John Norwood Fisher

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John Norwood Fisher (known as Norwood Fisher, b. September 12, 1965) is the bass player for the funk/rock/ska/metal band Fishbone. Fisher has played bass in the band throughout its history, even as other members have come, gone, and returned. Fisher generally lends propulsive slap-funk playing to the band's tunes, while holding down the band's grooves throughout their myriad changes of musical direction. He is also involved in a side project called Trulio Disgracias. Most recently he has been working on a solo project calling himself Woody Weedstraw, his material is inspired from his love for pot smoking.

Fisher is known to style his hair into a single, well-endowed dread on top of his head that he calls his antenna to communicate with people around the world, and for wearing robes (or sometimes only a bath towel or garbage bag) on stage.

[edit] Influence

Fisher's influence extends to several of the biggest musical acts of the 1990s. Bassist P-Nut from 311 has been quoted as saying that he started playing Warwick basses after seeing Fisher perform. Presumably, P-Nut was also inspired by Fisher's furious slap-stylings on the bass. P-Nut in turn influenced the style and equipment choice of Dirk Lance of Incubus. Fisher also had an influence on Mr Bungle bass player Trevor Dunn.