Armant as full time trombonist.

In February 2013, keyboardist Dre Gipson left the band after nine years, reggae musician Freddie Flint filled in temporarily on keyboards, before Paul Hampton joined in July. Original drummer Philip "Fish" Fisher re-joined in November 2016, replacing Steward.^[7] John Bigham returned to the band in 2017, replacing George. Keyboardist and trombonist Christopher Dowd returned in January 2018, replacing both Hampton and Armant.^[8] Making a reunion of the bands classic line-up, minus Kendall Jones.

Bigham again departed in December 2019, he was replaced by Mark Phillips.^[9] In November 2020, the band were re-joined by Kendall Jones for a one of performance. Phillip "Fish" Fisher left the group again in late 2021, after which John Steward rejoined on drums.

Members

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Angelo Moore	1979–present	vocals saxophones theremin percussion	all releases
	John Norwood Fisher		bass vocals
	"Dirty" Walter A. Kibby II	1979–2003 2010–present (guest 2008) [10]	vocals trumpet	all releases except Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006)
	Christopher Dowd	1979–1994 2018–present (guest 2009, 2010, 2016) [11]	vocals keyboards trombone	all releases from Fishbone (1985) to Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe (1993) Fishbone (2023)
	John Steward	1999–2016 2021–present [12]	drums	all releases from Chim Chim's Badass Revenge (1996) to present
	Mark Phillips	2019–present[13]	guitar	Fishbone (2023)

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Philip "Fish" Fisher	1979–1998 2016–2021 [14]	drums vocals	all releases from Fishbone (1985) to Chim Chim's Badass Revenge (1996)
	Kendall Jones	1979–1993 (guest 2008, 2010, 2016 and 2020)[15]	guitar vocals	all releases from Fishbone (1985) to Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe (1993)
	John "JB" Bigham	1989–1997 2017–2019 [16]	guitar keyboards vocals	all releases from Set the Booty Up Right (1990) to
	Anthony Brewster	1997–1998 2003 [17]	keyboards trumpet vocals	none
	Tracey "Spacey T" Singleton	1997–2003[18]	guitar	Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx (2000) Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All (2002) Live at the Temple Bar and More (2002) Live in Amsterdam (2005)
	John McKnight	1998–2001 2005–2010 (guest 2004) [19]	keyboards trombone guitar	Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx (2000) Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All (2002) Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006)
	Rocky George	2003–2017[20]	guitar	Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006) Crazy Glue (2011) Fishbone Live (in Bordeaux) (2009)
	Dre Gipson	2003–2013[21]	keyboards vocals
	André "PaDre" Holmes	2004–2005 2007–2008 [22]	trumpet vocals	Fishbone Live (in Bordeaux) (2009)
	Curtis Storey	2005–2007[23] (died 2017)		Still Stuck in Your Throat (2006) Crazy Glue (2011)
	Jay Armant	2011–2018[24]	trombone vocals	Crazy Glue (2011)
	Paul Hampton	2013–2018[25]	keyboards

Touring

Guests/substitutes

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Notes
	Foley	1993	bass drums	played bass and drums at one show on June 25, 1993.[34]
	Gil Sharone	1998	drums	played drums at one show on March 22, 1998.[35]
	James Gray			played drums at twelve shows between May 25 and September 30, 1998.[36]
	Tim Moynahan	2003	trombone	played trombone at five shows between November 21 and December 13, 2003.[37]
	Flea		trumpet	played trumpet at one show on November, 26 2003.[38]
	Big Na, Mike T and Stuff	2005	drums	played drums at one show on April, 22 2005.[39]
	Ikey Owens	2012–2013	keyboards	played keyboards at four shows between December 20, 2012 and January 1, 2013.[40]

Timeline

Line-ups

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fishbone.

• Fishbone.net – Official band website
• FishboneLive.org – Collaborative Fishbone encyclopedia (semi-official)
• Fishbone at Legacy Recordings
• Fishbone on the Live Music Archive – Fishbone's section of archive.org's free live concert recordings.

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