Is Phish Coming Back?

I am rested and ready.

Rothbury would be a nice place to start.

Thanks Trey for clearing your mind. Now let's get the party started.

Here's to several months of practice before any reunions. I really hope there's no half-assed "reunion" at any festis, and the boys decide to take six months to get back to the level we all know they can attain. That being said...I really hope YEM opens the first show back.

I didn't even put that together that this could be a new Phish album in the works. My toes just started to tingle a little bit.

Sweeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, they will be back (with a vengeance)

F'n A, man...F'n A!

man. as if the rumor mill wasn't busy enough - now a headline article on jambase!

Damn, I just love how Mike's bass sounds circa '97/'98. Isn't that when he switched to the Modulous?

here's to hopin they come back! and to the return of the best festivals there are - the phish festival. one band, 6 sets. bring it back.

"No one wants Phish back more than Trey." I guess the real question is when and where........

Phish getting back together. Huh, that'd be uh...that'd be pretty cool I suppose (as he checks his bank account, makes plans to drop out of college and sell all personal belongings besides guitar and van at pawn shop)

I agree wiht you Jackstraw. I really hope they don't play their first show back (if it happens at all) at a festival. It would be great if they plan the show a few months out and have it be at some awsome location. How about New Years Eve at Madison Square Garden? Just like their come back from hiatus. This is assuming "the star align." I'm channeling the universe right now. Please Phish, COME BACK!!!

I love how in typical jambase fashion they were late on this story, this time not by much but I did see this in the forum a couple days ago.

If they get back together, it will not be for another year. And when they do, I hope they really put everything into it.

how about an Ominous Seapods reunion? now that would be sweet.

Old Man, there is an ominous seapods reunion....some festival in albany, new york I think...Lobsterpolloza or something?

Will there be a big anouncement on Friday?

"I don't think they will ever be a huge touring band."- What the FUCK DOES THIS MEAN? Less dates, more three-day runs?, I don't get that comment... Does that mean we'll never see them at Creek anymore, or Gorge, or even Meriweather? Either way I think If Trey Feels like he is ready then it's time. I just don't want things to get rushed, because the Music would def. suffer. Either way, Three day festival in CA.....!

Was there ever a question that Phish wouldn't be back? Phish seems to go on hiatus just for publicity, hype, and to play fewer shows where tickets are sold for hundreds of dollars (if not more) by rotten ticket agencies and scalpers. Within a month of Phish breaking up the last time, Trey was baiting the hook saying that he couldn't see them staying away forever. (This was on jambase I believe)I never saw this breakup as the end just an advertisement. I've listened to Phish most of my life thanks to friends older siblings and when Jer passed they seemed like a pulsing artery of life. I stopped around 1999-2000 when the politics and publicity begin to seriously overshadow the music. Not meaning to dump on Phish they are phenom. musicians and put on tight curiously enigmatic shows. But hey, lets forget the hype they're just human. Trey Quit. Jerry had to die. When your part of something obviously bigger than any one person, can you ever stop? And what will be the price of admission? We used to play for silver now we play for life.

old man, Ominous Seapods are playing in WAshington Park in Albany tomorrow! http://albanyrotary.org/programs/2008_LobsterPalooza!/

NEW YEARS IN MIAMI!

21 more years of PHISH c'mon....... Then I won't have money for Umph,STS9, and all the other artists I've been Seeing more these last 4 years... PHISH TOOK OUR JYOBSSSS!!!

I don't think phish will play Rothbury, but if Page gets added to the ticket b/t now and then I would begin to wonder... but I am looking forward to Trey's set there not to mention sit-ins w/ Phil & Friends, and/or MMW, Primus, even DMB.

Or maybe w/ Keller and WMD's?

This might be selfish to say but I would want them to be a full on tour band again, a reunion tour would be nostalgic though. I hope they revert back to the old way of Mail Order tickets where as long as the envelope was postmarked on a certain date you were pretty much guaranteed tix...where you sat was the Tickler. And honestly, the 4 of them together are better than any of these side project attempts. I just want to hear a freakin' live Bowie followed by a Punch.

Come On people, "Will" them to get back and DO this.

Phish has accomplished so much that they will play on their own accord. They brought out triple the amount of people to all of their festivals alone then a Rothbury or 10KLF will ever bring out. I hear Trey is in the studio working on Phish music, and expects summer 2009 according to Trey's wife. I have to stand up to write this I am so damn excited.

cmon guys, you know trey loves himself too much to ever let this happen, its going to happen just like tom marshall said, and survey says...."a left turn into the trey band" and if it does happen it wont ever touch what it was or they had....its over, go see new music....

who cares? cheese is coming back fo realz!

NYE in Atlanta. Co-bill with Widespread Panic

WAIT!!!! WHAT'S THIS ABOUT SCI GETTING BACK TOGETHER?!?

Cheese??? Seriously? Time for you to Sing A New Song and move on. If they DO come back, it would be a Techno bluegrass hoola-hoop tree hugging glitter under the sea parade.

