Phish Reunites…Briefly

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!

yay.

who are these phish guys and why wont they get back together already!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

so.... I thought the strat at rothbury was just because murawski* (sp sorry) was using a languedoc and trey didn't want to get muddled but..... maybe not.... any guitar geeks want to weigh in here.....

so, that video just made my day

those four are still magic...

GOOOSE BUMBS!!!!!!!! IT's ON!!

Fishman looks TANKED!

JOSH: My guess is that "Phish" was just sitting in on the wedding band's instruments. Prob wasn't Trey's stratocaster.

^ Really??

you know what this means rite, the couple can get divorced for a few years ,slut around with other people (which will be good but not the same) ,call it a "hiatus" , get back together and the sex will still be fantastic and epic , WOOOAAAHHHH shocks my brain

in all seriousness though this is the most exciting news ive heard in a long time, this is why you rock jambase, on point , PHISH WE WANT YOU BACK!!!

oh and congrats to the newlyweds

^^^^ HAHAHA You'll b prob more likelely to score tix lol!

#1 That is a Telecaster not a Strat. But yes, they are def. using the hired band's instruments.

#2 The groom can't dance :)

Radio City for New Years guys???

exciting.. but i refuse to give up my hopes... would have been a present suprise to be at the wedding though.. at least the guys are having fun together still

alskdfja;slkdfjadklsjfas;ldkjfa;sldkjf;alskdfjals;kdjf. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!

in my best John Belushi voice....HOOOOOLLLY SH*T!

this makes me so happy, I can hardly contain myself!

Did anybody get a clip of Suzy G .....

Is Page playing a Casio?

I forgot how much I miss Phish. Gordon at the Paradise tonight, fellow Bostonians.

ahhhh...just please come back for ussssss

what a wild wedding, they sound pretty good. Love the suits too.

I think I have the same casio packed away in a box. That thing was awesome.

raging boner ensues...

Great Went on for smiles

AHHHHHH CREAM YER JEANS PEOPLE

WOW! I have had goosebumps for the twenty minutes, and watched the video four times. They are definitely playing on the wedding bands gear, not theirs. I can only imagine the conversation that transpired that led to the four of them taking their places behind the instruments. Wondering if those songs were selected by Brad, or if those were the ones that they collectively remembered how to play well, there on the spot. Either way, I'm stoked...

allow me to weigh in. dope.

At least 2 months of practice before any tour tho por favor. If they can't play Divided or YEM right, then I don't want to hear it. Let's be patient folks. We don't want or need unpracticed Phish ( to wit: listen to some of the Divideds from the last year they toured). Please, please put your heart into it. We all know that Phish requires an enormous amount of time and dedication from all four members to be valid. Here's hoping they commit fully

They see the $$$ at the end of the tunnel....No more Cheese...and WSP to stop touring after 12/31.....fuck yeah they are getting back together.......2009 will be quite interesting....im holding out for the dead

Boy, man..

Pretty good wedding band I guess... :)

summer 09' bring it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats great, the most hyped up reunion just happened and it was at a friends wedding. Im sure everyone in attendance lapped up every minute, probably sounded more like the early bar band days only they werent loaded up on lucy.

You know its going to happen sooner or later after seeing this video. I'm hoping for next summer at some festies or maybe just a Phish tour would be awesome. They have no reason not to, with WSP taking a hiatus, and moe, it completely opens the door for the 2 veteran bands The Dead and Phish!!!

How surrealistic it'd be to say: "Yeah, Phish played at my wedding." Sheeeit.

Feels so goood!

u kno there was some random phan there from the other side of the family who didnt kno that he was the manager who became the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

"Well, that'll be cool if they do a big fall tour next year...But Bisco will probably do the same, and they didn't play a lot this year, so I might follow Bisco instead." <---most rediculous shit i've ever read...

bout time!!! wooohoo

Trey on a Tele! and yeah, Page is playing the Casio I had in grade school!

this is awesome!! hoping for a summer tour culminating with a "Phish welcome back festival" at Lorings!!!

oboyler i was tinking the same thing. like there was some waiter or someting there that realized what was going on and just dropped his tray and started dancing. My hats off to the boys and cant wait to hear what they do next. and to say10ick your intitled to do whatever you want and i respect that you can wake up in the morning and say someting stupid to start off your day, but your going to be a lonely soul on that bisco tour so you better pack some lotion for all those lonely nights to follow. I miss the boys, i miss all you guys and can't wait to have the best nigts ever back in my life again.

