“I submitted a question to Brave Little State, which I am a fan of, an avid listener, which was, I'm slightly embarrassed to say: ‘Why do people like Phish? And how did they become such a big part of Vermont music culture?’” And he happens to be today’s question-asker. And there’s little room for people in the middle.īut those people in the middle do exist. There are the lovers (“ I like to take LSD about six times a year and go see Phish and that's my church”), and the haters (“ I would say from a purely musical perspective, there's nothing but hate there"). “You know, like, patchouli smelling, like headshop-visiting…”Įven if you’re a total Phish newcomer, there’s also a good chance you’ve caught wind of some of the, shall we say, discourse surrounding the band. “It's the hemp necklace, the hacky-sack playing, corduroy pants,” muses Emmet Moseley, who does not identify as a phan.
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You may have a stereotypical image in your mind of such phans, also known as Phishheads. “Some people ask like, ‘What religion are you?’ And I kind of jokingly say, ‘Phish is my religion,’” says one Phish fan - or “phan,” Chryss Allaback. It’s also due to the fact that they have one of the largest and most passionate fan-bases in the world. That’s due, in part, to their improvisational jams and their rock-and-roll-meets-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink mashup of musical genres. And in spite of never having a chart-topping song or getting heavy radio play, they are one of the most successful bands of all-time. There was keyboardist Page McConnell, drummer Jon Fishman, bassist Mike Gordon, and guitarist Trey Anastasio.įour decades - and a few hiatuses - later, Phish is still touring. They formed in the early-to-mid-‘80s, when they were college students at the University of Vermont and Goddard. At the very least, you’ve probably tasted their namesake ice cream flavor, Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food.
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Perhaps you or your friends went to the infamous Phish festival in the Northeast Kingdom town of Coventry back in 2004. You may have heard of a band called Phish.