PHISH SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn if they co billed with panic, id be the most dissapointed phish fan ever

12-31-09...

10 years later...

Big Cyprus...

Oh to hear Reba jam again . . . !

LET'S GET IT ON!

Kuroda is busy until December.

A free newyears show at Big Cypress = 300,000+

Man, never been to one but a Techno bluegrass hula-hoop tree-hugging glitter under the sea parade, but damn that sounds like fun!

So psyched on hearing all of this finally! Don't take my word for it, I don't think they'll be back together this year. But next year for sure! 2 years ago '06, I had heard of a rumor that I have been staying positive for ever since. That is that Phish plans to do a surprise reunion at MSG on New Year's Eve of 2008. I don't remember why, there was some reason for it actually, but that is what I heard. Take it or leave it. I know I'm ready to give my left nut for YEM.

"Set the gear-shift to the high gear of your soul! You've got to run like an antelope, out of control!" ....cause that is what I will do to see Phish

I would come to Jambase any day over a forum, even if the story is a day or two old in the milker because I know it has been confirmed and it is as accurate as can be. Message boards will get you in trouble.

damn if they co-billed with panic, id be the most dissapointed PANIC fan ever!!!!!!!!!

Cypress that is...my bad

I remember hearing Keller Williams play Anetlope > Runaway Jim > Antelope about a year after Phish broke up, at moe.down. While not being the biggest Keller fan in the universe, that not me dancing with a huge grin on my face. It wasn't even close to a Phish experience, yet I still felt the effect of this band and their music.

Everyone should get down on their knees and pray to whatever gods/dogs that they please. We need an over-due, well-practiced, Phish-reunion.

alllll u kids are werid. whooooo gives a flyin shit, lets first see all four of them on stage. from the sounds of it, i think (like ushaly) the boyd will put together an amzing set. trey is willin to give his man-hood up for it. and for that bit io saw with phish n wp. u kid or a fuckin loooser, they already got jimmy!!!

I just came. This will change my life

SUPERBLAST!

A festival back in Limestone is all i'm asking for. Not some bullshit 3 night run at MSG where all the scalpers steal the love. Or, Big Cypress...i'll settle for either place. Dood, it's gonna happen.

I just hope they take time, a new album would be sweet. They don't need to tour for me really. Just four seasonal festivals, or like a month of touring and a big blow out at the end. Be the beatles I don't care, put music out and play every once and a while. The less pressure the better for them.

Well......The boys have gotta come back to make up for the slop-fest known as Coventry. I missed the first set at the end of 30 hrs. in the car in line, and that was it. What followed were the "Worst shows ever." After coming down and listening to the shows later, I realized how bad it was. 94 Backyard ATX started it all for me. Bill w/Panic....please.

"I don't think they will ever be a huge touring band" ... Phish Beacon Theater every day for a month (Wednesdays off) no tour needed

IAM A HUGE PHISH PHAN ATTENDED AT LEAST 50 SHOWS BUT IT SCARES ME TO LOSE THE FOND MEMORIES I HAVE BY GOING TO A REUINION SHOW THAT IS A TREND FRAT PARTY INSTEAD OF THE GOOD TIMES I REMBER AND LOVE LONG TIME FANS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT COULD BE A BLESSING OR THE WORST THING POSSIBLE

I've got a good feeling that when they DO come back, musically it will be Fire. The boys have had time to do their own thing and reflect on the Monster that Phish turned into and CLEAN-UP...hopefully Trey won't F it up like he did last time. Let's face it, listen to all of those Post Hiatus shows....who Efed up the most? Trey butchered simple sections and lyrics!! I really think he has seen the light and will be AMPED and En FUEGO.

If you don't want Frat Boys then I suggest not requesting the Wide Spread Merger. It's like a popped collar croakie fest at one of their shows. Still don't get the appeal of that band but....to each their own.

SCI sucks (just wanted to get that off my chest). Phish was an era that won't be forgotten and will be missed greatly, but just like every era of our time, they die out (except for the rolling stones).

NOW, LIFE can be LIVED the way it should be. TREY!!!!!!!! I'm ready when you are Big Red. :)

I have to agree with gotti3, I am not sure the experience could be anything like the early to mid 90's. Those were the days before hip hop was all you heard in the lot. Maybe I am getting old but you have to imagine all the kids that talk shit on this site will be there and all the agro young douche bags will be there, so do I let the memories of the most amazing times remain in my music collection or risk the new definitely different phish experience. either way this is very exciting.

Obviously it would good to see them get back together to make music but as a good friend said to me "It should be fun to hang in a lot with kids that were born after 1992".

As long as we are talkin reunions here you go. Here are my top 2:

Talking Heads

God Street Wine

F it, make it a duel tour with both of them.

Goodnight Gretchen!!!

I would like to second the motion for a God Street Wine reunion.

I was just listening to Bag the other night wondering what happened to them.

