The roots of Cousin Fungus traces back to the summer of 1993. Thomas, Christian and Henry Stanziale were joined by their hometown friends Gary Menkes and Billy Zwerlein and formed the Phish cover band Stash. Their first show was on June 2nd, 1993 at the Port Washington Lacrosse Alumni Game at Bar Beach in Port Washington. Weekly shows known as "Stash Wednesdays" at Bobby's on the Boulevard in Port Washington occurred throughout the summer.
Gary decided to move to Key West, and his final show was Thanksgiving Eve 1993 (a show dubbed "Stashgiving")....
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