Girls were sweating and dancing in their bikinis while the “bros” slamdanced their sweaty torsos against anything within reach. It was an unseasonably warm night and the place lacked anything resembling air conditioning. The Thunderbird Café was surprisingly small, was packed wall to wall and was as hot as Hell. Obviously, this was never going to happen to me…until September 8th, 2015 when they took the stage at the Thunderbird Café!Īfter a great warmup set by the obviously Fishbone-influenced band named Downtown Brown, the ‘Bone took the stage to “Servitude” and ripped through songs both old and new. The weather got so bad that the highway was completely shut down and people were directed back in the other direction. Leaving work, the weather was decent but as I pushed forward and about a half an hour into my drive, I was confronted with a white out and a blizzard. With the winter weather as unpredictable as it is in Western PA, I waited until the day of the show to see how the weather would be since I had an hour and a half drive ahead of me. Then in 2008, they were playing a show in February. Strike two.Ī year later, Fishbone was supposed to play one of the summer festivals in Pittsburgh but again, for some random reason, dropped off of the bill. Although I still went and it was a great show, it would have been epic to see those three bands playing together. Days before the show, I discovered that Fishbone were double booked and would not be playing that show. Excited to see Fishbone coming to town, I preordered my tickets early to make sure that I wouldn’t miss out. Next up came a show that they were supposed to play with Slightly Stoopid and Inner Circle around 2006. The problem with that was that I was getting married a few days before their show and I would be on my honeymoon the day that they were playing. Luckily the girl at the door believed me and I had emails as proof and let me in since the show was sold out.įirst, in 2003 I found out that they were playing in Pittsburgh in the middle of October.
Take into account that I was supposed to be on the guest list for this show, but was conveniently left off. I was worried that something would happen leading up to the moment that they hit the stage at the Thunderbird Café. My luck and timing was so bad that I figured that I should probably just forget about ever getting the chance to catch them in concert. Let me tell you a few stories about missing out on the band over the years. Date: September 8th 2015 Opening Band: Downtown Brown Band Link: Fishbone Dot NetĪfter about 15 years of being a fan of Fishbone, the stars aligned and I FINALLY had my opportunity to catch them live for the first freakin’ time.
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