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rothbury Schedule Right here

http://www.rothburyfestival.com/festival_schedule.php

If Phish is to return to that mid 90s level (how about fall '97? anyone?), I believe it will absolutely have to be a different experience, a new incarnation of Phish to bring fresh excitement and renewed energy. You can never fully bring back past epic moments come and gone. We know this, Phish knows this. For a Phish return to work (beyond a cheesey reunion spectacular) it has to be a new vibe. It cannot be forced and has be an organic evolution stemming from the past experience. In that light it is very exciting that Trey/Tom have been writing new material potentially for Phish. To me that is the signal that a comeback may be real.

We are all still hearing Spring '09. I hope is not a NYE thing, it equals too many people and not enough fans, Id like them to start out West, where fans can get cheap tix and security is light. Dallas/ Vegas/ Shoreline / Gorge/ Utah/ Kansas/. The drives suck but at least you get in, and then they are ready to shred by the time they hit mid america and the NE. As far as the band, they played some GREAT SHOWS post hiatus, a little hit and miss, but check out the second night Hampton (my first show post hiatus)or the first night Vegas 03 another hot show, or Albany before the 20th reunion, this band has always had good nights and bad nights even at their highest points so far.

god im so done with this talk. it'll happen when it happens! and it will be f-rat party.

Chalkdust opener!

Hello Fello Phans! This is all very exciting news and I don't know if its shock or what, but I am having a hard time believing that my boys are coming back this soon after calling the quits. They def need to make up for coventry where I think that emotion and weather got in the way of the music. I just hope that the jon, mike and page want this too, because it sounds like all of this is coming from trey and who knows if they are as in to the idea as him. I know they weren't the ones who wanted to stop in the first place but who knows... Anyway lets just be happy that they are talking about it. Top three places I want to see the first show back 1.Red Rocks , 2. Big Cypress, 3.DeerCreek

they should check credit card records and bank accounts and only let pre-hiatus fans in.

"only let pre-hiatus fans in."

- hell yeah!

"Top places I want to see the first show back 1.Red Rocks , 2. Big Cypress, 3.DeerCreek..."

- 4.Shoreline, 5. The Gorge, 6. Limestone Maine!

I think it would be wize to put it together up in Maine again - Lemonwheel anyone? That kind of drive might keep the Frat boys out - or at least the hip hop wiggers .... But I agree, I don't know if it will ever be what it was. I'd go for certain, but the early 90's with the Giant Country Horns were the best days.

I can just hear the whistles of guyute

As much as I am really hoping this does end up happening eventually, I just hope they do it up right and also wait for the right time. Regardless, all these rumors are awesome, can't wait til the day :)

THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FRAT BOYS AT PHISH!!! Back in 94' a "frat boy" got me tix for my first show in Bloomington, IN. Phishs crowd has always been a diverse one. Not everyone has to be a dreadlocked wookie to go to some shows. I have to agree that the rap thugs and hard drugs culture crept up in 99-00 and it disgusts me too but I refuse to let some rat lot punks keep me from the greatest band EVER. All I ask is if you are at a show PAY ATTENTION TO THE MUSIC. Peace

i've seen 33 shows and the only one that was post hiatus was greensboro 3/2003. it was an o.k. show, definately not in the top. i think trey changed between 2000 and 2003 and the drugs were taking a toll. now that he's sober, i am hoping he's got his shit together. i always loved hampton, was there both nights 97, 98, & 99. plattsburgh 96 was great and so was big cypress. i always had a great time at star lake and darien lake, as well as vernon downs. new orleans 99 was strange, as well as raleigh and atlanta always cool too. i'm looking forward to a full summer tour followed by a kick down fall, 2009, with a few surprises in the mean time. i always loved Tela, jewel of wilson's proud domain. YES, PLEASE BRING BACK MAIL ORDER OLDSCHOOL.

"THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FRAT BOYS AT PHISH!!!" ....True, my brother in law is one of them and was seeing them way back at various venues around northern NE....Personnally, I still can't decide if I hate the drunk frat boys or the spoiled brat wanna be street people wookies more...that said...

....same shit ruined the Dead...no more camping, getting banned at various venues...tour head vs touch head....yadyada...good bands get too big for their original fan base (now Wilco, MMJ?) and people start claiming them, ruin scenes, etc. Bands evolve, make a left turn, go into rehab, change the tour schedule, die, or....keep putting out crap and the scene goes away by itself...Hope PHish practices before they go on tour so they don't suffer the latter.

i can't even comprehend what another phish album would mean to me.

I know how to keep all the frat boyz away from the Phish! Just get them all in a room and blast the peak of the Worcester 98 Simple and scare them all into submission.