I was there!!! Front row! Crazy glow stick war during suzy greenberg!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

This is sick, i wish i could see the whole thing, but this will have to do. Its only a matter of time before the boys tour again, I know it...I can feel it

everyone chill. I think this might just prove that all wedding bands really do suck. However, this is a sick exception!

A nice warm-up for next year :-)

colorado matt how do u know panic's done after new years?

so you think to yourself, bummer, Phish re-united, but they played Julius, not a 20 minute Ghost or Twist or something... but then you listen a little more closely, and, given that it's a Julius - and it *would* be a Julius - you realize that, sure, Trey just wailing on a repeated line, but then you *also* realize that he's locked in with Page, and Mike is trying to get with Trey, but Trey is paying more attention to Page, so Mike compensates and they're fine - not to mention he's basically soloing too, since bassists do that during repetitive guitar lines - and then as soon as Trey chords, Page is in, picking up where he left off, and I mean like right where he left off, and then he's in it with FIshman, and of course Mike is with Fish, and....!!! YES! PHISH!!!!!

haha i can see everybody going crazy when phish came on, everybody except the wedding band, just standin there lookin pissed, being shown up by phish... at least they got to jam with copeland i guess that's kind of cool... i wonder if they sounded anything like my favorite band SCRANTONICITY.

Panic is only playing a few shows end of 2009 -- sucks yes, but the boys deserve some rest! On to Denver for NYE!

dude....yes!

They should've played "Sand" in honor of the newlyweds. This is the best news I've heard in a really long time.

ouch.... I was on my laptop and couldnt see that it was a tele...... and why was my very nice and very honest question voted down....not cool

i knew this was coming. i know evryone has been hearing bullshit rumours the past 4 years but i def know that they have been in the studio. believe me or not but when that album comes out you will

Hopefully they go back to the old stomping grounds for New Years 2009 at Madison Square Garden

I will meet all of you at Green Acres for the 3 day run at Deer Creek next summer!

funkyjedi you've got phunky ears!!!!! About Panic, they will be done in three years. Done! For now, better git yer jimmy spread while ye can! F. Deer Creek. Gonna need more room in a chill state. Think, golden gate park for free. Fee? Free! And with some meaning.

nothin but love here...so nice to feel the spirit again

lucky bastards! we haven't heard a show in over 4 years now :(

ill be in VT for the 1st show :P 5 years after my last @ alpine valley.

Where's Fish's Mumu?

dood please go see your bisco and the boyz in Phish at their Amy Winehouse/Pete Doherty worst could school bisco playing instruments made from Paper Mache'! WHen they come back ill be there bu tnever on th east or midwest again! The best coast is the Left coast! And of course fish is tanked its a wedding and he IS Jon fishman!!

Batteries Sold Separately

that is the shit

oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit

I think I felt my dick move.

...Baseless Speculation? Naw, i've now seen it with my own eyes.... it's only a matter of time.

-there is just no way they will never play together again.

Can we say fall tour PLEASE ! I am ready and willing It has been way too long

say10ick you know thats not a bad idea, and you are not alone on this humdinger of a choice , infact i heard Rush Limbaugh himself stated that if both Phish and Bisco did a big fall tour at the same time he would choose bisco hands down you know cuz hes 100% deaf(Autoimmune inner ear disease i believe) and loves his pharmies.

I myself will be having the phish

BOOBIES

Bisco has always been drugged out shadows of their former selves. And they can't sing worth a shit either.

i always told everyone phish was a glorified wedding band

WOW! This made my day. I can't wait till a video of Suzy G makes the rounds. Reunion shows are gonna have to be in giant stadiums or festies to accommodate old and new fans (and set up a system to prevent scalpers from buying all tix and selling them for ridiculous $). Here's hoping for Big Cypress New Years 09/10!

I cant say why but i have tears in my eyes

It has to be In a Stadium, or Festie!!! Soo many people would try to get in holly crap!

