Phish

Phish was a popular American rock band most noted for its extended improvisations, elongated song compositions and the varied genres represented in their song repertoire. The band was formed in 1983 in Burlington, Vermont where they all attended college. The band's four members Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman, and Page McConnell performed together for 21 years until their breakup in August of 2004.

Although the group received little radio play or MTV exposure, Phish developed a large following by word of mouth. Phish's music has elements of many genres including jazz, bluegrass, country, heavy metal, reggae, folk, rock, ska, pop, blues, progressive rock, show tunes, classical, acoustic, barber shop quartet and calypso. The band performed 226 originals (of the 234 they penned) and 383 covers for a total of 609 songs.

While often compared to the Grateful Dead, Phish finds their roots in jazz as opposed to the Dead who were more influenced by American Blues.

Each Phi...