Phish, Please wait until I graduate college in May '09 to go back on tour. That way I won't have to drop out of school to follow you around the country.

sorry i'm new to this. Who is Phish?

o THAT Phish! duh! I just got it. yeah bring that shit back, Ill go

Trey must have gotten fucked real hard in the ass in prison to want to do another PHISH tour! Seriously 'GOTTA JIBOO' comeon these guys blow big dick - just like trey in prison...oh I'm on fire - If these guys do tour and come to my town I'll stand in the lot brotha and sell stupid hippies overpriced beer. peace I'm out

why is everyone so damn negative??

because its jambase stringche101. these negative people have nothing better to do in life than to post unnecessary comments on message boards. i understand that most of the negative ones dont have girlfriends and/or have never been laid so my advice to you kids is to save up your money (dont buy that next overpriced bag of weed) and call an escort service. after losing your virginity you might grow the balls you need to get out and start talking to some girls and finally get a life.....me, personally, i'm exited that they MAY get back together. phish was a big part of my life for many years.

all these people who are negative are going to be the first ones to try and get in once they decide or should I say once Page says "ok guys lets do it again". and if you don't want to go please then don't it will easier for me to get a ticket.

I can't help but imagine that if/when this does really happen, it will happen one of two ways:

1. They will play an unannounced set in the parking lot of some festival that will instantly go down as the most legendary Phish gig ever.

2. MSG, Fenway, or Boston Garden.

I think phish will wait until early '09. Their first show will be at Nectar's in Burlington billed under a different name and they will play all new or odd ball songs. After that probably a few more gigs under a pseudonym in the NE leading to a summer tour, building to a Big Cypress 10th anniversary new years.

Of course from my own personal bias I'd love to see them start off with a 20th anniversary tour celebrating Coloroado '88, but it ain't gonna happen like that

claypoolsclam - r u 4 real??? they don't have to do anything for publicity , phish can sellout any venue in the country no questions asked.

when they do come back it will not be as heavy of a schedule as they used to do but i am sure they will get around pretty good - without any opening band to get in the way....

as far as the "scene" it for sure will be madness....maybe they could do a 30 and over tour to keep all those pesky kids out of the lot.....hehehe

1st comeback show - merriweather , opening song - wilson ;-)

I'm calling it right now. First song.... FLUFFHEAD!!!!

"The Scene" is the same "scene" you find at any festivals these days anyway. You have everything from wook, to wangsta hot girls selling mollie,to frat boys, and even some youngens ( we were all young once). It's been 8 years since the tour rats a creek, these fuckers should be dead by now shouldn't they??

how about another NYE @ MSG

first song back should be Theme from the Bottom. I dont know why it would just be cool. but they will probably do Chalkdust. Tom Marshall told me that yesterday in the steam room

YES!!!!! I am willing to quit my life to go on Phish reunion tour!!! Just say when, boys ;)

WHERE DO I VOMIT ?

I love phish and would like to see them again. However, I think its a little embarrassing for them since they made such a big thing out of quitting. I mean they gave the trampolines to the crowd and specifically talked about the choice for their last song to ever play. Still, even after giving such a big goodbye, I'd also like to see them back. That shitshow at coventry was easily the worst music i've ever heard them play and a bad one to end on. If Trey decides to do it, I hope its the right way and they put on an incredible show every night like they were in the 90s.

Can't wait!!!! I am predicting this fall!!!! I will agree that fluffhead would be a perfect opener, but it will be fun either way. When it comes to the fans I bet it is an older crowd. Most of the youngsters have been turned off by Trey solo and that will be for the best. But I enjoy hanging out with younger people and why shouldn't they enjoy the scene too. When I was a youngster at dead shows I was all spun out and acted stupid but it was the perfect place for it. EXPERIMENTATION!! It is what is going down both by the band and the fans. That is what keeps it real. By the I was a frat boy at my first show 4/1/91 liberty hall, lawrence ks. You can judge all you want. Just remember it isn't the tie-die on the outside that matters. It's the tie-die on the inside.

If it does happen, im puttin' my touring shoes on.

Wow everyone seems to be glossing over Tom's quote "I think if the stars align and everything works out there will be [a reunion]. I don't think they will ever be a huge touring band."

To me that means a reunion, as in a one off Rothbury kind of thing. I would bet that Trey's family would not be very supportive if he came home one day and said "Honey, kids, parents, I decided I kicked the habit, and we booked a bunch of 3 night runs this fall."

Limestone Maine!!!! They better not do a NYE run I got a baby due Dec 28th so I would not be able to go! Next summer boys! I'll be on tour baby and all! This is Fuckin Awesome that something in our lives that was missing is comin back!!!!

The Widespread panic thing may be true.

Trey is a HUGE Panic fan. He's been known to call John Bell one to the best singer/songwriters out there right now and a Very big inspiration.

I don't understand what Widespread has to do with this at all, but I'm looking forward to the reunion.

reunion. always. it'll give frats something to convert to, it will inspire all kiddies to be FREE (remember when you heard that first BIG live cut?), it will invite this country to be UNITED again, no matter how many shows you've seen, how many scenes you've seen, druqz you've tried, predictions for the reunion venue, favorite jam, et c...just LOVE that, support musicians that give you peace and make your heart skip. rothbury ticket holders: smile big.

