Outsized personalities, artistic innovation, commercial failures, subtle racial prejudices, explosive ego trips and even a kidnapping attempt all belong to the history of musical mavericks Fishbone. In telling the band’s story, filmmakers Chris Metzler and Lev Anderson could have molded these elements into a melodramatic tale, styling it like an episode of “Behind the Music.” But doing justice to the Fishbone name meant delving into the cultural elements and personal connections that brought a singular band into being, a band that can play “punk to funk to heavy metal to reggae, sometimes … all in the same song,” Metzler said in a phone interview this week.
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