Awww....they look so cute jamming out in their little suits! :) I cannot express who elated I will be if they actually reunite, even if for one tour! Woo hoo!

they should be a wedding band for hire

cheers to Brad Sands, cheers to Phish!! Much love

It's only a matter of time now.

oh yes....want to hear the phish.

oh yes, jealous as hell of sands.

oh yes, coming back soon.

my week is looking up.

OMG, I'm gonna poop my pants. YES!

Phish.....the wedding band.

Phish play a wedding and the people still can't dance.

I wonder who the "real" band was?

I know this will get many negative votes but it has to be said by one of us that has traveled from coast to coast to see Phish. Yes, it was nice that they were all together and relations are good enough that they all agreed to do an impromtu set. BUT it hurts a bit to see the same four guys that have had me spinning, confused, elated, dancing, holy shitting and laughing out of shear joy-reappear for the first time since Coventry as a F-ing wedding band. i understand everyone's unbrideled enthusiasm but c,mon!! Some A-hole yelled Have Nagila (sp.?) a jewish wedding song at the end?!?!?! Thats the equivalent of yelling 'FREEBIRD!!!' to Coltrane.

"Nothing I see can be taken from me"

gutterlush, I dig your wanting a little more respect for Phish than a wedding band, but I think the boys themselves get the joke - I mean, keep in mind that they played a wedding the last time they "weren't playing together," and they did it for a close friend. this seems like a voluntary action that they all fully enjoyed. as to the Hava Negilla shout, it's a far cry from yelling "Freebird" at 'Trane, because Phish is actually (at least?) half Jewish, and in the past, they've played other Hebrew traditionals like Yerushalayim Shel Zahav and Avenu Malkenu as a stroke of irony at big-venue rock concerts - to ask them for Hava Negilla at a wedding they're grinning like assholes to play, I think, is pretty acceptable...

agreed ^

Cool-I get your drift phunkyjedi-my comment I guess was more directed at the tool that was clueless to the fact that he was in the presence of brilliance and yelled out something so mundane and lame. Or I could just be the most jealous bastard for knowing that such undeserving tools were at the phirst Phish 'reunion' ... AND Copeland too?!?!!? AARRRGGHHH Left nut-packed primed and ready to go...

"I got a twinge in my left ear"

O.K. Imagine this...you are a member of a WEDDING BAND and these musicians borrow your instruments to run through some great tunes well. I guess a break followed. What do you play next? Pulling out the wedding band standards like "Boogie Shoes" or "Endless Love" may disappoint the crowd.

What an outrage! How can Phish get back together to "allow it [Phish] to drag beyond the point of vibrancy and health?" This reunion was just an example of what a "nostalgic act" phish would be if they were to reunite. JEEZE!

f*cking tool!!!!....(quoting trey)

satire my friends. who didn't jump for joy when they saw the video??

Congrats to Brad and his new wife. As for Phish, I think this is awesome. They were being best friends to Brad and making his wedding one that will not be forgotten. As for people that think that is degrading to Phish to play as a wedding band or for some guy to shout Hava Negilla in such "brilliance" is ridiculous. I think it is histerical and I bet they all thought it was funny as well. For me this is just reassurance that our time will come when we can all quit our jobs that we have built up for the past 4 years and go see the boys rip it up again. Made my night on Saturday to hear Phish was playing. I told the whole dam bar I was out. Keep practicing boys....

If Phish does come back they need to play Cypress NYE again. Or play a 3 night Miami run at the Airlines arena.

dont take another step, dont blame it on yourself

01roggae.....i'm with you girl! if phish plays florida agin you should def holler at me. I'd love to see the boyz again with a crew of fine females likr yourself. Keep looking phine! and holler back now!

If you pause at :02 when a camera flashes you can see Trey with a sunburst Telecaster. can anyone tell if it was a Fender or custom - i cant see the head. I have been wondrin'if we'd ever hear him play anything other than the Lang live. sounds nice.

YEAH! Ahh Brad ... "Kiss my ass you fuckin' tool"

According to [http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=348] it was revealed at the wedding there will be a Summer '09 tour. Oh my . . .

Another important question to ask is what CK5 is doing next summer

this might be the best news i've heard all...year?

