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Alcoholic

Published on these records

Chim Chim's Bad Ass Revenge

(1996)

(1996)

Fishbone 101 - Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' The Fonkay

(1996)

(1999)

Live in Amsterdam

(2005)

Live in Bordeaux

(2009)

Official video

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
645 times	06 Jul 1985 @ Keystone - Palo Alto (CA-US)	24 Jan 2025 @ Soho - Santa Barbara (CA-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Nov 13th 1994	The Rave - Milwaukee (WI)
Nov 14th 1994	Union Bar - Iowa City (IA)
Mar 2nd 1995	WUST Radio Music Hall - Washington (DC)
Mar 6th 1995	Irving Plaza - New York (NY)
Mar 11th 1995	Vic Theater - Chicago (IL)
Apr 1st 1996	Palookaville - Santacruz (CA)
Apr 3rd 1996	Phoenix Theater - Petaluma (CA)
Apr 22nd 1996	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)
Apr 25th 1996	Ranch Bowl - Omaha (NE)
Apr 30th 1996	Galaxy - St Louis (MO)

Found on these live recordings

223 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Dec 15th 2022	Great American Music Hall - San Francisco (CA)	Audience
	May 23rd 2023	Red Butte Garden - Salt Lake City (UT)	Audience
	May 24th 2023	The Mission Ballroom - Denver (CO)	Audience
	Jun 4th 2023	Le Gueulard Plus - Nilvange (FR)	Audience
	Jun 13th 2023	Zik-Zak - Ittre (BE)	Audience
	Jun 13th 2023	Zik-Zak - Ittre (BE)	Audience
	Jun 15th 2023	Hellfest - Clisson (FR)	Professional capture
	Jul 28th 2023	Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver (BC)	Audience
	Aug 18th 2023	Capitol Theater - Port Chester (NY)	Audience
	Sep 15th 2023	Supernova International Ska Festival - Fort Monroe (VA)	Professional capture

Found in these videos

Tagged in 74 videos

Found in 27 full show videos

Lyrics

Ohh Alcoholic
Ohh real good liquor
Ohh make you clumsy
Ohh make you throw up

Well...my Pop had a party at the house one night
on the last day of school and the food is all right.
We had a speaker on the roof and a speaker on the hill
with four turntables and a reel to reel.
All the pretty women came, no ugly chicks
all the stars came from the Ritz.
The people eat the chicken
and they drink up all the liquor
and they turn into a big
Screwdriver

Well...my uncle is a 'Holic'
and he down a pound of Whiskey!
With an Eight for a chaser,
spit it on the bouncer
kicked his ass
and he lost a girlfriend
with a big soul kitchen
Now he's layin' in the gutter
like a skid row bum
Skid row bum style

Ohh Alcoholic
Ohh Scotch and 800
Ohh make you scratch the record
Ohh burn the spaghetti

Well...I came home from school on a Monday.
I missed the radio reggae show.
I felt like a rude boy,
I could have slammed me a poseur

"You know" Well...
My uncle called me a punk rocker in the doorway
as he dribbled on the table
when he started to say,
"You're not a rude boy, you're a lazy boy,
you should make like a tree and leave
Make like a library and book,
Make like a roach and bug off"

Ohh Alcoholic
you can't drive
Before you crash and go to jail.