I was looking for live video of Philip (Fish) Fisher playing drums. I have seen him a few times with Fishbone (way back in the day) and he was seriously amazing. He eventually was the touring drummer for Justin Timberlake, so that gives you an idea of how he's revered within the pop music. With Fishbone, there was an insane stage show happening in front of him, so I imagine people didn't notice him much. They would have been moving, though, and the motor driving the entire building was Fish.
First time I saw him live, I assumed there was some kind of drum trigger trickery happening. Didn't seem like a human could be playing some of that stuff with only two arms and two legs. On the Beastie Boys tour, he had a small electronic set (to fit on the huge Beasties set) and it was set up sideways, so every stick and pedal hit was visible. It was all real. Amazing.
There are some Fishbone live videos, but Angelo and the antics take the frame, so you don't get to see Fish much. I happened across this rooftop jam session in the search, and while it's pretty tame music, you can easily see why he was such a huge influence on me:
Rock solid. Oh, and Chali 2na in the mix as well.
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