Phish To Reunite For March 2009 Gigs -- Additional Dates To Be Announced
Phish-heads react ecstatically to news.
Good news for fans of "extended improvisations" (don't call it "jamming"): Nearly five years after calling it quits, Phish — our nation's finest exporters of lengthy, genre-hopping musical numbers with indecipherable titles like "Golgi Apparatus" — will reunite for a three-night stand at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia.
The band made the announcement on its official Web site early Wednesday morning (October 1), via a time-lapse video that showed an artist's rendering of the iconic (to Phish-heads, at least) diamond-like exterior of the Coliseum, along with the words "Phish: Hampton. March 6-7-8, 2009."
The venue holds special significance to both Phish fans and the band itself: It was where Phish's famed six-CD live album, Hampton Comes Alive, was recorded back in 1998, and the band often referred to the Coliseum as its "mothership."
Tickets for the three Hampton shows are currently up for grabs via a "request system" on Phish's site. The on-sale date for the general public is October 18.
Reaction to the news has been rather, um, positive on Phish message boards. "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWAAAAAAAAAAAA
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote one fan at OhKeePa.com, a community named after a song on Phish's 1990 album, Lawn Boy. "I'M NOT SLEEPING UNTIL SUNDAY 10:01 WHEN I HAVE THREE TICKETS TO THE SPACESHIP IN ME HANDS."
"I can't breathe," wrote another. "I'm serious, someone call the paramedics."
Phish last played together in August 2004, at their very own Coventry Festival in northern Vermont. The event was marred by bad weather, traffic, and the death of at least one fan. Since then, the four members of Phish have kept busy with solo careers, but rumors of a reunion persisted, hitting a fever pitch in early September when they played an impromptu set at the wedding of their former tour manager.
Phish released their last studio album, Undermind, in 2004, just one month after announcing their plans to break up. It is not known whether they plan to record new music following the Hampton shows, but a message on their official site says that "the band intends to announce additional touring in 2009 early next year."
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Phish Reuniting For 2009
Started by No_Neck, Oct 01 2008 02:31 PM
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:02 PM
I just read that and it is AWESOME. Phish is SOOOO great live. I might just go see them if they come to the West Coast.
There was madness in any direction, at any hour…You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning…. And that, I think, was the handle-that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting-on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave….So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark-that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:05 PM
I've seen phish probably 8 times at least, and I live in central virginia, just about 3 hours from hampton, and I know several people in the area I could stay with for free, and there is no way in fucking hell I would go to that disgusting hippie fest if you paid me.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:31 PM
Hank's tenure at Soulsuckers, INC, LLC, DBA TBD, had not been long, but it had been distinguished... By drunkenness, hair-trigger violence, and a total lack of performance. I would call it a steady decline in performance, but that would imply that he performed at one point in time. In fact he had not. He was drunk.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:35 PM
I'm going to have to dust off my Vegan Burrito recipe, so I can make a killing selling them at the shows. 5 years without Phish have really put the Kye-bosh on my indy vegan burrito business.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:36 PM
QUOTE (Sal Paradise @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 3:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I've seen phish probably 8 times at least, and I live in central virginia, just about 3 hours from hampton, and I know several people in the area I could stay with for free, and there is no way in fucking hell I would go to that disgusting hippie fest if you paid me.
AHhahahahahaha hahaha hahaha hahah Hippie.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 04:12 PM
QUOTE (BigDMcGee @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 7:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
AHhahahahahaha hahaha hahaha hahah Hippie.
YOU SHUT YOUR GOD DAMNED MOUTH AND NEVER SAY THAT AGAIN
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 04:41 PM
QUOTE (Sal Paradise @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 4:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
YOU SHUT YOUR GOD DAMNED MOUTH AND NEVER SAY THAT AGAIN
Peace, bro.. I'm just here to mellow out, eat a couple brownies and feel the vibes.. No need to get harsh, bro.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 04:49 PM
QUOTE (BigDMcGee @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 8:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Peace, bro.. I'm just here to mellow out, eat a couple brownies and feel the vibes.. No need to get harsh, bro.
you know, this reminded me of it. maybe I will go. take a big ass knife, and run around and pop a hole in every one of those god damn hippie drums in that horrible drum circle.
maybe cut a few dreadlocks in the process.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 04:52 PM
QUOTE (Sal Paradise @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 8:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
you know, this reminded me of it. maybe I will go. take a big ass knife, and run around and pop a hole in every one of those god damn hippie drums in that horrible drum circle.
maybe cut a few dreadlocks in the process.
maybe cut a few dreadlocks in the process.
it'd be cooler if you didnt, brosef.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 04:56 PM
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it'd be cooler if you didnt, brosef.