Well I, for one, sincerely hope that Phish does NOT return. Why? Precisely because I am a HUGE Phan. The worst thing they could do for their music and their legacy is to return now. We all know they’ll never be able to bring back the magic, so it should be left to history. If it wasn’t for “hiatus,” Bonnaroo would never have become as big as it is. I know one can argue that Bonnaroo has developed into a mainstream pop festival, but the fact is that the festival has brought mainstream attention to jam bands that would otherwise have lived forever in Phish’s ominous shadow. When Phish stepped aside, all other jam bands became more recognized (and more successful). In short, the end of Phish’s career was the greatest thing that ever happened to every other jam band on the scene today.

But this argument is secondary to the main one. Anybody who comes out of retirement (Michael Jordon, Celine Dion, etc.) returns with less respect and less success.

When I say “you can’t keep living in the past,” I'm talking to Trey. Not the fans.

what is with all the negativity? all the cheese and panic hating? i was under the impression that panic and cheese were GREAT.

Phish > Panic > SCI but they are all great. i would LOVE to see a phish/panic co bill. they used to open for each other on one tour in the early 90's. fuck, can't you people appreciate good music?

Coventry was terrible, musically speaking....

pgeano- Weak arguments. First of all I hope you're not comparing Celine Dion with PHISH?!? And Micheal Jordan was an athlete not a musician, you can't keep dunking in the NBA at 57, but you can still play you're guitar. (just saw Eric Clapton shred a couple month ago). Jerry played with the Dead longer than Trey did for Phish, and unlike Jerry, Trey is sober ( for now ). Bonnaroo sells out and look what happens, Rothbury, 10klf, SummerCamp, AllGood. All these Festies are great and are all because Bonnaroo's direction changed. But Phish will always be Phish, and soo many people don't even like, or even heard of Phish. Especially young kids. Most kids listen to them because of older brothers and sisters. If you Love Phish, new/ or old timers, wook or not, we can all agree we love the Music.

I'll believe it when I shit rainbow sherbert!

Cool, but they make mention they wont be a touring band? So what will they be?

I dont fully understand that sentence either, that's like the grateful dead resurrecting, and declaring they don't think they will be a tour band. It's like trey said "It always felt like we were part of something that was so much bigger than the four of us.. and it felt like almost a cultural timing thing." Which couldn't be more correct, phish is much more than just a band..hell you could call it a religion if you want (fyi, the whole band CAN walk on water). I've been listening to phish for probably 3 years, and its just gotten progressively worse and cannot quit. I never got the chance to see them, and it just seems like a fantasy to be able to, but things are lookin up!!

"I don't think they will ever be a HUGE touring band." - Tom Marshall.

I'm sure they will tour, but just not Spring, summer, festival, fall, NYE, winter every single year. That would be greedy of us as fans to expect that or even to ask for that. Probably more along the lines of a Phil and Friends type schedule... NYE, a moderate Summer OR Fall tour, throw in a festival here and there. (And in festival I mean a Phish festival...not playing bonaroo.)

Johnny C. get the lesbien mobile fired up!

I just don't get all the people who say they don't want Phish to come back because it will ruin their old memories. Try living in the present people, those days are over and will never come back. A new chapter may be about to begin. I for one will be there enjoying whatever the band chooses to play and not spoiling my good time trying to compare today to yesterday.

Also, It's not one of my very favorite Phish songs but I think that Down With Disease would be a great reunion opener:

"Waiting for the time when I can finally say

That this has all been wonderful but now I'm on my way

When I think It's time to leave it all behind

I try to find a way to but there's nothing I can say to make it stop"

oh boy, im juicing right this moment

NYE 98 was the best week of my life! It was my first Phish run. I met Peter Shapiro the night before @ a Strangefolk gig. He invited me to the after phish parties @ the wetlands. Then he was sitting behind me @ my first Phish show! I got kicked out of the wetland when I saw Jon Fishman smokin a bowl so I lit up too. Viper house was on stage in the basement,Then Peter saw me outside and brought me back in AHHHH Memories! I love Phish!

I heard some of the boys (besides Trey) are broke (divorce, life style) and Trey feels bad. Whatever it takes I guess.

Phattie, what do you not get? Trey's addiction (2 stints in the clink, years of probation and mandatory, court ordered rehab) is going to limit their ability and desire to go on a massive tour. The cultural timing thing says it all, this is not 1997 anymore, the internet has exploded, the jam band scene has exploded, and the band is closer to 50 years old than 25. We will not get a 40 night tour again anytime soon.

moonnugs, I agree with you in that it doesn't make sense to not wish for a reunion, thats not what I am saying, and believe me if there is an announced show of any kind, I will do my damndest to be there. But I think we all need to take this story for what it is, hearsay from Trey through Tom, with no specfics about anything other than "if the stars align". I'm just saying people, don't quit school and start printing the Phish/WSP stickers for sale in the lot just yet.

If Phish is reborn, I will shit patchouli... Coventry was no way to end it, and now that Trey is wide-eyed, it would be sight and sounds for sore phans. So, come on stars, align!

