the island tour was DEFINATELY the peak of phish

[Jordan Shapiro]

they were coming off the also-insane fall and nye 97 tours, this was
four days to blow the doors off. no warming up, no second chances.

i think you can trace this all back to the introduction of the SOTG
songs which really changed the direction of the band. it brought them
full circle from the more rock-driven mid 90's years and added the
funk and then transformed into the overall sound we know now.

anyway, the island tour was just fantastic. blows everything else
away. it's a crime they haven't released this yet, sanctity of the run
be damned. the AUDs pretty much suck.

jordan

[myron]

am i correct in assuming you were not seeing phish in '94?

[YEMcGrupp]

i made it to the providence show opening with Oh Kee
Pa>YEM...nasty...cities...theme....man, good times

[ABall394]

I would say the Island Tour was the peak for that 97 funk style of playing that
they did, but I wouldn't say it was the peak for Phish. IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

[BOTRnewmusic]

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena tours.
sure.....

[km]

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena tours.
sure.....

basically

[Scranjuber]

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena

tours.

Post by BOTRnewmusic
sure.....

basically

i'll third that one.

pops

[Nate C.]

Post by Scranjuber

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena

tours.

Post by BOTRnewmusic
sure.....

basically

i'll third that one.
pops

fourth

[LP]

Post by Scranjuber

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena

tours.

Post by BOTRnewmusic
sure.....

basically

i'll third that one.

Without question!

LP

[stashhat]

I respectfully disagree!!! I think the peak is yet to come!!
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Post by Scranjuber

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena

tours.

Post by BOTRnewmusic
sure.....

basically

i'll third that one.

Without question!
LP

[YEMcGrupp]

Post by stashhat
I respectfully disagree!!! I think the peak is yet to come!!

the coney island tour perhaps?

[Zev Z. Zevilone]

i peaked on phish tour numerous nights....

Zev

Say a prayer for the Earth, and the angels that have left her.......

If you like animals, you'll love yaks.

[Butchkid]

if anybody wants to take off, take off...but if you want to stay around and
dance to the funk...

[ABall394]

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena tours.
sure.....

Yep

[Scranjuber]

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by BOTRnewmusic

Post by ABall394
IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

ok yeah, the peak of phish came before they hit the full circuit arena

tours.

Post by BOTRnewmusic
sure.....

how do you think they earned playing the arena gigs?

pops

[BOTRnewmusic]

i dont understand how people say fall 97 was the best tour, then say it was
while they were on the decline.
the peak of phish means that after that era, it was all downhill. 94,95 imo was
far from the peak of phish. theyre best playing as one was 1997's entire year.

[Scranjuber]

Post by BOTRnewmusic
i dont understand how people say fall 97 was the best tour, then say it was
while they were on the decline.
the peak of phish means that after that era, it was all downhill. 94,95 imo was
far from the peak of phish. theyre best playing as one was 1997's entire year.

just because it was on a decline doesn't mean that it wasn't awesome. IMO
'94-'95 was their peak, went down 2 notches for '96 then up one in '97,
although a decline a very small one.
It's also a matter of taste, i prefer the jamming style of '94-'95 over the
groove style of '97 so that may help explain my preference.

pops

[BOTRnewmusic]

yeah i know this is also a very opinionated topic. if you talk about their peak
in terms of success, most peoples answers will change. musically 94,95 i guess
could be it, although i thought 95 (only heard a few shows and thats the least
amount of discs i have for one specific year),96 sucked for the most part. 94
is one of the best second to 97.

[Gsasso]

Post by ABall394
I would say the Island Tour was the peak for that 97 funk style of playing that
they did, but I wouldn't say it was the peak for Phish. IMO, it would either
be December 95, or summer/fall of 94...

Word. December 95, my favorite month of Phish.

[Sean Murphy]

Post by YEMcGrupp
i made it to the providence show opening with Oh Kee
Pa>YEM...nasty...cities...theme....man, good times

I was living in Providence at the time. When I saw Buddy Cianci, the mayor
of Providence at setbreak, chilling stage left with a glass of wine, I knew
the party was on!

[The Other Brian J.]

seriously

hope marnie doesn't read this though

Post by myron
am i correct in assuming you were not seeing phish in '94?
--
Brett
"the best songs never get sung
the best laugh never leaves your lungs"
-Jeff Tweedy

[Frieky]

the peak of phish will come april 15th

[wjb67]

I don't know about THE peak but it certainly was A peak.

bands usually go through his and low all through thier careers...at
least the good ones do.

Post by Jordan Shapiro
they were coming off the also-insane fall and nye 97 tours, this was
four days to blow the doors off. no warming up, no second chances.
i think you can trace this all back to the introduction of the SOTG
songs which really changed the direction of the band. it brought them
full circle from the more rock-driven mid 90's years and added the
funk and then transformed into the overall sound we know now.
anyway, the island tour was just fantastic. blows everything else
away. it's a crime they haven't released this yet, sanctity of the run
be damned. the AUDs pretty much suck.
jordan

[Gsasso]

Post by Jordan Shapiro
anyway, the island tour was just fantastic. blows everything else
away. it's a crime they haven't released this yet, sanctity of the run
be damned. the AUDs pretty much suck.
jordan

The new seeds that came out a few months ago are spectacular.

[Gsasso]

Post by Jordan Shapiro
anyway, the island tour was just fantastic. blows everything else
away. it's a crime they haven't released this yet, sanctity of the run
be damned. the AUDs pretty much suck.
jordan

The new seeds that came out a few months ago are spectacular.

[Carlito88]

haha you guyes think theres only 1 peak.....lmao

[Scranjuber]

Post by Carlito88
haha you guyes think theres only 1 peak.....lmao

yes there are always peaks and valleys but there is also one peak that is above
the rest.

pops

[d_rock420]

Post by Scranjuber

Post by Carlito88
haha you guyes think theres only 1 peak.....lmao

yes there are always peaks and valleys but there is also one peak that is above
the rest.
pops

nice was this when all of providence was still basically mob run(whole
city govt,ettc.....)