I believe thats foghatese, not phishspeak.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 05:00 PM
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I believe thats foghatese, not phishspeak.
look here, sweatervest. you aint gonna tell me nothin!!
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 05:04 PM
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look here, sweatervest. you aint gonna tell me nothin!!
toby keithism
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 05:09 PM
Tunes, we need more tunes!
Hank's tenure at Soulsuckers, INC, LLC, DBA TBD, had not been long, but it had been distinguished... By drunkenness, hair-trigger violence, and a total lack of performance. I would call it a steady decline in performance, but that would imply that he performed at one point in time. In fact he had not. He was drunk.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 06:23 PM
Also, I'd like a Phish Phan to come in here, and defend Phsih lyrics. They are the most damn dumb lyrics I've ever heard. Why do they even bother with them?
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 06:36 PM
QUOTE (BigDMcGee @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Also, I'd like a Phish Phan to come in here, and defend Phsih lyrics. They are the most damn dumb lyrics I've ever heard. Why do they even bother with them?
some songs are about the lyrics some are just noises like a piano.
Mexican cousin, or round room, or any number of songs have pretty awesome lyrics.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 06:46 PM
yeah, like.. golgi apparatus....
I look into the finance box
Just to check my status
I look into the microscope
See golgi apparatus
Golgi, oh, woe is me
You cant even see the sea
Golgi, olgi, oh ooo olgi
Golgi
Golgi
They call him lysasome
Cause he runs so fast
Runs like a junkyard dog
With a brain of brass
I saw you
With a ticket stub in your hand
Under the light
Middle of the night
Couldnt get it wrong
So I had to
I look into the finance box
Just to check my status
I look into the microscope
See golgi apparatus
Golgi, oh, woe is me
You cant even see the sea
Golgi, olgi, oh ooo olgi
Golgi
Golgi
They call him lysasome
Cause he runs so fast
Runs like a junkyard dog
With a brain of brass
I saw you
With a ticket stub in your hand
Under the light
Middle of the night
Couldnt get it wrong
So I had to
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 09:06 PM
QUOTE (Sal Paradise @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 3:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I've seen phish probably 8 times at least, and I live in central virginia, just about 3 hours from hampton, and I know several people in the area I could stay with for free, and there is no way in fucking hell I would go to that disgusting hippie fest if you paid me.
I love going to Phish shows, but I totally agree. Those shows will have some of the worst crowds of all time. You know, next to the 1998-2002 Dave Matthews Band crowds.
QUOTE (BigDMcGee @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 6:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Also, I'd like a Phish Phan to come in here, and defend Phsih lyrics. They are the most damn dumb lyrics I've ever heard. Why do they even bother with them?
I don't know why they bother with them, but (like someone said) the songs aren't at all about the lyrics (which, by the way, are just written by some hippy that's friends with the band...basically). They're very talented musicians who put on a great show with a sound that's pretty different from everything out there.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 10:06 PM
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I don't know why they bother with them, but (like someone said) the songs aren't at all about the lyrics (which, by the way, are just written by some hippy that's friends with the band...basically).
Oh, I know that. They probably have them at all, because it's easier to market to dumb hippies if you can have a sing alongQUOTE (speedz99 @ Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 9:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
They're very talented musicians who put on a great show with a sound that's pretty different from everything out there.
Yeah, it sounds like really boring fusion jazz. Ground breaking stuff.
I don't mean to come so harsh on them, I was into Phish for a short time in college, went to a couple of shows myself ( including the first time I took mushrooms.. ah the memories... or lack thereof). They no doubt have talent. I just think jam bands mostly sound like boring Jazz and boring funk. And I'd rather listen to good Jazz than phish most of the time.
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