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'&2 The Orion October 20, 1999 -~ Chico reeled in by Fishbone , '.11 BEN KELLV S/tljJWriter ,.,'. =c.J The eirclls cmne to town last Thursday, but instead of elephants and clowns, there C'mon and take It... were nutty outfits, fans intoxicated with funk und a guy with u dead fish tuttooed 011 his A drummer friend once pointed out to head. The Skaffunkfmetul band Fishbone me Ule luck of legendary women guitar stopped by Chico und showed everyone a heroes in rock 'n' roll. There has yet to be good time with their goofy sense of humor, afemale Hendrix or Clapton to grace the social commentary and general hyperactivity. Hall of Fame. He used this fact to suy, The Brickworks hosted the Fishhone fren­ quite chauvinistically, that women don't zy ulong with opening band Shu vel. The rock. I had to admit that us far as the stan­ ,show got off to .1 slow sturt, but by the end, dard musiciuns in rock music go (gui­ ulmost everyone in the club (myself includ­ tarists, drummers and bass players) there ed) was englllfed in the spirit of sku. just aren't very many female legends. Shuvcl didn't exactly set the right tone for' But that doesn't really matter because Fishbone. Shuvcl had a more hard and aggro where women have lacked in the backing uttitude. Even though the two mismatched music, they have made up in fronting . bands didn't fit the bill very well together, rock bands. In fact, the best rock 'n' roll Fishbone fnns weren't discouraged. By the vocalist ever was u woman. time Fishbone started playing, the dance I would argue to my grave that Janis' floor was sufficiently populated. Joplin has never been, and will never Fishbonc jumped on stage and performed be, topped as the greatest singer that· a bomburdment of recklessly diverse sound ever lived. That raspy, crying howl bled . for the next two hours. Though their sound is the blues in that same cosmic way that . ulmost impossible to c.ltegorize, they use ele­ Jimi's guitar did. Her voice wasn't; ments of deep funk. high-energy punk and clean and perfect like Jewel's or frantic ska. Cmn,berries lead singer Delores· They were extremely loud and constant­ Rierden, it was dirty - more like Bessie . ly flowing with music. They had intensely Smith, Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters. high energy and seemingly endless build­ Her music was bar room, not ballroom. ups that fired up the medium sized crowd It is unfortunate that, like her voice, to start thrashing. The singer's vocals were her lifestyle also matched those of fast und furious but also powerful and traditional bluesmen. Joplin didn't sip soulful. 1he thumping, rolling bass and wine - she guzzled whiskey. She didn't· fast, galloping drums sounded awesome. settle down with men - she slept with giving participants in the crowd no choice The OrionlUSA RIVERA them. The stories of her excessive but to dance. Fishbone frontman Angelo Moore getting crazy on the mic at The Brickworks. Fishbone partying rival those of Led Zeppelin. Their set slammed back and forth between brought their eclectic mix of ska, funk, punk and metal to their Chico fans on Thursday.' Compared to her contemporaries, funk and Ska, creating a style similar to The Joplin was a rock'n'roll monster. Her. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Faith No More and instrument. popularized in the intro of Star municated with the audience. When he wild style and reckless unties made her. Parliament all rolled into one. Trek. uses frequencies to change pitch. The thought the sound wasn't just right he asked, an underground folk hero. Not that she They kicked off their performance with closer Moore's hund got to a metallic rod, the "Cun we huve the trombone turned up a little set out be one, it just happened that way. a heavy metal song "Swim." This song got higher the pitch. Likewise, the closer he got bit, just a pubic hair of volume." "I'm not at all sold on the idea of the crowd almost dancing. Fishbone then his other hand to a metal hoop, the louder in Moore's expressive face went ulong with becoming the poor mun's Cher," she let them nave it with "Lyin' Ass Bitch," a volume the noise would be. his various mime-like hand movements. He once said. silly. frenzied ska tune. This song turned Fishbone were excellent performers, uti­ would pretend to be trapped in u box or hold­ Joplin's first fans may have consist­ an (ltherwise immobile crowd into a stir­ lizing a Parliament-like stage presence', com­ ing an invisible ball. His hyperactive intensi­ ed mostly of flower children and street ring turmoil of excited participants. Other plete with funky attire. Bassist John Norwood ty really kept the crowd going. Although the people of the 60's but the art she songs included the crazed ska "Ma and Fisher wore a black and orange checkered top crowd began to thin out, most people created with music put Cher's to Pu," the message-luden punk rock hut made of foam, similar to the Mad Hatter. remuined on the dance noor skankin' their shame. Her career never led her to her "Subliminal Fascism" and the heavy metal He also wore a complementing neon orangc brains out until after the encore. own television program like Cher's "Sunless Suturday." jumpsuit. At one point he announced that Fishbone really camc through and gave it did, but it also wasn't marred by one "shots of tequila will help us along." their all. They truly have u distinctly originul either. Reruns of Sunny and 'Cher only i Fishbone incorporated a guitar, a bass, a keyboard and drums for most of their songs. Moore donned II two-tone suit lind sported sound, which has obviously influenced more serve to remind people how cheesy pop The two lead singers and the keyboardist ulso a clear plastic cane that he would fluil in the popular bunds like No Doubt and Sublime. sellouts really are. Joplin's music is all doubled as the horn section comprising of a air to the funky beat of the music. He also had They had II great attitude too. According to that's left to remind us of her greatness, . trumpet, a saxophone and u trombone. the band's trademark fish skeleton tattooed Fisher, by listening to Fishbone, you've and that's just how it should be. Lead singer, saxophonist and ringmaster . down the middle of his shaved head. Moore joined "the psychotic friends nuttwerk." Joplin recorded only four tllbums Angelo Moore also played a therumin. This wus very comical between songs as he com- Nutty is for sure. during her career - two of them were released lifter her death. She did enjoy some success during her career with the platinum-selling "Cheap Thrills" that she recorded with her first band, Psychic Fair explores the unexplained. Big Brother and the Holding Compuny. For the rest of her career, Joplin: RAISSA RI)CHA struggled with drug's and booze. SlajJlVriler "We teaclJ simple tools The Avalon According to A Rolling Stone biogra- : Institute on phy, she was known to drink straight: Too many things in this world to /lelp people to the corner of from the bottle on stage and would': cannot be reusonably explained Esplanade often stay passed out until just before it.:: - when someone thinks about a become more aware of and Fourth was time to take the stage. Her last;: person and that person calls, or streets in album, "Pearl" was titled after the:' when two people uncxpectedly who they are." Chico, regu­ name she gave her party-animal alter: fall in love ut first sight, and it larly holds ego. The album, releused after her:: seems like they have known each Roxane Burnett fairs that give death, contained one her most famous> other for yeru·s. Assistant Director Avalon Institute the public a recordings a version of':. The Clairvoyant Fair at the chance to get Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby': Avalon Institute Saturduy helped a spiritualiS­ McGee." Her status· as a legendary.. : to shed some light on this phe­ breath. the clairvoyant readers tic reading rocker became finalized when she wus,~: nomenon. ask questions, feel energy, sec for $5. adopted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of :. Fifteen people guve some kind auras and describe possible Fame in 1995. of energy work in IS-minute sec­ explanations for :I person's Today's women rockers have to be - , . tions, which is enough for u taste. pessimistic thoughts, or tell peo­ thankful for the legacy that Joplin left .'.- Roxane Burnett, assistant ple if they are on the right puth. behind. Artists like Sheryl Crow and director, said the work they do is "If I presented this, it is Ani DiFranco ull seem to shure thut like personal development. It is because I have the same encrgy pain that came out in Joplin's voice. " . mainly to help people to take on me, so if 1 take this energy out r ,wish I could have had the chance control of their lives and release of you, it will be helping me to to see Janis Joplin perform at least one the old beliefs that become tuke it out of me too, so thank time in my life. But like so many other destructive patterns. you for helping me," said Kelly, a The Orion/MEGAN BARBER musical heroes of mine, she died "It's 110t really advice. If, for graduate student from the "Say your name three times, head. Then we're going to put before my time. example, I'm in this relationship .one-year program. please,." one of them said. some happiness in it, validution. This month marks the 29th anniver­ and I'm not happy, what we look Burnett suid the people who "Do you have any questions?" And let's put some humor so you sary of her Janis Joplin's death. But we Orion ut is what the puttern is to their give the section arc able to look Since I had too many, I told can laugh at the bad thoughts you can still be thankful that, in her life, she relationShip. It's how sometimes at what's possibly causing them' them to start. may have," they said. gave us a little piece of her heart to ; IErnlERTAINMENT you see yourself being in the to be in the situation they arc. "1 see you have a very pure "Now imagine the sun pour­ make us feel good.