Is it gonna be another one a thems bullshit druggedout no progress phish tours? These guys are old now. I hope there music matured a little in the past couple of years

Thsi news makes me really excited! I would love it if they played a reunion show or did a reunion tour or festival. And I would definately do anything I could to be there. I dont understand you old guys who dont want them to reunite. If it will ruin your memories from the early 90's, then dont go to the show. There are plenty of people like me that have never seen them, and this would be a dream come true. And I dont care if there are stupid hip-hop hippies or frat boys in the lot....because it is abouot the music, not the lot. peace everyone

Phish is grand enlightenment for me. My friends and I fell in love with the band years ago. They gave so many people some of the best nights of their lives. I hope they get back together and stay I hope trey stays clean. Music is so much better than any drug. America needs Phish. The world needs Phish. You need Phish. I need Phish. I'll be praying for their euphoric splendor to return. As for the stupid comment about only those before the hiatus to come back, suck my left nut and quit talking shit about my generation.

Love and gratitude

Being in jail made me miss my ex-girlfriend. For real she was a bitch, I'm just saying...

SCIFreak, you're right, comparing Phish to Celine Dion or anybody, for that matter, is... just wrong. And if Phish reunites and comes to my town, I'll be there (Mike's side, row 12). Still, I think my recordings from '96-'98 will be better than anything Phish could possibly churn out on stage in this decade or the next. And I'm just so happy with almost all of the great acts that are touring right now, and all the great festivals that have risen from the ashes. I just don't want anything to change it.

I've got one more question to ask everybody, just to drive my unpopular opinion home: Can you think of anyone, in any field, that has returned from "retirement," and the fans were happy with the quality work they did when they came back?

My fingers are crossed for some more great music and great times! Sounding good my friends.

bring it.

Liquid, son, liquid.

So I just listened to the Hood jambase posted at the top of this comment board and OH MY GOD I forgot how much I hate the crowd participation Hood chant during the opening "Harry" section. It sounds awful. So out of place. Listen to any pre-Red Rocks '96 Hood and remember how nice it was to hear Trey ask rhetorically, "Harry... Harry... Where do you go when the lights go out" An impassioned plea from a phan if/when the boys come back... STOP THE HOOD CHANT!

RUMOR has it they saved some bread from their collective side projects and purchased the way-back machine from professor Peabody......set the date to April 1997 and practiced summer shows....unluckily I had a crappy sales job in Chicago that April....but I was getting ready for a European Vacation so I quit.....then I hit the airbus.....in the Dam I ate some shiznit that made my heart race .....thought I hung with Chevy Chase....turned out it was some crazy German heads.....next thing I was back in states.....twirled though some typical cities.....did I forget to mention.....Alpine or the Creek....those shows were what melted my brain but created everlasting memories.....MMMmmmmmm to go back........I still hear it....I laugh out loud on the L surrounded by strangers....people think I'm nutz.....who cares because I know I am but what did they see....sometimes I stop them just to say hello,,,.THAT IS HOW THEY SHOULD COME BACK...I would quit again...and again...and

People talk so much trash about Coventry, and about this band coming back. I was there, I walked 15 miles to get in, parked my jeep on some farmers lawn for 50$ and hope it would be there when I got back. It was about the experience. Phish shows were always something else. They always gave you a little something more, even in there so called darkest hour (Coventry). If they come back it won't be like it was, they will bring new engergy to those tunes. Go back and listen to the various changes through out there history, it would be another change in that history. You can't go back, but it would be glorious to hear those four play together again would it not?

Every time I hear Phish in the last few years it just pisses me off, makes me angry and feel betrayed. After listening to Treys comments I can once again listen to them without becoming bitter. Anyone who thinks they are not going to be as good as they once were is nutty. Do you think they have forgotten how to rock? Look at the stuff mike and Paige are doing solo...that stuff is pretty good. Trey rocks some days and Sucks some days solo but I thik the hardcore drugs had an effect. When you put them together they will know what to do. No worries. It sounds like Trey misses it as much as we do. he may not be a Sith after all. That 1st show is going to be a tough ticket to get ahold of.

Hope this isn't just a "tease". Bravo to Trey for acknowedging that he was not in the right state-of-mind, (and exhausted) when he made the decision to hang it up. Now that he has a clear head and has had the time to reflect and relax, hopefully he is ready- his fans sure are!! Trey, we miss you boys jammin' to YEM too. WE are ready when YOU are...

washoofeetzaydrivemetufarenzay! Tom Marshall and I have the same birthday. Coincidence? I think not.

Oh yeah, I'm excited.

That's only great if they can play great. I'm thankful to say that I went to almost no shows after 1996 when they were still good, innovative, and wanted to be on the road. Trey's downward spiral was so thorough and annoying that it rivals Tom Cruise's decent. I can't recall seeing anyone fall and abuse their fan base so badly as Trey did with Phish in the end- to the point where at their final show they sold tickets in the parking lot to fans who didn't have tickets, and told people over the radio who had tickets but weren't in yet that they would not be admitted. Then they screwed up the final song and had to start over. Totally unprofessional and abusive of their fanbase.

Hopefully he's got his shit together and will focus on quality playing and material instead of the wanking garbage that was featured in their final years.

