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May 5, 2021 · Phil Clarkin. A Tulsan by way of Detroit, Austin and Los Angeles, Tori Ruffin is the founding member of Freak Juice, a funky, hard-rocking music collaborative that includes musicians Charlie...
Feb 22, 2021 · published 22 February 2021. As funk-rock collective Freak Juice release new album, They Call Us Juice, Ruffin discusses how he ended up reprising his role in Sexual Chocolate for this year's Coming 2 America. (Image credit: Tori Ruffin) Tori Ruffin has served as the lead guitarist in Morris Day and the Time for roughly a quarter century, and ...
Dec 29, 2022 · 9. 140 views 10 months ago AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER. Interview with Guitarist, Tori Ruffin. Tori Ruffin, lead guitarist of Morris Day and the Time for the last 28...
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Early career
Fishbone got started in 1979 as a "disparate, all-black oddball crew" when the members were in junior high school. The Fisher brothers, Jones, Dowd, and Kibby were all from South Central Los Angeles and were included in a school busing program that sent them daily to the San Fernando Valley, where they met Moore, who was native to the area. After first using the name Megatron with Titus Norris on vocals, the sextet adopted the name Fishbone and formed a unique stew of different styles that be...
Rise to fame
Fishbone was primarily considered a ska and funk band during their early years, but later became more guitar-driven with a focus on rock and soul music. The 1988 album Truth and Soul brought Fishbone wide critical acclaim. With this album, the band also added left-leaning social commentary to their lyrics, covering topics such as the breakup of families, contemporary racism, fascism, nuclear war, and oppression in lower income housing projects. The album was highlighted by a hard rock-inspire...
Post-Sony years
Now a five-piece, Fishbone was dropped by Sony Records (formerly Columbia) in 1995, upon presenting their next album. The band added more heavy metal and hardcore punk influences to their sound on the 1996 concept album Chim Chim's Badass Revenge, released by Rowdy Records and produced by Dallas Austin. The album went largely unnoticed by the general public, peaking at just #158 on the Billboard albums chart. In 1996, the band contributed to the AIDS benefit album Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + L...
Christopher Dowd – keyboards, trombone, vocals (1979–1994, 2018–present)Mark Phillips – guitar (2019–present)Aroyn Day – bass (2024–present)Live albums
1. Live at the Temple Bar and More(2002) 2. Live in Amsterdam(CD/DVD – 2005 – recorded live in November 2002) 3. Fishbone Live (in Bordeaux)(CD/DVD – 2009 – recorded live in April 2008) 4. Live at The Independent(2012)
Compilation albums
1. Singles(Japan only, 1993) 2. Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay(1996) 3. The Essential Fishbone(2003)
EPs
1. Fishbone(1985) 2. It's a Wonderful Life(1987) 3. Set the Booty Up Right(1990) 4. Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All(2002) 5. Crazy Glue(2011) 6. Intrinsically Intertwined(2014) 7. Fishbone(2023)
Angelo Moore appeared briefly in the 1984 movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.In 1985, Angelo Moore and Walter Kibby appeared in the Eurythmicsvideo "Would I Lie To You?"Angelo Moore appeared in the 1986 music video for "Do Fries Go with That Shake?" by George Clinton.The band is featured in the 1987 movie Back to the Beach, performing a rendition of "Jamaica Ska" with Annette Funicellosinging lead vocals.The Tori Ruffin Freak Juice Traditional is a dream come true! The craftsmanship is without peer. Every facet, every single aspect of the guitar, from the neck, the body, the pickups and hardware, is exceptional.
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Oct 5, 2022 · "The man has a resume any musician with half a brain cell would kill to ascribe their name to. Icons, history makers, record setters, landscape changers - no...
© 2024 Google LLC. Tori Ruffin—currently Morris Day and the Time’s right-hand man—has been laying down funky, danceable riffs for decades. He’s toured in Fishbone, worked along...