" . StajJ same relationship over and over "All humun beings have what spirit, and you're in the right wuy. ing into your head and filling. up again. We teach simple tools to is called electromagnetic ti.eld. In 1 sec the symbol of a rose and a your entire body, your throat, Editor help people to become more this electromugnetic field we bright slin on your head as you go your stomuch, your legs, your .' . hold all of our solutions, all of ~ JejrC/emetsoll aware of who they are," she said. in the direction you're going." toes. And put your hands on' the Usua1Jy, people come in our worries, all of our past. We Then I usked why I wus floor to bring back your. ~ : Assistant EdHor asking questions about their jobs curry all of our thoughts. When always afraid that something bad balance." ". 1()(fd McBain or relationships, and her job is to somebody comes in and asks us a was going to happen. As I wulked out, r felt my "say hello" to their spirits. questions, very mechunicully this "It's not your energy. It's a body numbund an unexplainable

.r ~. Designer "You know, we have a body, electromagnetic field starts to male energy. It's from your peace in my thoughts. .:':]al/les NejlOltlllceno we have' u mind, und we also move and shift in a way that if childhood," they suid Nancy was one the first have a spirituul aspect. When you're sensitive enough you can I asked if it could've been my people to walk in the Avalon on · Writers they come in saying they have a see the energy mOVing," she said. dud, and they suid they heard yes Saturday. She, said'she'd done a Bile Rem} Lopez question about their relationship, In order to have the real expe­ for an answer. lot of readings in her life, but it's · R(/issa Rocha for example, we're able to suy rience, I went in for a reading. At the encl, they told me not like a religion. ilfe.t{//u/ria Rocbll hello to them, talk to them in a The plain room indicuted they'd move some of that energy "This is a way of life, it's Janis Joplin 1943-1970 Bell Kerly way that's more than body, more they arc not any crystal btlll from me and put some good understanding who you are. It's than mind," she suid. wizurds. Then a man and u energy in to replace the old. understunding people psycholog­ JejJ Creme/soil call be reached at ,,' Calendar Editor Hands resting on the Jegs, woman sitting still with their "Imagine a golden sun rls big ically," she said. "I'm very [email protected] · Lisa Be/raya eyes close::d and taking deep eyes closed spoke to me. as you want on the top of your intuitive und clairvoyant myself." \/ '~; \.

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