Compare post HIGH-atus to 97 & 98.....post HIGH-time Trey was slllloooowwwww...he could not keep up......yes Page & Gordon are currently rockin in the free world, but they were never the ones keepin the train stuck in the station.....as long as Trey has kicked his Pharm habit and leaves the equilibrium inhibiting, gravitational enhancing extracurriculars to the audience then by all means go practice for about 6 months then HIT IT hard core....

fourplay!!

jivetalkinphil... c'mon man... blaming Trey for how the music sounded at the end is one thing, but blaming Trey for how the whole ticket situation at Coventry was handled? Give me a break. As if he (or the rest of the band or either production company) had ANY control over the Vermont State Police telling them to make the annoucement or the show would be shut down. The fact that they still sold tickets at the door despite the VT authorities telling them to send everyone in line away is indicative of how 99.9% of the decisions the band made had the phans best interests at heart. Bashing Trey for the music at the end is within everyone's right. Bashing Trey for the annoucement, the selling of tickets at the door, the rain, the road conditions, the mud, etc. is misinformed and just plain ignorant.

To those who claim that there is no way that Phish will be able to produce any decent music at this late stage in their careers (post hiatus, post break up), listen to some post-coma summer/fall '89 Jerry and tell me that sh*t don't rock.

i agree eric...if, and its a BIG IF, there truly will be a PHISH reunion I WILL TRAVEL TO THE ENDS OF THE FUCKING EARTH TO SEE THEM!!!! please please please. really would be the most amazing thing ever!

I'm in rehab in southern Cali just trying to stay sain. I left coventry with my head down,as did many others. Trey getting clean gives hope, and man I'm getting a desent chub. I can't wait for the YEM OHHHHH BOY!!! Trey best wishes and rock it out this summer

Coming from someone whom has taken a long time viewing these boards and seeing that most comments bring a feeling of complete dissapointment. I now after many many years of just sitting back and reading these posts (Including on PT which I choose to never participate in), that I need to put in my two cents (first post ever).

This is not a competition and if you can say anything negative on this board you dont deserve to be a part of this bands overall purpose. The lack of understanding that the 'majority' (everyone should not take offense to this, you know who you are) of you have is absolutely selfish.

When they come back, enjoy the love and togetherness that they can bring upon the overall energy that we all posses. This is the basis of our past incredible experiences. I love all of you. Just try and bring a positive energy upon this opportunity and disreguard those that are just trying to start conflict (karma will give them what they deserve in time). Nobody owns this music, Phish does not want pompous ass kids counting the shows they've seen. Yeah you have seen blah blah blah many shows but how many do you remember every moment of? Stick your all your ticket stubs on your wall, nobody really cares except for you, especially the band.

It will happen and it will be incredible, just dont make it your selfish experience. You are all incredible and I will make no more posts after this one, insult it or embrace it, no skin off my back. To all those who get it, I will see you all soon in the future to truly enjoy what will be an emotional orgasm. Peace and love will evolve this world into a better place, those who dont believe in this will not have souls that will live on to see it. I hope that atleast one person understands this message and I wish to see all that bring positive energy in the mere future. Thanks for reading the theory of a man whom has truly tried to increase the karma of our people, because we need it! Oh yeah and ........... HELL YES!!!!!!!!!

Well said Domer!!! Fuck all the Naysayers! I would go see Phish if they were in wheelchairs! I don't know what people's problems are with this! Fuckem I want Phish I need Phish! I'm Floating in the blivalot I feel the feeling I forgot. In a minute we'll be free and Dancing in the sea!! FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Anyone with anything negative to say suck my Ballzack!!!

I for some reason have very bad luck. First I never got to see Jerry, but hen I get in to the Grateful Dead, shortly there after The Dead stopped touring (I know separate members tour, but its not the same as The Dead, let alone the Grateful Dead). When I got in to Phish, Phish stopped touring, when I got in to SCI, SCI stopped touring. But thats my luck, lol.

you should get into panic so they stop touring

Ha! ^^^ I like Panic...just a funny comment

Sure is fun to think about another live Phish performance!

i still remember walking out from alpine valley 04'. I miss em :(

Coventry was disappointing music wise, but im sure the vibe was crazy

Ill be happy to see them play again together, but as for the phanbase, it has not been the same in almost 10 years....

Wallyloosie hahaha! Thats hilarious. I tried to like Panic, just cant do it though. Sorry friend lol.

I'm just happy the possibility really seems to exist for a Phish reunion. Who cares about the scene. That's only a side effect of their touring. The real deal is the music, of course. It always was. Even a bad phish show is still pretty good.

"I don't think they will ever be a huge touring band." Well i hope they would at least do a full tour with another weekend festival at the end. I would give my left nut to see them play "You Enjoy Myself".

