by Ed Solt
In the mid 2000s, the South Bay music scene was drenched in the chirps of reggae, most often lead by a singer soulfully crooning in the style of Sublime’s Bradley Nowell. One of the bands that heavily influenced Sublime, as well as other Southern California bands, such as the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, was Fishbone.
Fishbone combined ska, punk, funk, hard rock, soul,



