I really like their straight forward pop stuff, the ballads and the more metal-oriented stuff like Carini and Axilla. They absolutely have prog songs, stuff like The Divided Sky, David Bowie, Fluffhead, You Enjoy Myself and Esther (all from Junta) and stuff like The Curtain (With), Reba, Maze, It's Ice, Walls of the Cave and Time Turns Elastic. I steadily got in to them, bought all the studio albums, got a ton of live stuff, seen them live 21 times. Oddly enough, it was hearing this that hooked me, I just loved the guitar part and the lyrics: As a result, I missed their 1992-1997 glory days (1994 being my favorite), it wasn't until I stumbled across the Bittersweet Motel documentary in 2003 during the first hiatus while channel surfing one night that I got in to them. I made the mistake of buying in to the "Meh, they're just Grateful Dead clones" thing, which since I'm not a Dead fan at all was a problem. They inducted Genesis into the RRHoF for what it's worth. This is a talented lot whose lyrics bear a resemblance to early Yes or Genesis or Steely Dan. Many people are more discouraged by their fan base or "lot" scene than they are in the band themselves I've found over the years. ![]() I have been leaving live stream links to their current tour on the NP thread. Solid competent playing, different sets every night. Mike Gordon lays a solid bass line down and drives some fierce rhythms along with Jon Fishman on drums. Page on keys is not an Emerson or Wakeman, but can be compared to a T Lavitz (RIP) per se. Trey is a monster on guitar, but not enough is said about the rest of the band. That's if the Dregs had jammed out their tunes in concert. To me, they are more akin to the Dixie Dregs then the Dead. Phish is a live band that releases studio recordings every now and then. Some interesting discussion elsewhere on this site for sure ~īut I'm wondering more specifically if anyone else has had a Phish epiphany, going from "No way, not those guys" to "wait a second, they sound A LOT like Genesis / Yes / etc!" Since they're one of the most beloved American bands (at least live) of the past 30 years, that kind of changes the narrative about how prog rock is unpopular, no? Fortunately, breeders from the US and Europe have been cultivating, hybridising and refining vintage Kush genetics for close to 50 years now.Since the remaining Dead chose Trey Anastasio to stand in for Jerry at their final shows, I've been re-evaluating Phish, finally noticing how proggy they can be. ![]() Ever since War and conflict have plagued the whole Middle-East.Ĭivilian Kush seed hunting expeditions have all but ceased. In 1979 the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and so began a terrible trend. However, we can be certain that it happened just in time. Who? Is hotly debated with too many tall tales to know for sure which individuals are owed the credit for bringing ancient Kush genetics to the West. We’ve succinctly filled you in on the What, Where and When. Both American and European strain hunters following the “hippie trail” crossed paths with the Kush on their travels. Smugglers transported the prized landrace heavy duty Mountain Kush seeds out of the region throughout the 1970’s. Thousands of years, possibly tens of thousands of years ago man was growing Kush here. ![]() The origins of the Kush cannabis family are rooted in the Hindu-Kush Mountains that meander through the borders of modern day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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