Fishbone REALITY OF MY SURROUNDINGS

Fishbone: Angelo Moore, Chris Dowd, Walter Kibby II, Norwood Fisher, Kendall Jones, Fish, John Bigham.Additional personnel: Fenando Pullum (trumpet); T-Bone (percussion); Sam Mims (programming); Vicky Calhoun, Kristen Vigard, Aklia Chin, James Grey, Greg Bell, Natalie Jackson, Byron West, Larry Fishburne, Nadja Holmes, Kyva Holmes, Wendell Holmes, Gaz Mayall, Susan Rogers, Sultana Muhammad, Katherine Cederquist, Clip Payne, Jeff Conners, Susan Stoval (background vocals).Engineers: Larry Duhart, Joel Stoner, Clark Germain.Principally recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California.The apotheosis of Fishbone's socially conscious funk/ska/metal/reggae amalgam, THE REALITY OF MY SURROUNDINGS must be heard to be believed. The crunching metal of the opener, "Fight the Youth," in which blistering guitar riffs squeal over funk bass and soulful singing, signals that this won't be your average rock outing. This is reinforced by the self-implosion narrative of "Pressure" (required listenin