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Phish 101: Here’s your introduction to America’s greatest jam band
Apr 15, 2025
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Phish has had to deal with a huge number of haters and skeptics over the decades, ones who chose to go the contempt-prior-to-investigation route and just parrot all the tired hippie/granola clichés that have long dogged the jam-band genre.
But you know what? The Vermont quartet — which performs two big sold-out concerts at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francico on April 22-23 — has outlasted its once-bountiful critics and now seems to be finding the type of acceptance that had long eluded it.
There’s no bigger sign of that than Phish’s 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, which marks its first nod despite being eligible since 2014.
Ten years ago, Phish seemed like a massive long-shot to ever score a nomination, with a nearly insurmountable mountain of sarcasm from critics standing between Phish and the Rock Hall.
Now, the group seems like a shoe-in to take its proper place next to Pink Floyd, R.E.M., ELO, Roxy Music and the other greatest rock acts of all time. It’s the leading contender in the fan voting — which is no surprise given the unflinching loyalty of Phish “Phans” — but also garnering a lot of attention in mainstream outlets like GQ, NPR and the New York Times.
The group may even have already gotten word of its induction, given that the Rock Hall was set to announce — but still hadn’t as of our publication deadline — its Class of 2025 sometime in April.
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