For over four decades, Fishbone have been one of music’s great genre disruptors, fusing punk, ska, funk and soul into a sound that is both socially conscious and musically innovative. Later this month, the legendary Los Angeles outfit return to Australia for the first time in 15 years, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album In Your Face, performing the record in full alongside fan favourites from across their career.
Joining them across the tour will be some of Australia’s finest ska and punk acts, with The Kittyhawks supporting in Adelaide and Melbourne, and legendary Australian ska outfit The Porkers joining the Sydney and Brisbane shows. Tickets on sale now via Destroy All Lines.
The Australian tour arrives in the wake of Fishbone‘s long-awaited ninth studio album Stockholm Syndrome, released last June and marking their first full-length LP in more than 20 years. The album is a real and powerful statement on modern life and picks up where the band left off in 1995, tackling politically charged themes alongside reflections on life, relationships and redemption. The record continues in the spirit that first made Fishbone one of the most influential alternative bands of the 1980s and 1990s.