TSPeer....

that link mentions its from August...the wedding was this past weekend that they played at.

Oh, hey. That's pretty neat.

SO FUCKING EXCITED! can't wait for real shows!

F'N A RIGHT

LedZep127 . . . damn . . . you're right. Sorry for contributing to the rumor mill.

c00lmike > Indeed. Phish can swim without gills.

"can't" - of course

How lucky are these people to get a Taste for Free?! I feel the feeling i forgot....

"We send our best to the newlyweds and welcome the flood of baseless speculation that should follow this short, happy reunion of musical soulmates"

Hah, i didnt even catch this the first time i read this... you gotta love jambase being smartasses!

WOOO 'utha 'ucking HOO BITCHES!!so excited.

play at my wedding!

holy fucking god...what a wedding present!

It's gonna happen... but when?

YYYYYEEEESSSSSSS! I just watched Bittersweet for NO reason right before i read the news. I am in the Uk at sound production school and would gladly get my car sunk in some coventry style mud for the reunion. Congrats to Brad, but i hope they cut off the heads in all the wedding pics!

...and where?... and how much (not like it matters)?

My future wife and I are convinced the reunion will happen the day of our wedding (next June).

If thats the case, Im taking a page out of Space Balls and having the quickest wedding ever!

^^^^Is that Trey's dad? How did you get Trey to come to your living room? Looks like you and the boy just got home from a hockey game....

Looks like a party...I've been saying for months they will announce in October-November for a Spring (Feb-Apr.) run. Start in Vegas for a week! That would be a party...

As far as giving the guy shit about Hava Nagila, it wouldn't be a stretch. Gordon is Jewish along with about a quarter of the fan base! Think about "Avenu Malkenu" and "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav". I think it would have been more likely than Suzy, hell that song is weird for a wedding if you think about it. CK is cool after this Crows Tour. He has already stated that Trey has spoken to him about something "BIG" and always insisted that he didn't feel it was over. He loves it too much to quit. Save your pennies and buy a motorcycle! Spring/Summer '09

Those songs have to be requests from Brad I would guess...

I don't think you can top that when it comes to wedding reception entertainment ; )

CELLLLLLLLLABRATIONNNNNNNN COMON opening tour in virginia this march!

www.phish.net..... "Find the the length of Little Feat's track on Sharin' in the Groove (in seconds). Add the number of days that have passed since Coventry (the last public Phish show). Multiply that sum by the number of Little Feat songs that Phish has covered, and then divide by 12.7. No groans, please." hahahahah no joke bro's n ho's (not puttin the ladys down, it just flows..... peace n chicken grease

you mindless sheep make me sick! The only thing you can tell from this video is that nothing has changed it's still TREY(fuckhead) barking orders....at the end of the video he leans over and is telling the others what there gonna play next and is pointing and waving his finger --- what a dooooooooooosh bag - When are the other three gonna tell trey to go fuck himself? That's a real question

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When they get back together for real they better not suck!

Practice? P R A C T I C E ? ? ? This is PHISH!!! How many albums, how many shows? A little respect please. These guys could abandon music all together, take up Karate, master the art and still come back 10 years later and rock it out like no other. You don't think they know YEM and Divided backwards and forwards? Check yourself there rookie.

Brad Sands is a clown! IMHO.

Oh..rookie huh? Did you go to any shows in say..'96? how about even..'95? I saw my first show in 1994. If you think some of the YEM's and Divided's on the last tour weren't sloppy (which IMHO is the result of Trey solo tours and long breaks. That kind of complicated music needs to be played on a fairly consistant basis. obviously you yourself are not a musician. ask one, they'll confirm this. I'll bet even Trey will admit he has to go back and relearn something he hasn't played in a while. it happens to all of us. no big deal) then you my friend, are the rookie here. peace, the Pharmer

Oh, and I'll add little factual research here if anyone has time. Right here on this very website in it's archives I believe you can find some actual show reviews from the last tour. Also, it is widely rumored that Trey broke up the band because in part that he couldn't stand seeing the reviews on this site and others quoting such sloppiness and unpractice, and that they were in effect true because at that point in his life, he had neither the time nor effort required to present Phish the way they should be presented.

