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Fishbone got started in 1979 as a " disparate, all-black oddball crew " when the members were in junior high school in South Central Los Angeles.

Their unique stew of different styles was a great influence on several subsequent alternative bands.

A single on Columbia Records, " Party at Ground Zero " was their first release, and was followed by a self-titled EP, Fishbone.

They were close friends with bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Thelonious Monster and they toured in the 1980s.

Sometimes they would even jam together on stage.

In 1987, in support of their first full-length album, In Your Face, the band performed " Jamaica Ska " in the Annette Funicello / Frankie Avalon reunion movie Back to the Beach.

Fishbone toured with the Beastie Boys across the US and other parts of the world.