"The Boldness Of Style EP" is the first single from the American rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Thelonious Monster

Thelonious Monster

Thelonious Monster is a post-punk rock band from Los Angeles, led by singer-songwriter Bob Forrest. Active from 1983 to 1994, and again since 2004, the band has released five original studio albums...

's second studio album, Next Saturday Afternoon

Next Saturday Afternoon

Next Saturday Afternoon is the second full length album for Thelonious Monster. It was included on the CD version of Stormy Weather.- Track listing :# Swan Song # Lookin' to the West # Hang Tough # Michael Jordan...

. The single was officially released in 1987.

Origins

Flea

Flea

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 of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

 produced the lead track "Walk On Water". "If I" was produced by John Girdletr and Bucket Fisher, a five-month-old baby who was at every session for the song, and every time he cried the band did another take. Shalome produced the live version of "Listen To The Music", which was originally written by The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. The group has sold over 40 million units worldwide throughout their career. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.-Original incarnation:...

."Listen To The Music" was recorded live at Berkley Square in Berkley

Berkley

- Places :United Kingdom* Berkley, SomersetUnited States* Berkley, Colorado* Berkley, Iowa* Berkley, Maryland* Berkley, Massachusetts* Berkley, Michigan* Berkley, Virginia, formerly a town, and now a neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia...

, California

California

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.

"If I" featured Fishbone

Fishbone

Fishbone is a U.S. alternative rock band formed in 1979 in Los Angeles, California, which plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk, hard rock and soul. Critics have noted of the band: "Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s...

's Angelo Moore

Angelo Moore

Angelo Christoper Moore is an American musician, best known for his work as the founding member, lead singer and saxophonist for the Los Angeles alternative rock band Fishbone. Moore also performs and records spoken word poetry under the stage name of Dr. Madd Vibe.-Biography:In 1993 he released a...

 (saxophone), John Norwood Fisher

John Norwood Fisher

John Norwood Fisher is the bass player and founder for the band Fishbone. Fisher has played bass in the band throughout its history, even as other members have departed and returned...

 (bass) and Cristopher Dowd (organ). Other guest musicians that appear on this EP are: "Walk On Water": John Dentino (organ) and Tree

Tree

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 (saxophone), "If I": Connie Berunen (percussion) Sondra Christianson (piano) and Sabrina Judge (vocals)

Track listing

US 3-track 12" vinyl EP 88561-154-1

1. "Walk On Water" - 2:15
2. "If I" - 4:29
3. "Listen To The Music (Live)" - 2:08