Sunday, January 16, 2011

There Are Worse Things Than Being Called Fishbone

Look what the cat dragged in. Thirty years ago.

South Central Los Angeles is not often associated with ska music, especially the L.A. of the 1980s that was dominated by West Coast Hip-hop a la Dr. Dre and World Class Wreckin' Cru among others. Out of this would come gangsta rap and the profileration of artists like Ice Cube, Snoop Dog and Warren G.

Meanwhile there was an underground music scene, with a band called Fishbone making a name for themselves by doing their own thing. [READ MORE HERE]

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