I know I'll get bashed for this. Trust me I'm a huge fan and mean no disrespect when I simply say what I think they all know (look at Page's recent comments) and that is that a proper Phish reunion would require a huge amount of time, effort AND dedication from all four members and I hope that this is indeed, coming in the not too distant future. TAKE CARE OF YOUR SHOES!

That post has alot of $$ signs..

Awww - look at them in their tuxes! So cute!

Bwell, IMHO people that use IMHO are tools. What has Brad ever done to you? You and a few other douches on this site should be locked in a room with "Set a drift on Memory Bliss" on replay at full blast till you piss yourself and go insane. IMHO

Trey is a fucking ripper.I get more sick of hippie knowitallism every day. Princeofdankness youre a saint I suppose,princeofbeasties is more like it.haha.

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i almost cried when i saw this no joke, PHISH TOUR!!!!! cuz u can so tell page and mike were loving every minute of it, but this is the first show I have seen where fishman isn't in his dress!!

Every so often we get a little more.....

Fishman looks like he could run for state senate with that suit...

futhepharmer, dude, that's like, f'n cool! You saw Phish in 94? That's so cool, I wish I could've seen them in 94. You must know so much about the band. Man, that's cool!

I love that someone calls for "Hava Nagila" at the end. I hope they felt the feeling they forgot.

jeremyatt > Fish isn't wearing a dress in the new Raleigh DVD. It freaked me out.

It's not a dress, it's a moomoo. Which is even better, I think. Someone told me he once played a show buck naked. Don't know if I would have wanted to be there for that or not.

Oh its on, remember last time the boys played a wedding. it just so happened that soon after they played the wedding phish announced the end of their hiatus. Hey, history always repeats itself.

See yall in the lot..........

well now "phishmann" aren't you heady for saying beasties in your post. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHH

WHO'S GOT MY ROLLLLLLL

Fishman '08

Phishbase.

Im phreakin out man!

Oh so heady,and not rude. Nice job on the ooooooooooooooooooo button.

oh but it's not rude of you to make fun of my name - I bet your a democrat aren't you? Typical!

I thought it was funny. No im liberal. Bye.

welcome the flood of baseless speculation that should follow this. hehe :P

Pharmer:

You are exactly correct. The last year of Phish's tightness was '99. When they came back from the break the wheels just fell off. Dont get me wrong, I love these guys and saw many a show on the final tour. Comparing them at that point to the way they were in say 1997 was just a completely different band. If you listen to some of the shows from '97 (which is my fav year) they are having as much fun as a band can have on stage. Their last tour they just went through the motions. And Trey was eating a lot of zanex. Zanex and alcohol makes for sloppy anything, especially guitar playing. This next comment is just to stir the pot a little: Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player of all time!

Let the djacoustic bashing begin!

haha y'alls is hilarious. especially phunkyjedi08. "locked in"? are you kidding? they're playing a wedding. and everyone else who is debating practicing. did anyone see them after the hiatus? rhetorical. of course you all did. how many of their "staple" songs did they blow in a big way? i saw them struggle through stash in the most pathetic of ways. i think phish is good when they're good, but there's more than enough proof that these guys, however latently talented, need to practice their material and actually, i dunno, try? there's nothing worse than an epic musical journy cut short by a band member or members lack of interest or preparation. phish. is. just. a. band.

Fish looks hotter in a dress, fucked up or not.

Im sorta split on this one. I want them to reunite desperately, but only if they're 100% committed.

"Fishman looks like he could run for state senate with that suit..."

Right on the money.

If PHISH would play at my wedding, I would consider marriage.

It would be great if Phish Returned, but lets not pretend this is good footage or solid playing. It's just about the worst captured phish moment i've ever seen. I'd be embarrased to show it to anyone I was trying to turn onto the band.

ooooh goodness.

I think they should have played ester for the wedding, then i would have really had faith in a promising reunion

no way. this isnt the worst phish playing ive heard. there is a private party they played in like 88 where on the mike's song, trey plays one note for the solo. no joke. just one, long, boring note. that's bad phish.

at least fishman didnt wear a dress to the wedding. and yea, the only thing that matters in 2009 is dead tour. sorry guys.