John Norwood Fisher

Combining equal parts of deep funk, high-energy punk, and frantic ska, the Los Angeles-based Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s. Read More

Founded by six friends bused to the San Fernando Valley from then-South Central Los Angeles, Fishbone taught themselves to play by jamming in their bedrooms, and burst onto the Los Angeles punk scene with a chaotic mixture of ska-punk that scored them a record deal before some of the members were old enough to vote (their parents signed the record contract for them). Read More