Despite the underachievement of their previous record, 1993's Give a Monkey a Brain, the defection of two founding members (guitarist Kendall Jones and keyboardist Chris Dowd), and the discarding from their longtime label Columbia, Fishbone stuck it out.
Signing with Arista subsidiary Rowdy Records, the now 5-piece band issued Chim Chim's Badass Revenge in 1996.
Unfortunately, the album only furthered Fishbone's downward slide.
One bright spot was that the sound wasn't as metallic as its predecessor was -- it brings to mind the band's earlier albums.
The songwriting is still not up to snuff, however, evidenced on such predictable and sophomoric songs as "Beergut" and especially "In the Cube" (sample lyric: "Deep in the toilet, Doo deep doo").
Although the band was included on the Warped tour around the time of the album's release, Chim Chim's Badass Revenge suffered the same cruel commercial fate as its predecessor.
And repeating the conclusion of their previous tour, another longtime bandmember would leave (drummer Fish), and Fishbone would leave their record company once again.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IntroJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 01:41 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 2 | Chim Chim's Badass RevengeDallas Austin, Fishbone | Fishbone | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | In the CubeJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 08:32 | 19 MB | 57 MB |
| 4 | BeergutJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | Interlude 1John Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 6 | Psychologically OvercastJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| 7 | AlcoholicJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 8 | Love...HateJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 06:44 | 15 MB | 50 MB |
| 9 | Interlude 2John Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 01:08 | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| 10 | RiotJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 00:56 | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| 11 | Monkey DickJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 12 | SourpussJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 07:14 | 16 MB | 52 MB |
| 13 | Rock StarJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 40 MB |
| 14 | Pre NutDallas Austin, Fishbone | Fishbone | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 15 | NutmegJohn Bigham, Naomi Fisher, Patrice Fisher, Walter Adam Kibby II, Angelo Moore | Fishbone | Play | 10:29 | 24 MB | 76 MB |
| 69 mins | 159 MB | |||||
| 69 mins | 502 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naim Ali | Creative Director |
| 2 | Dallas Austin | Composer, Executive Producer, Producer |
| 3 | John Bigham | Composer |
| 4 | Mathieu Bitton | Illustrations |
| 5 | Busta Rhymes | Guest Artist, Producer |
| 6 | Tony Cousins | Mastering |
| 7 | N'Dea Davenport | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 8 | Fishbone | Composer, Creative Director, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 9 | Naomi Fisher | Composer |
| 10 | Patrice Fisher | Composer |
| 11 | Mary Harris | Vocals |
| 12 | Anthony Harrison, Jr. | Art Direction, Design |
| 13 | Daniel Hastings | Photography |
| 14 | Jeanette | Vocals |
| 15 | Joi | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 16 | Walter Adam Kibby II | Composer |
| 17 | Kim Lumpkin | Coordination |
| 18 | Erick Malmstron | Engineer |
| 19 | Trina Meade | Vocals |
| 20 | Angelo Moore | Composer |
| 21 | John Nelson | Vocals, Voices |
| 22 | Kevin Parker | Mixing Assistant |
| 23 | Peach | Vocals |
| 24 | Darin Prindle | Engineer |
| 25 | Alvin Speights | Engineer, Mixing |
| 26 | Jamie Stewart | Illustrations |
| 27 | R. Toons | Illustrations |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |