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John_Galt
05/28/08 9:24AM ET

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/05/28/trey-anasta sio-hints-at-phish-reunion/

Nearly four years after their break-up, the four members of Phish may have some unfinished business together. In an interview with Rolling Stone last week, Trey Anastasio didn’t exactly say the band has talked about a reunion, but he did drop some heavy hints. “When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I’m not gonna go around playing ‘You Enjoy Myself’ for the rest of my life,” Anastasio said with a laugh. “And it’s so funny because Fish and Mike and Page have been talking to each other a lot lately and now — it’s not that I can’t believe that I said that, but its symbolic of how much I lost my mind or how much I lost my bearings or something. Because at this point in time I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in jail.”

Anastasio spoke to RS on May 21st, the same day he received some good news: He was sentenced to probation on charges of possessing painkillers without a prescription, which had been reduced to a misdemeanor after he completed a drug treatment program. Earlier in May, Anastasio and the other members of Phish stood onstage together in New York to accept a lifetime achievement award at the Jammies

WheresMyMrDon
05/28/08 9:30AM ET

interesting.

dunnbar
05/28/08 9:30AM ET

thats cool, but i dont knowif im ready to wait ocuntless hours on ticketmaster again jsut ot get tickets

tatumsnyc
05/28/08 9:30AM ET

::packs car with heady lot dog, veggie burritos (w/ special sauce), and a qp of beasters and gets ready for tour

cactusphan22
05/28/08 9:33AM ET

The link doesn't work.

SpaceCadetGlow
05/28/08 9:34AM ET

::gets all warm and fuzzy inside::

WheresMyMrDon
05/28/08 9:35AM ET

it works.

TranceIent
05/28/08 9:35AM ET

clickable text

TranceIent
05/28/08 9:35AM ET

::gets all warm and fuzzy inside::

dunnbar
05/28/08 9:36AM ET

didnt work for me. i jsut copy and pasted

dunnbar
05/28/08 9:36AM ET

thanks for the link

crunchygrooves
05/28/08 9:36AM ET

FLUFFHEAD!!!

biscoparty
05/28/08 9:37AM ET

anyone notice that trey is scratching himself in that photo? weird.

WheresMyMrDon
05/28/08 9:38AM ET

for future information - when someone posts a web add that goes past the first line of text and runs onto the next, when you copy and paste it into your add bar in your browser, for some reason, where the text ended on the first line of the post, and began on the second line of the post ends up with a space in it and somehow something like this "%20" and so it fucks up the link when you just copy and paste. whew, what a runon.

coillicka
05/28/08 9:38AM ET

reunion show -

YEM > YEM > YEM, YEM > YEM e: seven below

megarita1013
05/28/08 9:38AM ET

"I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in jail.”

what a fag.

jonnyhat
05/28/08 9:38AM ET

get your goo balls, hetty organic goo balls!

TranceIent
05/28/08 9:40AM ET

** puts meg on ignore list **

RuRoRichael
05/28/08 9:40AM ET

it's just a matter of time before he runs out of money and they will have to play.

tmrc66
05/28/08 9:41AM ET

"for future information - when someone posts a web add that goes past the first line of text and runs onto the next, when you copy and paste it into your add bar in your browser, for some reason, where the text ended on the first line of the post, and began on the second line of the post ends up with a space in it and somehow something like this "%20" and so it fucks up the link when you just copy and paste. whew, what a runon."

to make this short... to get the link to work, press backspace before the "s" in anastasio

megarita1013
05/28/08 9:42AM ET

** puts TranceIent on ignore list **

TranceIent
05/28/08 9:42AM ET

ohhh snap

phineusbarnum
05/28/08 9:43AM ET

jackhammers meg

heady_clone
05/28/08 9:45AM ET

"I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in jail.”

what a fag.

^says the wsp fan...hilarious

megarita1013
05/28/08 9:45AM ET

OHH! A jackhammer joke! WHAT?!

carla326
05/28/08 9:46AM ET

FUCK YES.

I really needed this today. Thanks for posting!

megarita1013
05/28/08 9:50AM ET

"^says the wsp fan...hilarious"

That creeps me out.

spacephunk
05/28/08 9:58AM ET

phish murders bisco especialy now adays

WheresMyMrDon
05/28/08 9:58AM ET

AmshMisfit
05/28/08 9:59AM ET

super hetty vegan organic gooooooooooo balls!

musicAddict
05/28/08 9:59AM ET

>"I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row >every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in >jail.”
>
>what a fag.

if him saying that doesn't make you smile, then you dont know good music. sorry.

John_Galt
05/28/08 9:59AM ET

>phish murders bisco especialy now adays

LOL

Yes, nothing > something. Clearly.

biscoparty
05/28/08 10:00AM ET

"phish murders bisco especialy now adays"???
kys

megarita1013
05/28/08 10:00AM ET

if him saying that doesn't make you smile, then you dont know good music. sorry.

I didn't say I don't like Phish. I just think the way he worded that was lame.

agentelement
05/28/08 10:01AM ET

** puts meg on ignore list **

carla326
05/28/08 10:01AM ET

"When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I'm not gonna go around playing 'You Enjoy Myself' for the rest of my life," Anastasio said with a laugh. "And it's so funny because Fish and Mike and Page have been talking to each other a lot lately and now — it's not that I can't believe that I said that, but its symbolic of how much I lost my mind or how much I lost my bearings or something. Because at this point in time I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in jail."

^^ I think that part needs re-posting. This is EXACTLY what I f'in needed today.

GeneyMcGene
05/28/08 10:02AM ET

I would go way more out of my way to see Phish than I would to see tDB.

megarita1013
05/28/08 10:02AM ET

** puts agentelement on ignore list **

PaulSmack
05/28/08 10:03AM ET

OMG Trey talked about his nuts in an interview~!

bisco2
05/28/08 10:04AM ET

Trey really sounds like he has his shit together now! Even saying how crazy he was to think that way, etc.

Phish tour Summer 2009.

JCFOysterhead
05/28/08 10:05AM ET

"Because at this point in time I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die."

That's kinda pathetic

megarita1013
05/28/08 10:06AM ET

^EXACTLY

tomsbwes119
05/28/08 10:07AM ET

I dont see how thats pathetic, he just realizes what an idiot he was for making that comment back when he was drugged up..."giving a left nut" to do something is a common expression people

TraverseReversed
05/28/08 10:09AM ET

::: throws on "A Live One" and begins masturbating furiously:::

musicAddict
05/28/08 10:10AM ET

"I didn't say I don't like Phish. I just think the way he worded that was lame."

so you call him a fag? LMAO... nicely put! thanks for adding your literary genius to this thread.

BeantownRasta
05/28/08 10:11AM ET

playing YEM five times in a row is better then sitting in jail...thanks trey

megarita1013
05/28/08 10:11AM ET

"so you call him a fag? LMAO... nicely put! thanks for adding your literary genius to this thread."

anytime dude. anytime.

GeneyMcGene
05/28/08 10:13AM ET

that's just how people from the south are.

ryeryerocco42
05/28/08 10:13AM ET

::plays with Trancient's left nut::

jgreene
05/28/08 10:14AM ET

he's running out of money, plain and simple.

John_Galt
05/28/08 10:15AM ET

>he's running out of money, plain and simple.

No, he's not.

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:16AM ET

who is Trey?... Phish who?

bisco2
05/28/08 10:16AM ET

man, most of you suck!

now you are critical of the way he said it???

fuck off!!!

Summer 2009!!

bisco2
05/28/08 10:18AM ET

I would highly doubt that Trey is out of money. The dude is set.

Tea_Daze
05/28/08 10:18AM ET

This is EXACTLEY what I needed today. I am down like James Brown!

carla326
05/28/08 10:19AM ET

critical of key changes. critical of jams. critical of quotes. hahahahaa

::puts on Gorge 98 Mike's and starts dancing around cubicle::

bisco2
05/28/08 10:20AM ET

cues up piper 7/06/98

mikedee
05/28/08 10:21AM ET

"Because at this point in time I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die."

fag

gbumps
05/28/08 10:22AM ET

fall tour kangfirmed...starting with msg run

TranceIent
05/28/08 10:22AM ET

** snorts morning after pill **

megarita1013
05/28/08 10:22AM ET

mikedee for President

ryeryerocco42
05/28/08 10:22AM ET

i will definitely catch some phish shows if they tour again. yea, they kind of left a sour taste in my mouth after the 1st and 2nd breaks, but whatever. i dont care, phish = great memories growing up.

it would be so much fun to see them again. the scene i could do without, but the actual shows would be awesome even if they sucked. knowing every word and every note to every song makes for a great concert experience. add the whole goofy, playful entity that is the phish and you have yourself some super enjoyable summer nights.

megarita1013
05/28/08 10:24AM ET

How is Trey going to go on tour when he is on probation?

bisco2
05/28/08 10:24AM ET

the point is if Trey is clean, the band will return to glory.

Its that simple.

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:26AM ET

No Trey Sucks...

Boycott Summer 2009!!!

Trey will just stop playing after two tours and leave every one pissed off again.

grizzly_twylyte
05/28/08 10:26AM ET

speculation rise!
the times go by with no news
dwindling hopes again

spisizzle
05/28/08 10:28AM ET

does anyone else find it hard to belive that phish will be good when they return?

post hiatus phish was pretty bad. we can only hope that trey remembers how to play the guitar like he did 10-15 years ago if they come back again.

carla326
05/28/08 10:31AM ET

post hiatus phish was pretty sickies.

and I'm not sure how much of a scene there will be. Many people have dropped off, found something else, or "had a bad taste left in their mouth".

And many of the hardcore that are actually excited about going, are in a completely different place in life now..and are older, etc. I think the entire "scene" could be way different than what we remember, but at the same time, that ENERGY... is gonna be the same. When the lights go down... I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.

Funny how such a small quote can make me so happy, but I don't care :p

dunnbar
05/28/08 10:31AM ET

i dont thnk anyone expects it to be good. But people enjoy beign part of something that brought them so much happiness and joy

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:34AM ET

Trey is the only one that wanted to break up in the first place... Once he goes back on tour he will hit the rock once again forget how to wail on guitar and probably get arrested and go back to rehab and yet again we will be left wondering what happend to phish. not to mention they will probably play new shitty trey songs. It's Over...Get over it...They got over us!!!

Deathrow_BISCO
05/28/08 10:35AM ET

"I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in jail.”

More like "This food sucks"

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:38AM ET

He wasn't even in Jail!!! he was held in a hotel in some lame town in upstate NY under House Arrest. He had to move there but he was not in Jail.

nughuffer02
05/28/08 10:38AM ET

::abandons disco biscuits, jumps on phish tour::

bisco2
05/28/08 10:39AM ET

dunnbar
05/28/08 10:39AM ET

he was not in prison, he was in jail for that processing period. that is what i think he meant by sitting in jail

wattersinohio
05/28/08 10:40AM ET

Laf Carla... Gorge 98 is a great show.. Im bouncing around the room with you. It's inevitable, they'll be back.

mikedee
05/28/08 10:40AM ET

i say fuck em for that whole coventry fiasco.

fuck em in the ear

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:40AM ET

Only people I know who would go on tour with Phish are people that never saw shows such as Gorge 97 or Deer Creek and only saw Post Hiatus Shows... any one that saw them in their prime knows the $60 tickets will not compare to the $30 dollar ticket of 95-98

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:42AM ET

thank you dunnbar.. he acts like he was on death row or something. he was in a holding cell. who hasn't been?

walls35
05/28/08 10:42AM ET

my thought is that they probably shouldn't come back, but that I'll be there in heartbeat when they do.

trey cracks me up.

bisco2
05/28/08 10:42AM ET

I am now 30 and would not go on tour, but I would do runs of shows and holiday runs, etc.

I hope they return and its chill like it was in 1995 when you get a ticket day of at the box office.

Heddie_Murphy
05/28/08 10:43AM ET

::books dog, malnourishes hotel::

neers2000
05/28/08 10:44AM ET

i miss phish

John_Galt
05/28/08 10:45AM ET

>and I'm not sure how much of a scene there will be.

Oh man, I would bet it's gonna be a ZOO. There's gona be soooo many kids who have not seen them before there.

bisco2
05/28/08 10:46AM ET

Phish will be huge when they return.

no doubt.

carla326
05/28/08 10:47AM ET

"Only people I know who would go on tour with Phish are people that never saw shows such as Gorge 97 or Deer Creek and only saw Post Hiatus Shows... any one that saw them in their prime knows the $60 tickets will not compare to the $30 dollar ticket of 95-98"

Uh, I saw shows before post hiatus and I've already committed to doing the first 4 back. Those first 4 shows will determine what I do from there ;p

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:47AM ET

THEY DON'T MISS YOU!!

dunnbar
05/28/08 10:48AM ET

if they were to come back they should do stadium shows so that everyone who wants to see them can. Fuck the BS of $1500 tickets outside of MSG, hitting refresh every 2 seconds on TM, and al lthe other bullshit that came with trying to get post hiatus phish tickets.

If they come back everyone should be able to go

carla326
05/28/08 10:49AM ET

I'd love for phish to be tiny when they come back. It seems like more people hate on phish these days, or are over them, then the # of people who would still go.

And for all the young kids who haven't had a chance to ever see phish, I think its great for them, that'd they would be able to see them. I'd have to think that the # of young kids discovering phish these days, is much smaller than when we were young and tape trading was abundant and there was constant new material going around.

Heddie_Murphy
05/28/08 10:50AM ET

i would love to see phish again...its such an experience...they are huge..

not to mention you could make a years salary scalping a tours worth of tickets...

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:51AM ET

But I'm not bitter

nughuffer02
05/28/08 10:51AM ET

stadiums dude. stadiums.

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:53AM ET

I was subject to touring with moe. and Sci in 2001-2002. That is why i hate them lol

Dr Funk
05/28/08 10:53AM ET

Put a huge smile on my face. Wherever and whenever it is, I will be there.

DentalFlossTycoon
05/28/08 10:53AM ET

The only truly tough tickets PH were MSG and Hampton...for everything else from then on out, everyone who needed to get in, got in

MrDonsOwner
05/28/08 10:54AM ET

good news, i think...

we'll see...

neers2000
05/28/08 10:54AM ET

dunnbar
05/28/08 10:55AM ET

im saying more for their first or few shows back should be at a stadium or something. not for all shows. their first show back everyone should be able to go to make up for the fiasco that was coventry.

Heddie_Murphy
05/28/08 10:56AM ET

DFT, you have to admit though, that first tour would be a gold mine...

smokstak
05/28/08 10:56AM ET

id definitely check out a show or two...

bisco2
05/28/08 10:56AM ET

post-hiatus was still good.

Not as good, but nowhere near as bad as the besting it takes from "so-called" phans.

ryeryerocco42
05/28/08 10:57AM ET

i wasnt talking about the actual phish music following as the scene i could do without. i meant the inevitable grotesque lot scene that ALWAYS erupts when drug bands go on tour at large venues. lots of drug customers brings out the sketch. im really over seeing people get stabbed over who smoked the last crack rock when im getting ready to see the happiest band in the world.

DentalFlossTycoon
05/28/08 10:57AM ET

Glad I never even considered going to Coventry...SPAC was a nice swan song surrounded by my best friends in the world

crystalBallz
05/28/08 10:57AM ET

Brooklyn was a bitch for tix

bisco2
05/28/08 10:57AM ET

I just went on livephish.com and bought 12/01/95.

any fans of this show?

carla326
05/28/08 10:58AM ET

post hiatus shows weren't as consistent, BUT they were only back for 18 months. In that time, there are a SHITLOAD of sick jams, imo. Some of them being my fav ever.

John_Galt
05/28/08 10:58AM ET

>im saying more for their first or few shows back should be at a stadium or something.

Festival would be the best.

JohnnyBisco
05/28/08 10:58AM ET

"I hope they return and its chill like it was in 1995 when you get a ticket day of at the box office."

Good luck with that

bisco2
05/28/08 10:59AM ET

summer 2004 were hard tickets.

dunnbar
05/28/08 10:59AM ET

^ yea it would.

something like, we are gonna start right where we left off

DentalFlossTycoon
05/28/08 11:00AM ET

Could be a goldmine, Headdie...could be a wash...the tour kids set the market

John_Galt
05/28/08 11:00AM ET

>summer 2004 were hard tickets.

Seriously?

crystalBallz
05/28/08 11:01AM ET

I bet I can sell tons of fake doses and dirty needles... Thats it im going on tour

neers2000
05/28/08 11:01AM ET

i can't wait to take some friends to their first phish show

carla326
05/28/08 11:02AM ET

12/1/95 was my first show!

Love it.

Forbin -> Mockingbird.
The Mike's -> Weekapaug.

The Stash.

Halley's.

BOWIE.

^ Not in setlist order obv

crystalBallz
05/28/08 11:03AM ET

Good I hope you will all go to phish and the Biscuit scene stops getting bigger.. I hate when the over sell places like E-fact and sayerville anyways

bisco2
05/28/08 11:04AM ET

at least alpine and deer creek were John Galt

SweetTooth
05/28/08 11:05AM ET

biscuits opening for phish?

bisco2
05/28/08 11:05AM ET

good to hear Carla, that was the only livephish that I didnt own

crystalBallz
05/28/08 11:05AM ET

Isn't there a phish threads that you can all play with each other while fantasizing about Trey bobbing his goofy head. they should have never cancelled walker texas ranger!!

dunnbar
05/28/08 11:05AM ET

i remember having the hardest times getting tix, i always managed to get some, but it was a struggle

NotCordelia
05/28/08 11:07AM ET

Trey's 10-piece big band should re-form and do a couple tours to get Red back in fightin' mode. In '01/'02 those guys delivered the goods on a nighly basis. Never saw Trey smile so much.

Gangster_Iman
05/28/08 11:07AM ET

It would be amazing to hear their songs played live again. Does anyone think they shadily practice together?

reevace
05/28/08 11:07AM ET

THANK GOD, I can finally sell are this LRG gear I got and bet back to the roots with my patchwork and lot shirts.

dunnbar
05/28/08 11:08AM ET

"Does anyone think they shadily practice together? "

not yet

megarita1013
05/28/08 11:09AM ET

"they should have never cancelled walker texas ranger!!"

neers2000
05/28/08 11:11AM ET

>summer 2004 were hard tickets.

Seriously?

camden was the only hard ticket

mikedee
05/28/08 11:12AM ET

""THANK GOD, I can finally sell are this LRG gear I got and bet back to the roots with my patchwork and lot shirts.""

A+

John_Galt
05/28/08 11:12AM ET

>Trey's 10-piece big band should re-form and do a couple tours to get Red back in fightin' mode. In '01/'02 those guys delivered the goods on a nighly basis. Never saw Trey smile so much.

Big time agreed. I loved that band a LOT. He was getting close to it right before the arrest.

dunnbar
05/28/08 11:12AM ET

^ really i thought camden was the easiest ticket. out of that summer tour

Heddie_Murphy
05/28/08 11:12AM ET

">summer 2004 were hard tickets.

Seriously?"

I mean if you didnt get tickets from their lottery, you had to be on ticketmaster right when the went onsale...

i sold 6 tickets to camden for 400/piece for lawn...

crystalBallz
05/28/08 11:14AM ET

yea camden was def tough but i thought first night Brooklyn in the rain and the smallest venue was hardest but then again i already had a tix for camden

AronFagner
05/28/08 11:16AM ET

">Trey's 10-piece big band should re-form and do a couple tours to get Red back in fightin' mode. In '01/'02 those guys delivered the goods on a nighly basis. Never saw Trey smile so much.

Big time agreed. I loved that band a LOT. He was getting close to it right before the arrest. "

FUCK THAT!

Bring back the original 3-piece TAB w/sporatic horns (Just Andy, Jen and the Truth). ala Winter 2001.

neers2000
05/28/08 11:19AM ET

i bought my camden tix about 2 min after reading the announcement, next morning it was sold out and i never saw many extras. 2nd night of the creek there were a lot of people looking for tix but they were still available online until a week or 2 before the show. i didn't hit brooklyn but that seemed like a hard ticket as well

crystalBallz
05/28/08 11:20AM ET

What is the difference between TAB and a moose?...

On a moose the horns are in the front and the Asshole is in the Back

HAHAHAHA

DentalFlossTycoon
05/28/08 11:26AM ET

Well of course when a band is on their final tour demand will increase...still, I did not know one person who had seen a decent amount of pre-hiatus shows shut out of any post hiatus show they wanted to catch

rackandrollwinslow
05/28/08 11:27AM ET

i just gave my boss my three weeks notice

dunnbar
05/28/08 11:28AM ET

i got into phish late in the game, and only saw post hiatus shows. granted, i saw all the shows i wanted to go to, but had a hard time aqcuiring tickets. i think it will only be worse if they come back

I2edI3aron
05/28/08 11:30AM ET

haha carla gorge 98 was my first show...2001>mikes blew my face clean off

John_Galt
05/28/08 11:31AM ET

>I did not know one person who had seen a decent amount of pre-hiatus shows shut out of any post hiatus show they wanted to catch

^^Truth

crystalBallz
05/28/08 11:33AM ET

no one thinks that is funny?

frunobulax
05/28/08 11:35AM ET

and I'm not sure how much of a scene there will be. Many people have dropped off, found something else, or "had a bad taste left in their mouth".

And many of the hardcore that are actually excited about going, are in a completely different place in life now..and are older, etc. I think the entire "scene" could be way different than what we remember...

hey carla. exciting news! but i've got to say that i think you could be off base in yr assessment of phish's popularity. many of those people who "found something else" did it out of necessity and are going to be right there if/when phish comes back. the jamband drug dealers/users/losers will always be there. the wooks will be there. the vendors will be there. plus, there are now tons of high school and college kids who have never seen phish. those kids have been listening to the shows and are dying to see the band. the only people who won't be there are the people in their late 20s - early 30s who have truly moved on: family, kids, responsibilities. i'm sure there are lots of those people, but there are just as many 19-year-olds with no summer job ready to take their place.

i would bet that the scene will be pretty similar to how it was post hiatus. good and bad.

personally, if they do come back, i still feel like they (trey) "owe" us for coventry. i'm sorry, i know some people find ways to defend coventry, but trey took a shit on phish and the fans as far as i'm concerned.

Joshooahh
05/28/08 11:36AM ET

FUCK YES!!!

God, I hope against all hope that this is true!!!

I'd love to see Ph play YEM about a thousand more times before I die.

way to go Trey! I'm so happy to see him clean and healthy again.

frunobulax
05/28/08 11:40AM ET

"I did not know one person who had seen a decent amount of pre-hiatus shows shut out of any post hiatus show they wanted to catch"

i didn't get tickets to NYE 02 or the jan hampton shows. of course, i didn't try all that hard, and there was no way i was going to pay the kind of money people were paying just to see them at their first shows back. i'm sure the "energy" at MSG was bonkers, but the music was only so-so, and hampton was worse. i find "energy" lots of places. other than those shows, i didn't get shut out of a post-hiatus show (or a pre-hiatus show for that matter).

DentalFlossTycoon
05/28/08 11:43AM ET

My best friend got 4 10th row seats to MSG from his aunt(a bigwig at NBC)...I was living in the Florida Keys at the time and decided not to bother coming up(made our 5th friend VERY happy)...everyone I knew went to Hampton...in hindsight, I think I was better off in sunny south FLA!

carla326
05/28/08 11:45AM ET

hey fruno :o)

My "assessment" is just a guess. I guess there will be youngins to take the touring place as was before. But I really think kids these days, aren't into bands like phish. I don't know if the torch has been passed on, per se.

And sure, the bad element will be there. Hopefully not though. I've found a way thru the years to tune out stuff that doesn't resonate w/ me. All I care about is dancing room :o)

GAWD I hope its true. And I don't feel like I'm "owed" anything. I don't feel entitled to anything. Trey was in the midst of a raging addiction during Coventry. And although that doesn't make it "right" it explains a lot of things. Addiction can make people say/do things that aren't who they really are.

Anyways... if phish does come back, this girl is going to be so fuckin happy. Bc phish has always been to me, WAY more than just music. And that unexplainable thing is timeless, imo.

and I2edI3aron, gorge 98 is a h3tty first show! Summer 98 was a truly a perfect time in my life and I've been listening to different highlights all am.

Currently playing... the Deer Creek 98 Ghost -> Lifeboy

bisco2
05/28/08 11:53AM ET

"no one thinks that is funny?"

what is funny about our fave band possibly getting together to play again with a sober Trey?

I dont get why you are so pessimistic about it.

neers2000
05/28/08 12:00PM ET

Anyways... if phish does come back, this girl is going to be so fuckin happy. Bc phish has always been to me, WAY more than just music. And that unexplainable thing is timeless, imo.

word

Joshooahh
05/28/08 12:04PM ET

"Anyways... if phish does come back, this girl is going to be so fuckin happy. Bc phish has always been to me, WAY more than just music. And that unexplainable thing is timeless, imo."

AMEN, sister! my sentiments exactly!

except -- substitute, "this girl", for, "this guy"! (me)

GO TREY!!! GO PHISH!!!

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I2edI3aron
05/28/08 12:13PM ET

fuck the haters I'd be on tour in a heartbeat if phish came back.

phineusbarnum
05/28/08 12:17PM ET

" crystalBallz

Posted: 05/28/08 11:33AM ET

no one thinks that is funny?

Member since: [ignore user] [report to moderator]

"

it was funny when i first heard if five years ago.

crystalBallz
05/28/08 12:20PM ET

tru it was funny 5 years ago but i just got to use it for the first time today. couldn't resist

congressman
05/28/08 12:26PM ET

IT"S ON!!

cjandrze
05/28/08 12:28PM ET

Don't know if anybody saw this in the comments under the article:

abowlforme | 5/28/2008, 11:59 am EST

bust out the ceremonial OJ
my GDF wings are ready to phly

::calls the rev to tell him the news::

crystalBallz
05/28/08 12:28PM ET

by the way isn't this a biscuit forum. we should be supporting the band that is there for us every season instead of this mega-monster stadium playing money hungry band called phish. The only reason they are getting back together is to feed treys ego! Is every one going to turn their backs on biscuits like Phish did to us? Camp Bisco is better than Coventry and It put together. I wont say better than Clifford ball but that was when they wanted to have fun. Does any one remeber the one encore at coventry. The Last Song supposedly forever was Curtain with.. people didn't want to believe it until Pink Floyd played on the PA. CRAP!

DentalFlossTycoon
05/28/08 12:32PM ET

I'd put It up against anything played at any Camp Bisco...and don't get me started on Lemonwheel, Cypress, and the Went...you are out of your element, bud

cjandrze
05/28/08 12:33PM ET

I think Curtain with was a great choice for last song...

That being said, Coventry sucked

MaxPROFIT
05/28/08 12:33PM ET

for like 2 years now, let the dream die.

crystalBallz
05/28/08 12:33PM ET

those were the good ol' days

RooseTeamTube
05/28/08 12:36PM ET

becoming a teacher to haver my summers off is finally going to pay off!!

jk

sleevie_wonder
05/28/08 12:39PM ET

this is pretty cool news I guess. I haven't read this thread and don't plan on it, so I apologize if this was already posted.

--comments sections from article-->>

""abowlforme | 5/28/2008, 11:59 am EST

bust out the ceremonial OJ
my GDF wings are ready to phly

::calls the rev to tell him the news:: ""

LoL!

stevelikesbiscuits
05/28/08 12:40PM ET

carla, being a 22 year old who has never gotten to see Phish, I can tell you that there are plenty of us youngin's dying to see Phish. Unfortunately, there are just as many retarded kidz in the scene these days as there were back when Phish was big. The scene will inevitably still be the same, but no reason to fret.

I am very psyched!

Joshooahh
05/28/08 12:46PM ET

" Camp Bisco is better than Coventry and It put together. I wont say better than Clifford ball but that was when they wanted to have fun."

HA-HAAAAAA!

Clifford Ball, The GREAT Went, Lemonwheel, IT...c'mon now. they all TRUMP any Camp relating to Bisco.
as DFTycoon stated before -- you're out of your league, bub.

bisco2
05/28/08 12:48PM ET

IT blew Camp Bisco out of the water for me.

crystalBallz
05/28/08 12:48PM ET

Pharmies are what started killing the scene in the first place and now it is even more Rx out there and is the new big thing... Most of the kids that were doing Pharmies now do dope so now it is going to be shady as ever. can't wait

crystalBallz
05/28/08 12:54PM ET

It was Horrible the other festivals were before hiatus were the f-ing shit don't get me wrong but for some reason after hiatus it didn't have the same feel. I just feel like Im over that part of my life. I moved on just like they did...twice

mjw3786
05/28/08 12:54PM ET

fantastic news. :)

John_Galt
05/28/08 1:00PM ET

>I just feel like Im over that part of my life. I moved on just like they did...twice

Good. Why are you reading this thread again?

crystalBallz
05/28/08 1:01PM ET

why is it on the biscuit message board?

Heddie_Murphy
05/28/08 1:05PM ET

"why is it on the biscuit message board?"

you are an idiot...more than half of the thread dont even have anything to do with music let a lone the biscuits...

JillVee
05/28/08 1:06PM ET

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

mike317
05/28/08 1:07PM ET

"we should be supporting the band that is there for us every season instead of this mega-monster stadium playing money hungry band called phish"

By "US" who are you referring to? I am pretty sure Phish would be a national act versus a regional one.

dunnbar
05/28/08 1:07PM ET

""why is it on the biscuit message board?""

why is a biscuit board on PHantasy tour?

mazefinder
05/28/08 1:08PM ET

Striking similarities:
WOW! TREY LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO:

Clever:
funny shit

JillVee
05/28/08 1:13PM ET

'why is it on the biscuit message board?"

what a dumb question.

"I just feel like Im over that part of my life. I moved on just like they did...twice"

ok then. more room for annoying spunions. I'm certainly not going on tour, so it wont matter. I just may need something to help me ignore annoying people in the crowd (just like any other concert). I'm still HAPPY.

carla326
05/28/08 1:13PM ET

"carla, being a 22 year old who has never gotten to see Phish, I can tell you that there are plenty of us youngin's dying to see Phish."

that's great to hear :o)

::cranks deer creek 98 gumbo::

John_Galt
05/28/08 1:20PM ET

>why is it on the biscuit message board?

Because the possibility of Phish coming back is relevant in a lot of different ways to the Disco Biscuits and their fans?

Try to keep up.

InsaneVoices
05/28/08 1:31PM ET

where are the free phish show downloads? it's been so long that i forgot

i see nugs.net is linking you to livephish.com now..

carla326
05/28/08 2:04PM ET

sharefreemusic.com

Shinobi
05/28/08 2:05PM ET

tickets, ordered
hotey, booked
dog, starved
showering, stopped

movingup2frozenspace
05/28/08 2:37PM ET

"Because at this point in time I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die"

That is the Trey that I know and love.

phishphan123
05/28/08 2:43PM ET

i would love to see phish again. this makes me excited!

I_Dan15
05/28/08 2:44PM ET

I had thought that maybe phish would tour this summer. My reasoning is that moe is going on hiatus, and tdb said that they wouldnt really be playing shows this summer (that's just something I heard, may or may not be true.) and I've also heard some rumors about trey talking to people about touring this summer. Who knows...

lanser
05/28/08 2:47PM ET

sitting in jail makes you want to be the person you used to be. but it does not make you the person tou used to be.

lanser
05/28/08 2:48PM ET

you not tou.

JohnnyBisco
05/28/08 2:51PM ET

Prediction: Phish's comeback shows will suck worse than jotr/efact, but kids will refuse to admit it, even to themselves, and defend it on here almost to the point of anger.

"FUCK YOU MAN, YOU JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHAT GOOD MUSIC IS!"

"More dancing room for me!"

spisizzle
05/28/08 2:54PM ET

agreed. . . these shows will be bad. phish hasnt played a great show in almost 10 years! 10 years! thats a decade and a long time

I2edI3aron
05/28/08 2:58PM ET

If the practice enough, and Trey gets a semblence of his chops back, phish could sell more tickets than any other band playing right now. Those are 2 huge if's though. I would rather them not come back hastily and really get their shit together before they play a single note in public as a unit.
Phish tour 09!!!

lanser
05/28/08 3:01PM ET

im down for 09. give it time.

dunnbar
05/28/08 3:02PM ET

you guys can read the future? they might be great, they might be bad no one will know till it happens

John_Galt
05/28/08 3:05PM ET

>agreed. . . these shows will be bad.

WHAT SHOWS?

webothhavepoo
05/28/08 3:08PM ET

"And for all the young kids who haven't had a chance to ever see phish, I think its great for them, that'd they would be able to see them. I'd have to think that the # of young kids discovering phish these days, is much smaller than when we were young and tape trading was abundant and there was constant new material going around."

Hey thats ME!! they are the one band that i wish i could have seen and i have several friends (but yea your prob right, the amount of kids is prob smaller these days) who wouldn't think twice about gettin in a car with me to go see em, listening to shows at home can only do so much

aquaticb
05/28/08 3:09PM ET

who cares...plenty of other good music out there

but have fun paying $50-75/show to be surrounded by spun out 16 yr olds listening to a band that peaked 10 years ago

phish = nostalgia act

wiscopunk
05/28/08 3:12PM ET

"these shows will be bad. phish hasnt played a great show in almost 10 years! 10 years! thats a decade and a long time"

there were plenty of good shows after 98, if that is what you are trying to get at. Blanket statements like these are just dumb, and just show that the people who say they don't really know anything. It's just like the bumper sticker mentality in politics. "you don't support the war: so you don't support the troops"..."phish was only good until 95, everything after that sucked" give me a break. ever head of a little place called Big Cyprus?

Shinobi
05/28/08 3:15PM ET

Big Cypress?

Hohminyson
05/28/08 3:16PM ET

"does anyone else find it hard to belive that phish will be good when they return?

post hiatus phish was pretty bad. we can only hope that trey remembers how to play the guitar like he did 10-15 years ago if they come back again."

phish in '04 was light years better than anything any of these 3rd tier jambands have ever put together. Been seeing bisco since 99, so please hold the "you don;t know what you are talking about" bullshit to yourselves.

"He is out of money"

Phish grossed over 200 mil during their career. Enough to have a million dollar charity that they still donate album proceeds to. bisco still plays the electric factory 13 years into their career and even they can afford to take time off. Phish was playing 2 day festivals to 80K people in the swamp. You do the math.

This has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with finally having a clear head and realizing he left something on the table. You shoudl all be excited though, once they come back, bisco will be back to plying bars again.

JohnnyBisco
05/28/08 3:16PM ET

Face it, if/when Phish does come back, they could shit in a glass all tour and some of you would drink it down like fine wine.

aquaticb
05/28/08 3:18PM ET

> Blanket statements like these are just dumb

everyone is entitled to their opinion and if you saw phish from 93-00 like i did i believe they already peaked. of course post hiatus had moments, but i also have a great "moment" each morning taking a poop...i need more then a few "moments."

wiscopunk
05/28/08 3:19PM ET

big cypress=big cyprus, thanks

som2001
05/28/08 3:19PM ET

i wouldn't tour with them anymore the way i used to. maybe see a show hear and there. too many other bands, including the biscuits to see. i respect phish for what they did and introducing me to this great scene, but i don't think it would be the same.

bisco2
05/28/08 3:19PM ET

hahaha, I love the people saying Phish will suck when they come back.

oh ok, i guess i wont go then!

((FART))

How the fuck do u know? You dont know shit. Phish could come back and rule face.

UncleEbeneezer
05/28/08 3:23PM ET

The Trey quote makes me a little disappointed. I love me some YEM, but I think that can't go back to playing that every night or they'll burn out quickly again. If Phish were to return, I'd want them to just fucking play free form, after 20 yrs together they have that ability. Stuff, like the headphones Jam and the Tower jam showcase exactly what I love about the magic those 4 can create.

som2001
05/28/08 3:27PM ET

i didn't say they would suck, they are talented as shit and could still put on great shows. i'm just saying being away for four years and trey seeming to not care as much about the band sort of takes away from what they were. i don't know if they can bring back that same magic, sure there will be moments, but i'm having so much more fun seeing other bands.

dunnbar
05/28/08 3:27PM ET

i doubt if they do come back they'll play YEM everynight. i think he was using that to illustrate his point that he misses phish and the music phishcreated

Joshooahh
05/28/08 3:28PM ET

phish + serious practice (will) = AMAZING.

I've been seeing Phish since 1992. there were peaks and valleys, of course. but post-hiatus Phish should be a moot point in this regard. the whole band was fucked up, really fucked up...especially the front-man.

if they're all clean and sober, and focused on returning, serious about practicing and putting together incredible setlists...if they decide to take their band seriously again -- there is NO OTHER BAND that will be able to come close to the brilliance that they'll create playing live music again.

and I hope to GOD that this happens.

it's a dream of mine.

and I'm fucking proud of Trey. he's been on a hell of a ride. he's getting older now. if he stays the course, and gets his band back together...all you nay-sayers are going to be eating your words.

wait and see...

I hope they open with POSSUM!!!

dunnbar
05/28/08 3:29PM ET

"trey seeming to not care as much about the band sort of takes away from what they were."

he was also feeling all of this while he was at the height of his drug addiction. i think if they do come back , it will be worth while

carla326
05/28/08 3:30PM ET

people over analyze everything!

so now you're upset that he said he'd play YEM every night? I think it was just to show the contrast in where his head is at today, vs when shit was bad back in 04.

anyways, if the vegas piper, cincy gin, nassau tweezer, and IT festi were all shit in a glass, please pass me the fine wine

som2001
05/28/08 3:34PM ET

^^i hear ya, but i really like to see the direction the biscuits are going. they are extremely talented and don't think they've reached their peak yet. cypress was amazing, and maybe it's cause i didn't get into phish till 99, but i've had more fun moments with tdb. first time in a-dam, jamaica.

wiscopunk
05/28/08 3:36PM ET

ohh god that cincy Gin was unreal, pass it this when your done

mrparisi
05/28/08 3:41PM ET

"How the fuck do u know? You dont know shit. Phish could come back and rule face. "

They can and will.

"so now you're upset that he said he'd play YEM every night? I think it was just to show the contrast in where his head is at today, vs when shit was bad back in 04.

anyways, if the vegas piper, cincy gin, nassau tweezer, and IT festi were all shit in a glass, please pass me the fine wine "

agreed. pass me some SPAC piper and Camden '03 as well.

svenjolly
05/28/08 3:46PM ET

I don't get why he contradicted everything he said at the jammy's? That very much seemed like the 'forget about It ever happening again" speech. I hope the article rings true though

wiscopunk
05/28/08 3:53PM ET

^^yeah, no to be a kill joy, but just because Trey said he thought that something he said years ago was stupid doesn't mean that they are coming back. I'll be first in line if they do, let hope.

bisco2
05/28/08 4:09PM ET

hey wiscopunk,

I think that Trey saying he wants to play again is a good enough indication where things are headed.

Granted, it could be a ways off. But he has basically said he was fucked up and cant believe the way he was feeling.

Hes sober now and wants to rock out! You of all people should be rejoicing!

carla326
05/28/08 4:18PM ET

I didn't interpret the Jammys speech as a "we're never playing again" speech. I saw it as thanking everyone and expressing what those 20 years meant to him.

But if the Universe realigns, it's time for a new phish chapter. Like I said before, sober, grateful phish is going to blow us the fuck away.

Adolf_Hipster
05/28/08 4:40PM ET

"but post-hiatus Phish should be a moot point in this regard. the whole band was fucked up, really fucked up...especially the front-man."

Trey looked and sounded pretty good in Summer 03. By the way there was alot of nasty stuff from 03. Im sure you are a jaded phish vet being that you've been seeing them since 92, but get over it Post Hiatus PHish wasnt as bad as people make it.

bisco2
05/28/08 4:42PM ET

"Post Hiatus PHish wasnt as bad as people make it."

no kidding.

Joshooahh
05/28/08 4:45PM ET

I'm not a post-hiatus hater by any stretch of the imagination...and I may be a vet -- but I'm not jaded by any means.

I was just pointing it out to the folks who DO think that post-hiatus Phish was crap.

it wasn't/isn't.

but the future looks bright(!) if Trey gets his band back together, and does it right...clean, sober, focused, and so on...

[crosses fingers]

abowl4MAF
05/28/08 4:46PM ET

people *still* listen to Phish?

ehhh, to each their own

Adolf_Hipster
05/28/08 4:47PM ET

^speaking of jaded.

stuckinabighole
05/28/08 4:49PM ET

If Phish comes back, they will DEFINITELY be well-practiced. People act like the band doesn't know that they came back rusty and disappointed a large portion of their fans -- of fucking course they know, and Trey was a junkie and now that he is clean I'm sure they are all smart enough to realize that bringing back Phish again, something so special to so many people, is not an easy task and will require their extreme dedication. They share a relationship with their fans that most bands never will and I know that they do not want to come back and "shit" on their fans again. I feel like most of you who talk shit on Trey for his addiction don't truly comprehend what a drug addiction does to you. It makes you a completely different person -- a person who doesn't care about their family, fans, self, or anything but the drug itself. Sure, most of us use drugs here but a lot of you have been fortunate enough to not have addiction tear your family apart or lose someone to it. I am so glad that Trey seems to have kicked his habit, although I do have trouble seeing him remaining sober over more years of intense touring. Any time he reaches for a substance Mike just needs to slap him across the face, and then hand him a Gordon-rolled jay.

That said, post hiatus Phish still topped most other touring acts of the time. SCI was dying, WSP sucks, STS9 was still interesting (but not for very much longer), and Biscuits were about to lose Sammy (still playing some great shows though obviously).

Joshooahh
05/28/08 4:50PM ET

"^speaking of jaded."

ummm...he's not *jaded*, he's just confused.

(Umphrey's fan)

but don't hold it against him...

Shinobi
05/28/08 4:55PM ET

Suck it MAF. I'm the biggest musical elitist you've ever met but even I would bow down and weep at the return of Phish. I'm not saying I listen to them all the time -- maybe once every couple weeks -- but even I can't deny the huge role they had, not only in turning me into the music-lover I am today, but shaping the beginning of my adulthood in general. I love that band.

walls35
05/28/08 4:58PM ET

post hiatus is a strange animal... although I don't like most of the year, I thought they were at least headed in the right direction in 2003, but they got seriously derailed the following yr... what came out of their intial decision to stop though was that june'04 run, which I thought was easily their best stretch of music during those couple of yrs.

carla326
05/28/08 5:01PM ET

well, supposedly trey was "sober" summer 03, meditating, doing yoga after shows, etc. Then who knows what happened. Dave Matthews tour? Kidding, but not. (That Dave and Trey goes to Africa thing was uh...disturbing...)

And then the vegas shows in 04 when Trey was CLEARLY a mess, announces the "end", then had 2nd thoughts all throughout those June shows. Which were KILLER. Then August, uh... weird 'goodbye' tour all together.

CarlHungus
05/28/08 5:01PM ET

bored fantasy setlist:

I: Buried Alive > Jam > Tweezer > Ghost > Tweezer, Mango Song
II: Timber > Cities, Wolfman's, Theme, 2001 > Piper
E: Moma Dance > Sneakin Sally

walls35
05/28/08 5:05PM ET

seriously, wtf dave?! ;)

yeah I was gonna mention vegas, BAD NEWS!

fakeChasnoff
05/28/08 5:08PM ET

how about this? have no expectations and everyone will be happier if it happens.

DigitalCandy9_26
05/28/08 5:15PM ET

10-10-08 Pepsi Arena Albany, NY

I: Maze->Catapault->Also Sprach Zarathustra->Ghost>Piper
II: Wolfman's Brother->NO2>Run Like an Antelope, The Old Homeplace, Rocky Top, Tweezer Reprise>Mike's Song->Carini>Weekapaug
E: First Tube

10-11-08 Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, CT

I: Julius, Theme From the Bottom>Tube->Suzy Greenburg>Oh Kee Pah Ceremony->Split Open and Melt, Twist
II: Back on the Train->Llama, Johnny B. Goode->Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself->Cities->You Enjoy Myself
E: Paul and Silas

bosoxbisco
05/28/08 5:33PM ET

::::signs into greenboard and pads stats with shows that were unattended::::

sillymonkey
05/28/08 5:58PM ET

"I'm not saying I listen to them all the time -- maybe once every couple weeks -- but even I can't deny the huge role they had, not only in turning me into the music-lover I am today, but shaping the beginning of my adulthood in general. I love that band."

Well-put!

jigsawbasis
05/28/08 6:12PM ET

lotta whores and faggots in this thread.

Yanksblo
05/28/08 7:26PM ET

the first 3 comments on that linked article are pretty funny not gonna lie:

CommentsYzermanISgod | 5/28/2008, 7:05 pm EST

i’d pay phat cash to have my ears uriniated in again.

WSP has... | 5/28/2008, 7:02 pm EST

…no talent.

Reality | 5/28/2008, 6:55 pm EST

as long as they practice and don’t sound like post-hiatus garbage, it will be EPIC

::cooks bunk molly::

bigd13185
05/28/08 7:28PM ET

i hope they get back together i am not expecting it to be the best musically but it will get me to go to a large venue a couple times a year rather then some of these smaller shitty ones. I will go hope to hear them play a few songs well and take it for what it is. I also fell tickets wont be as hard to get due to the econonmy now. Gas prices will make it hard to make it to show to show no matter how much grill cheese the wooks are pushing.

ryeryerocco42
05/28/08 8:03PM ET

"everyone is entitled to their opinion and if you saw phish from 93-00 like i did i believe they already peaked. of course post hiatus had moments, but i also have a great "moment" each morning taking a poop...i need more then a few "moments.""

so would you say your pooping career peaked in the mid or late 90s?

no shit they already peaked. thats what happens to ALL great bands. they all start out ultra creative, passionate and driven, often leading to some extraordinary moments as well as some disasters. once they go through that process of improving and tweaking every little detail with constant practice, a beautiful thing happens. a peak. a period of utter perfection, ala 95 for phish. after that, its typical for the once youthful band members to slack off a little, try new things musically, or even finally get consumed by the scene.

97 and 98 were both REALLY solid years for phish. it wasnt the same sound they had perfected leading up to 95(the general sound theme of that period all sounds very similar, the "phish sound"), but a new style, the porno funk era, and it KICKED ASS, just in a different way. all the funk energy and the stop/starts were awesome. but like all organic things the machine eventually fizzled down a little. the end of 99 into the hiatus might have had some rough patches, but they were always a great band to see.

the post hiatus stuff came along and at least for me it was just about having fun again. i never expected them(esp trey) to come back and play flawlessly executed, blow out awesome shows like they used to, just to hear some fucking phish songs live again. it really wasnt as bad as it gets made out to be. 2-28-03 was one of the best phish shows i saw live pre or post hiatus.

so if your logic is that you dont want to see a band unless they are peaking, youre being kind of narrow minded. if you are merely looking for that fleeting period of excellence and nothing else, youre going to miss out on some other really fun moments. they may be more few and far between but hey, this aint the old days. you really wouldnt want to see the phish hit the stage again? im not saying i would go on tour or anything, but to see those lights go down in my hometown venue(hampton) again would make my fucking day for sure!

Hugo_Chavez
05/28/08 8:15PM ET

Interesting.

frunobulax
05/28/08 8:19PM ET

"the porno funk era, and it KICKED ASS, just in a different way. all the funk energy and the stop/starts were awesome"

i know i'm in the minority among phans, but i always thought the funk was too repetitive and simplistic for phish. lots of shitty bands can play funk, because it's easy as hell. but hey, it gets the white kids dancing. i'm not saying i disliked 97-98 at all - those years are way better than 99-00, IMO. and 97-98 saw some of the best phish shows ever, e.g. great went. in 97 the funk was good, but it got old for me pretty quickly. by the end of 98, i was kind of over the funk.

ryeryerocco42
05/28/08 8:25PM ET

"it gets the white kids dancing."

what makes all you black people dance?

frunobulax
05/28/08 9:18PM ET

beats

NCDUBSTEP
05/28/08 9:19PM ET

^no line at KFC!!!

jonnyhat
05/28/08 9:27PM ET

welfare check day and 2 for 1 at the family dollar

NCDUBSTEP
05/28/08 9:29PM ET

^racist

funkbeard
05/28/08 9:55PM ET

Hopefully, a sober Trey = Trey also in charge of his mind = relearning fluffhead, mound, and all the crazy songs he forgot how to play.

mrbisco
05/28/08 11:14PM ET

Interesting thread. I see only one person truly nailed what made Phish great: practice. Back in the day they rehearsed 40 hours a week and more. They took it very seriously. As that died down, the music did, too. They weren't as tight, they couldn't create the awesome jams, and some songs they couldn't even play correctly any more.

Most people wouldn't notice this, of course. People are just happy to listen to music and get stoned and hang out with a bunch of people. The ones who rip on post hiatus, and even post 98, are the ones who can actually tell the difference. For instance, I think it was called the Hey Game, or filling the hey hole. Something like that. It was an exercise that they used in practice that they would sometimes incorporate into their jams. The point was to have no one touching anyone else with their notes. When they were at their best they could do this and do it really fast...check out 10.24.95 Antelope for the fastest example I can think of. 8.13.93 Gin has it, as well. It was a fairly common thing to find in their jams, but you have to listen so fast that it is easy to miss.

Anyway, I don't see why anyone is surprised. It has been obvious they would come back since they left. As long as no one died, they were going to come back, ALL bands do this. It's just a matter of being patient. The fact that they sucked so so hard before they left makes the waiting easy.

Also, when they do come back it will be good for the Biscuits and for all the other jam bands. Why is this? Because when you bring people into a scene it creates interest in anything else in that scene. The fact that they have been gone is a very possibly a reason for the Biscuits stagnation when it comes to drawing in new fans as we all feel they should.

Finally, the biscuits surpassed Phish in 1999 and have never looked back. No matter what Phish do, the only way they will be able to even match what the Biscuits are doing is to integrate the same style of setlist into their shows. 2001 > Mike's is boring as shit. It's just two songs (one that really really sucked every single time it was played after the "funk" period) that are played with no break in between. A segue between two songs, with the Biscuits it doesn't even matter which two (for the most part), is so much more exciting. When the crowd slowly picks up on the song that is coming next, and they slowly build to it and finally blast in...you just can't beat that.

I am not meaning to disparage Phish. Phish are perhaps the most talented grouping of rock musicians ever. In 94-95, especially, their shows had an energy that no other band ever has. The created the most awesome jams, the biggest peaks, it was truly special. They have never been as fun as bisco at it's best.

All my opinion, of course.

Seriously, is there anyone in this forum that would really choose to see Phish over Bisco?

Shit...I sold a NYE 02 Phish ticket and made enough to get my flight and tickets for NYE Bisco. I've never second guessed that, either. It was the right decision. I got caught up in "The Return" and hovered on TM for a few hours and scored 1 ticket. I saw the first Gangster live and got to relish in the techno I-Man that followed. I have seen that sort of pandemonium at a Phish show, but it was in 1998...I never saw anything close again. With the biscuits I know I will see it again, and many times.

Also, Big Cypress was a huge shitball, too. It gets waaaaay too much respect for a total NON crowd pleaser of a show. A show where pretty much every single hardcore Phish fan in existence attended. The sort of show where they could have basically layed it all out on a platter and no one would have been bitter because we were all there. Fuck, they didnt' even play Fluffhead. I had a blast, but golly that was two nights of Phish jacking off.

Dammit, now I'm getting pissed off. I am happy that Phish will be coming back, but happier still that I will see many more bisco shows over the next few years.

Shinobi
05/28/08 11:18PM ET

I would see Phish in a second over Bisco. Maybe if this was 02 it would be a different story..

Plus, like the Biscuits haven't had ENTIRE YEARS of mediocrity and MULTIPLE RUNS of them phoning it in/jacking off/sucking

mrbisco
05/28/08 11:22PM ET

>
Plus, like the Biscuits haven't had ENTIRE YEARS of mediocrity and MULTIPLE RUNS of them phoning it in/jacking off/sucking

Maybe the fact that I live in CA and mainly hear the shows after the fact has kept me from getting jaded, but wtf? Seriously...

Years of mediocrity? Multiple runs? Shit, man...I really dunno if I should just ignore you due to idiocy. There is stuff that doesn't match up to their best, but I can't think of any year, post 98, that doesn't have at least a handful of awesome shit. I think perhaps my favorite things about bisco is that every single show has something worthwhile. Perhaps their music just resonates with me in a different way than you but I am going to just say I completely disagree with you.

MonkHood
05/28/08 11:27PM ET

"its symbolic of how much I lost my mind or how much I lost my bearings or something. Because at this point in time I would give my left nut to play that song five times in a row every day until I die. I certainly thought about that while I was in jail."

am i gay if a huge tear just came to my eye? fuck it..

Shinobi
05/28/08 11:27PM ET

04-05 = pretty damn mediocre
NYE RUN 07 = pretty damn medicore

You haven't even seen them in 5 years. How am I more of an idiot than you are for basically saying what you said about Phish about the Disco Biscuits? Like they are some entity that's completely above criticism. IMO, Biscuits are FAR more hit and miss than Phish ever was.

Fishman also never said he was leaving and then proceeded to play uninspired slop for over two years

SpaceCadetGlow
05/28/08 11:36PM ET

"Seriously, is there anyone in this forum that would really choose to see Phish over Bisco?"

yup.

it's not like it's going to be a choice that would need to be made often.

and i would definitely go see a phish nye show over the biscuits.

Marcus_Garvey
05/28/08 11:39PM ET

i like the biscuits alot, and maybe post hiatus was sub par as is the popular opinion. but phish would have to get a lot worse before i ever would choose anything over them

mrbisco
05/28/08 11:39PM ET

I saw them last summer, actually.

And yeah, Trey did leave and had already started playing uninspired slop and then came back and did it even worse.

Even during the Sammy on the way out shows, there is still a ton of great stuff. And NYE 07 may not be of the caliber of other runs, but there are still good moments.

Shinobi
05/28/08 11:45PM ET

I'm not psychic, I can only go by what your stats say. Good for you though, I hope you caught a one considering they only come out there once every 4 years.

"but phish would have to get a lot worse before i ever would choose anything over them"

mrbisco
05/29/08 12:05AM ET

I added my more recent shows. 12.7.06 was pretty good, I would say. As for the every 4 years thing, I think that is a bit unfair. They came out consistently until 2003, then skipped 2 years due to band instability. I fully expect to see them at least a few times later this years.

SigHansen
05/29/08 12:13AM ET

It hurts so good a rumor that holds weight! Well now what I just started a good job, life getting going and now what? Sorry Mom? We're getting the Band back together.

KudzuKilla
05/29/08 12:53AM ET

nice looking setlists there

what's paul and silas?

Shinobi
05/29/08 12:57AM ET

Paul and Silas (aka Hall of Solace) is a sick bluegrass song played by Phish occasionally in the early 90s

Goteyes
05/29/08 12:58AM ET

It's a Bible story newb. Go to Sunday School ever?