Domer, I would like to congragulate you on one of the best, most emotional correct post on this website. If that was truly your first post, retire now and leave with a 1.000 batting average. This website (and scene, whatever that word means anymore) has become inundated with people who have drifted over from "the other side" of music. People who are in it for the glory, people who want to go home and say, "AHHHH!!! I saw Phish!! Arn't you jealous? Trey signed my ticket stub, now I'm the coolest kid in the history of kids!!" If anyone was paying attention the last 20 - 30 years, (Young people like me can still pay attention, I'm 25, just read a book!) you'd be able to notice that when people started to come to "heady" shows, or "scene" shows because it became the "cool" thing or the "roo" thing to do, thats when it got shady and not so great. The GD in the early to mid nineties, Phish after the hiatus (even a little before), and the Roo after the first couple. I'm not saying that the music sucked, but it definately suffered from the wack scene. The amazing music comes from amazing musicians first, but in comes from an amazing crowd as well. The musicians can feel the vibe from the crowd, and if its a shitty vibe, its gonna be shitty music. Enough Said!!

Thats exactly why I refused to go to Roo this year. Metallica, Kanye West...what lol. I laughed real hard when I saw that. But we always find our good places to go, were good like that.

Coventry was a disaster.

Wouldnt it be nice if Phish did their reunion at Bonnaroo next year. All 3 nights?!? I get chills just thinking about it. I think the people at Superfly and AC entertainment will go back to their roots and understand that metal/emo/poop doesnt really bring the vibe or the number of people to roo that they had when it all started. This coming year marks 25th anniversary in December for Phish it could be one hell of a year! People say gas was the reason people didnt go down to roo this year? I live 20 min away and just didnt have it in me to sit through it. The lineup WAS JUST NOT THERE. No cheese,butler,dead,ratdog,mule,allman,rudd,moe,nmallstars,keller,galactic, trey,franti,yonder,kingleon,drjohn I mean COME ON! If it aint broke dont fix it! Their going to need a Phish bandaid to patch this hole. I will just sit and wait til next year.

Phish at Bonnaroo? Someone give this moron thumbs down. Bonaroo's broke, and they shouldn't fix it. I'm feelin' a 20 show run in Summer 09'... first song back; 2001> Antelope.

Awesome!!! I've been dreaming for years that Phish would tour again! All the wookies will find their way back home and off of my panic lot. :-)

i forget i was at a bluegrass festi this weekend. and i remeber talkin to someone sayin if they get back together, its going to be in michigan...... this is got me split open and melting

Who needs Phish when you have Panic? Real spreadheads hate those popped collared frat boys as much as you do phish fan, or tree hugging hippie. Every phish show I ever saw I saw fights, and violence...Panic is all about the love and the darkness. Just because you don't understand songs with real lyrics, plots, and evolution...don't knock it.

I went to 13 Panic shows a couple of years ago and was overall disappointed.

After the first show i thought, "why in hell did i come on tour with these guys" Then the next night, they kicked ass. I sorta got what people see. After 13 shows, about 4 of them i enjoyed, and they happened to be the shows all the "true Panic fans' complained about.

I've toured with The Grateful Dead, Phish, SCI, and Panic.

The Dead were great as long as you knew how to watch out for yourself.

Phish, was fun and i would see them again , the crowd was younger, on more emotionally de-stabilizing drugs, and some violence. More Rock & Roll in attitude.

SCI was happy, like fields and flowers but I think theyre the luckiest band ever for making it as big as they did.

The Panic shows i met alot of cokeheads and people selling this fake ecstasy called Mollie.Sorta a bad scene and i wouldn't go to a show again. Theyre the perfect band for Bonnaroo.

60+ shows spring-Summer 09. End of April-Aug.- You are all nuts if you think Treys lost his ability to play, do any of you jackasses even listen to him. But Shanky your right, the scene got that way though back in like 97-98. I quit going in 2000 altogether cause of fuckwads on tour in 99. Kids beating each other up with skateboards, selling bad dope, cops beating people asses in Va. beach, it was nuts. Seeing kids crying losing their shit, I remember seeing a girl in Memphis in like 97 ish like that. Phish became the Wolds Biggest Party and unfortunately with that comes alot of assholes. To be honest though had as much fun at IT as I had at about any show. The vibe was great and everyone was thinking 20 more years, we were pulling the tribes together, and it all went to hell.

I WISH IT COULD BE BACK THE OTHER WAY, BUT WHATS DISSOLVED AIN'T COMING BACK TODAY, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND WISH THAT IT WOULD, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND WISH THAT IT WOULD,,,,

I got real fucked up last night and started calling dionysian productions and all kinds of venues and shit, wound up on Kevin Shapiros voicemail at about 3 am , man Im jonesing, an its going to happen

I already have the "CLOSED FOR PHISH TOUR" sign saved on my computer. I better be good so my wife lets me go to some shows.

FUCK TREY!!! BRING IT BACK AT ROTHBURY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with everyone is promoting to bring it back to Limestone. Its a beautiful drive, they can play the tower till the sun comes up, and some of my favorite phishin' experiences have been there. The everglades wouldn't be to bad for New Years however. Domer 115 Amen brother!!!!

we just gotta remember the four guys involved. don't want them to do it if their hearts not in it. life's to short for that.