Editing Fishbone (section)

===Early career (1979–1987)===
Fishbone got started in 1979 as a "disparate, all-black oddball crew" when the members were in junior high school. The Fisher brothers, Jones, Dowd, and Kibby were all from [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|first2=Christian |last2=Hoard|title=The new Rolling Stone album guide|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/298 298]|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac|url-access=registration|access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref> and were included in a school busing program that sent them daily to the [[San Fernando Valley]], where they met Moore, who was native to the area. After first using the name Megatron with Titus Norris on vocals, the sextet adopted the name Fishbone and formed a unique stew of different styles that became popular in the Los Angeles club scene and was a great influence on several subsequent alternative bands.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Accomazzo|first1=David|title=When Talent and Influence Aren't Enough|url=http://www.boulderweekly.com/entertainment/screen/when-talent-and-influence-arent-enough/|publisher=Boulder Weekly|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=November 9, 2011}}</ref> Their first club date was at Madame Wong's, the influential venue in Los Angeles's Chinatown that had been a showcase for a variety of seminal punk bands in the 1980s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2023-12-28 |title=Fishbone: Funk Meets Suburbia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/08/09/fishbone-funk-meets-suburbia/01b9188f-0fed-407f-948f-8644704d0c70/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> They formed strong friendships with Los Angeles bands like [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Thelonious Monster]], and [[Psi Com]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duersten|first1=Matthew|title=The Red Hot Days of Fabulous, Funky Fishbone|url=http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/red-hot-days-fabulous-funky-fishbone/|website=LAMag|publisher=Los Angeles Magazine|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 16, 2014}}</ref> Fishbone were signed to [[Columbia Records]] in 1983 after being spotted at a club gig by Brian O'Neal of [[The BusBoys]].<ref name=":2" /> Their first release was the 1985 single "[[Party at Ground Zero]]",<ref name="funk">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|title=Funk|publisher=Hal Leonard|year=2001|page=302|isbn=978-0-87930-629-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIEjkWXZdrMC&pg=PA302|access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref> followed by a self-titled EP, ''[[Fishbone (EP)|Fishbone]]'' produced by [[David Kahne]].<ref name=":2" /> They released their first full-length album ''[[In Your Face (Fishbone album)|In Your Face]]'' in 1986, and the following year they performed "Jamaica Ska" in the [[Annette Funicello]]/[[Frankie Avalon]] reunion movie ''[[Back to the Beach]]''. Fishbone's first major international tour was as the opening act for [[Beastie Boys]] on the 1987 ''Licensed to Ill'' tour.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Ron|title=The Punk History Behind the Beastie Boys' First Album, 'Licensed to Ill'|url=http://observer.com/2016/11/the-punk-history-behind-the-beastie-boys-first-album-licensed-to-ill/|website=Observer Music|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=November 11, 2016}}</ref>