Goteyes
05/29/08 1:02AM ET

Phish will always rule. Trey made you feel so much. Biscuits make me dance harder than i've ever danced at any show but Phish had so much soul and just a different type of talent. You get the chills in the middle of Shimmy like you do in the middle of Hood but Trey's voice and Phish's singing can't be beat. I love the Bisco party but have recently been really missing Phish. Thank God for the continual downloads of shows I've never heard. A few doses and i can be at a brand new phish show in an hour, no complaints!

ReEvolution2012
05/29/08 1:08AM ET

ill be there

and there and there and there and there

seems like if this happens it would be the last time in my life id be able to squeeze out doing an entire seasons tour without wife/children holding me back

phish is really the only jamband ive even consistently given a fuck about

tgriph
05/29/08 1:41AM ET

tDB to open for Phish...has that happened before?

barberitis
05/29/08 1:43AM ET

Worcester 97' Tammany hall. I still have the flyer. But I was way to stupid to not hang out and do No2 till 3:00 AM

Shinobi
05/29/08 2:36AM ET

"It's a Bible story newb. Go to Sunday School ever?"

You're retarded. Of course the lyrics are traditional, but did the nuns have banjos? They play the Earl Scruggs version.

GoinTaBrahsTaGetSome
05/29/08 3:02AM ET

i just shit my pants, i don't think he could have said anything that could've made me feel happier

bisco2
05/29/08 9:19AM ET

Listened to Phish on the way into work today.

Nothing beats Phish.

Not the Biscuits, not anybody!

carla326
05/29/08 9:21AM ET

I cranked the 11/28/97 Worcester YEM.

Up next, 6/11/94...

Joshooahh
05/29/08 9:38AM ET

"Listened to Phish on the way into work today.

Nothing beats Phish.

Not the Biscuits, not anybody!"

ditto.

since yesterday, it's ALL I've been listening to. and I've been listening to it LOUDLY.

JohnnyBisco
05/29/08 9:39AM ET

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

...The More You Know.

bisco2
05/29/08 9:45AM ET

once the little blip from Trey came out, i went and bought 12/01/95 on cd.

It should be in the mailbox tomorrow just in time for the weekend!

JohnnyBisco
05/29/08 9:55AM ET

Seriously tho...I LOVE how everyone's been listening to phish alot more all of a sudden because trey gave a short interview.

dunnbar
05/29/08 9:56AM ET

i wish i had speakers at work so i could listen to phish right now

shesmysister
05/29/08 9:56AM ET

YEM* > Haley's Comet, YEM** > Traffic Light***

* 'The Charge' > Vocal Jam
**Intro > 'The Second Note'
*** 'Did we just play a dyslexic YEM?'

GoinTaBrahsTaGetSome
05/29/08 12:34PM ET

YES!

walls35
05/29/08 12:51PM ET

12/1/95 is killer... dec'95 is the truth.

lucabrasi
05/29/08 1:04PM ET

listened to the went gin->uncle penn on my commute this morning.

It contains what I consider to be the finest 5 minutes of improvisational music ever created by anyone. The height of human communication. It almost made me cry. Like it always does.

heady_clone
05/29/08 1:13PM ET

yeah the went gin is incredible

bisco2
05/29/08 1:18PM ET

Livephish.com should be releasing a show a month.

I just love getting the SBDS!!!

GoinTaBrahsTaGetSome
05/29/08 1:39PM ET

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41W2TJUN

11/03/94 Mullins Center, Amherst, MA
Set I: Fee, The Divided Sky, Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Glide, Split Open and Melt, Dog Faced Boy, Sparkle, Down With Disease
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra> Simple> Poor Heart> Julius,You Enjoy Myself> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Harry Hood,Cavern
Encore: My Sweet One, Nellie Kane1, Amazing Grace1, Highway to Hell

1 Acoustic

and

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=91C5MK21
download contains both:

Tuesday, April 26, 1994
Purple Dragon Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA

Sample in a Jar, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Down with Disease, Fluffhead, Carefree

AND
the first show of 1996

04/26/96 Louisiana Heritage Festival Grounds, New Orleans, LA
Set I: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Stash, Cars Trucks Buses1, YouEnjoy Myself> Wolfman's Brother2, Scent of a Mule, Also SprachZarathustra, Harry Hood, Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life, DavidBowie
Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern

1 With Michael Ray
2 Song begins as part of the 'YEM' vocal jam

GoinTaBrahsTaGetSome
05/29/08 1:39PM ET

and
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G97QS1PN
this download contains all:

Colorado '88 (4 disks)
The Curtain With 17:35
The Sloth 3:08
Icculus 4:49
Colonel Forbin's Ascent 5:43
Fly Famous Mockingbird 9:14
I Didn't Know 5:39
Maiden Voyage 9:29
Timber 11:23
Harpua 12:29
Fluffhead 14:54
Run Like An Antelope 10:59
Sneaking Sally Thru the Alley 6:48
Light Up or Leave Me Alone 7:28
The Lizards 10:22
I Know a Little 2:59
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday 3:18
Avenu Malkanu 3:09
Flat Fee 2:22
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters 9:32
Alumni Blues 4:32
A Letter to Jimmy Page 1:00
Camel Walk 5:39
Wilson 5:47
No Dogs Allowed 13:51
Mike's Song 4:56
I Am Hydrogen 2:07
Weekapaug Groove 4:20
You Enjoy Myself 17:32
Cities 4:45
Dave's Energy Guide 1:26
AC/DC Bag 10:06
Corinna 4:34
Thank You 3:38
Sanity 7:42
Dog Log 4:31
Big Black Furry Creature from Mars 3:52
Slave To The Traffic Light 10:28
Harry Hood 13:39

Phantastic Jams (3 disks)
Harry Hood 08/03/91 13:56
Harpua 03/26/92 15:15
Fee 11/19/92 5:31
You Enjoy Myself 06/11/94 20:14
Tube 12/11/95 3:39
Cavern>Wilson>Cavern 07/13/99 4:46
Mike's Song 06/28/00 11:35
Reba 12/31/93 13:44
Cities 08/10/97 23:12
David Bowie 06/30/00 16:32
Fluffhead>Fluffs Travels 02/20/93 14:26
Foam 07/25/92 7:09
Ghost 10/09/99 23:12
Skin it Back 04/29/87 7:28
I Saw it Again 9/30/00 6:37
2001 10/09/99 20:27
Antelope 06/29/00 15:09

The Siket Disk
My Left Toe 4:47
The Name Is Slick 4:00
What's The Use 11:20
Fish Bass 1:12
Quadraphonic Toppling 1:59
The Happy Whip And Dung Song 5:29
Insects 3:11
Title Track 1:00
Albert 2:18

walls35
05/29/08 1:52PM ET

" AND the first show of 1996
04/26/96 Louisiana Heritage Festival Grounds, New Orleans, LA
Set I: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Stash, Cars Trucks Buses1, YouEnjoy Myself> Wolfman's Brother2, Scent of a Mule, Also SprachZarathustra, Harry Hood, Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life, DavidBowie
Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern

1 With Michael Ray
2 Song begins as part of the 'YEM' vocal jam "

one of the first tapes I got after seeing them in Fall'95 for the first time.

svenkid
05/29/08 1:56PM ET

definitely, that segment from the great went is incredible, such thematic jamming that makes my head explode. Also the jam in the middle of scent of a mule from the went is circus trance music.

GoinTaBrahsTaGetSome
05/29/08 1:57PM ET

that YEM > wolfman's is the shit

svenkid
05/29/08 2:08PM ET

starting at 9:40 in the mule, awesomeness, listening now.

JillVee
05/29/08 9:33PM ET

thanks for the downloads!

echoecho
05/29/08 10:04PM ET

Lol, doodz.

fish re-union at rothbury.

phantal
05/29/08 11:54PM ET

GoinTaBrahsTaGetSome - The downloads rock...thanks so much :-) just started listening to the Phantasic Jams...

aw, phish, i miss you...

svenjolly
06/01/08 1:54AM ET

fvck, could be good

GoinTaBrahsTaGetSome
06/01/08 10:51AM ET

"just started listening to the Phantasic Jams..."

that's great, let me know what you think. i'll LOVE that collection. every song is perfect

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