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* ButNotTooBlack[=/=]ButNotTooWhite: Musically, this was one of their biggest roadblocks early on in their career, as black radio stations weren't interested in them because of the punk rock element, and white radio stations weren't interested since they were a black band that didn't resemble anything else.
* ClusterFBomb: Some of their songs

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* ButNotTooBlack[=/=]ButNotTooWhite: Musically, this was one of their biggest roadblocks early on in their career, as black radio stations weren't interested in them because of the punk rock element, and white radio stations weren't interested since they were a black band that didn't resemble anything else.
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%%* ClusterFBomb: Some of their songs
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* LongTitle: The ''It's A Wonderful Life (Gonna Have A Good Time)'' EP
** ''Give A Monkey A Brain...and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe''

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--> ''"Party at ground zero\\
A [[{{BMovie}} "B" Movie]] starring you\\
And the world will turn to glowing\\
Pink vapor stew"''
-->-- '''Fishbone''', ''"Party At Ground Zero"''

-->''"Fishbone is a group of brothers that play that heavy metal music. It's the stuff that you see on Creator/{{MTV}} and turn from.''"
-->--'''Damon [=Wayans=]'''

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--> ''"Party at ground zero\\
A [[{{BMovie}} "B" Movie]] starring you\\
And the world will turn to glowing\\
Pink vapor stew"''
-->-- '''Fishbone''', ''"Party At Ground Zero"''

-->''"Fishbone
->''"Fishbone is a group of brothers that play that heavy metal music. It's the stuff that you see on Creator/{{MTV}} and turn from.''"
-->--'''Damon [=Wayans=]'''
-->--'''Creator/DamonWayans'''
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* AngryBlackMan: Suggested in "Rock Star"

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Fishbone are an African-American [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Punk-Funk-Reggae-Ska-Rock]] band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles who formed in 1979. They are best known for their songs "Party At Ground Zero," (about WorldWarIII) and their [[CoverVersion cover]] of Curtis Mayfield's "Freddie's Dead" (from ''Film/{{SuperFly}}'').

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Fishbone are an African-American [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Punk-Funk-Reggae-Ska-Rock]] Punk-Funk-Reggae-Ska-Rock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles who formed in 1979. They are best known for their songs "Party At Ground Zero," (about WorldWarIII) and their [[CoverVersion cover]] of Curtis Mayfield's "Freddie's Dead" (from ''Film/{{SuperFly}}'').



* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: As [[Music/{{Minutemen}} Mike Watt]] said in ''Everyday Sunshine'':
-->"I've seen them do every style, in the ''same song''."
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* SexinessScore: "I Wish I Had A Date" has the fictional date being imagined as a "ten" that could impress everyone.
-->Show her off to all the rest of my friends
-->I'm not good lookin' but at least she's a 10
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* DeathByMusicVideo: The band gets nuked at a party during the "Party At Ground Zero" video, leaving white shadows on the walls.

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