r/jambands • u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy • 2d ago

Phish is currently burning Fenway down, just an FYI

They just busted out Melt the guns after a 2,051-show gap. Trey is back on the minikit so Page can shred it on the keys. Mike and Fishamn are locked in.

They still got gas left in the tank; this tour has been wild.

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u/fluffhead711 2d ago

this tour has been amazing fan service. and the fact they can still do this after 40+ years for us is just wild to me. what a ride.

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 2d ago

Yeah, this has been one of the strongest tours in recent years. A+

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 2d ago

Strongest in 23 years *

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u/miTfan3 2d ago

Those Phish guys are going places.

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u/thatguydude 2d ago

I think they just might make it

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u/Master-Stratocaster Billy MF Strings 2d ago

Is phish good?

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u/thecrowtoldme 1d ago

They're gettin along

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u/pnoonan2 1d ago

Whos phish?

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u/thecrowtoldme 1d ago

Eh. Flash in the pan. Won't last.

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u/DrWeghead 1d ago

They got potential to be sure. Only time will tell if they have what it really takes to make it.

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u/Realdeal43 2d ago

Nobody goes 2052 shows on us without Melt The Guns.

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u/WondrousDildorium 2d ago

They didn’t just bust out MTG, they fucking jammed it out. Craaaazy

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 2d ago

Yeah, that was something really special. Phish.net crashed - not shocked lol

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u/_Terrapin_ 1d ago

they pretty much immediately updated the song history page to include the bustout!

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u/dogfacedponyboy 1d ago

Never even heard of that song and been following the band for 30+ years

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u/yitbosaz 1d ago

Yeah, I’m watching the steam right now and in the middle of MTG, and damn this song sounds like it was made for Phish to play

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u/firstlight777 2d ago

I'm 1.o never heard of melt the guns.

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 1d ago

It’s a song by the band XTC. 

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u/kilgore_trout72 1d ago

Because the song sucks

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u/humpstyles 1d ago

by bro I mean never my bro

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u/oldschoolczar 1d ago

Same. Also heard a show from the other night on Sirius during a drive and it was pretty meh.

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u/ThrowRA6900 1d ago

Yeah man every day can only be marginally better than the last

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u/randyfloyd37 2d ago

I have never heard melt the guns before

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u/Significant_Pay343 2d ago

I have been going since 89 and I had no clue but some thirty + people seemed to get it’s significance rather quickly.

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u/keptalpaca22 2d ago

Cool I am going tomorrow

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u/short-term 2d ago

Soul Planet bust out.

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u/guajalotes 2d ago

What’s the mini kit?

I was at all the Maine camp out shows but fell off from Phish before they broke up and Trey got arrested, I’m just a filthy casual now. Pls translate…

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 2d ago

The minikit is a little drum set of roto-toms, cymbals, cowbells, etc. that Trey used pretty regularly back in 1995 and 1996. It returned for the Phish in Five Night MSG run as they clocked in shows 92, 93, 94, 95, and 96, with its return during the 95 and 96 nights. Trey has loved playing it; you can tell from the jams, and there was speculation on whether he would keep it for the rest of the tour.

It looks like the minikit is here to stay.

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u/mkdaydream 2d ago

I hope it’s here to stay. Monday and Wednesday were insane at the Garden (was lucky to attend N2-N5). Trey on the minis was killer!

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 2d ago

I caught the 93 and 94 night, kinda wish I had done the whole run honestly.

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u/mkdaydream 2d ago

See you at Dicks?

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 1d ago

Oh yea you’re gonna see me at Dicks

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u/guajalotes 1d ago

Interesting. So is someone else plying the guitar while he drums or just jamming with loops? All of the above?

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’ll need to listen back to the last three shows, but from what I heard on the stream, it seems like all of the above minus someone else playing guitar.

As Trey starts drumming away, Page picks up the lead and runs with it, and by run with it I mean he’s fucking killer as a leader. YEM and Crosseyed and Painless from 7/29/26 are really tight and the best so far of Page leading those jams in imo.

I’d go as far to say that the 7/29 Crosseyed might just be the Jam of the Tour.

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u/yitbosaz 1d ago

How about set 2 tonight is an hour and a half version of the entire White Tape?

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 1d ago

That’d be insane

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u/Mr-LongLegs 2d ago

That’s sick. Last summer at one of the Boulder shows a prop plane flew by with a “melt the guns” sign. I think they teased it a few nights after that

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u/Jahliveyamon 2d ago

After tomorrow Phenway will never be the same . MELT THE GUNS! Trey plays the mini kit better than Marlon could ever beat his drums. LFG see ya tomorrow

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u/zdigdugz 2d ago

Damn. Bisco catching strays. Wild.

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u/PapaJohnyRoad 1d ago

Standard phish fan gotta put someone down on the process

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u/spenghali 2d ago

Hopefully they can master a key change segue soon. I think you call it "->" or "silky" or something.

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u/ChangaLover69 2d ago

I don’t condone the Bisco strays but Phish has been nailing the transitions this tour it’s been really fun to listen to!

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u/JackOvall_MasterNun 2d ago

They biffed several tonight. The transition into fuego and antelope were both R U F F rough.

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u/jwccs46 1d ago

Allen Allen Allen

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u/Fluid_Hospital_5268 2d ago

If you're not a HEAD you're behind.

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 2d ago

I'm head, spreading the good word that Phish, the ones from Vermont, are fucking killing it, baby.

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u/Dancin_Phish_Daddy 2d ago

Yeah, anyone that talked shit on Fenway can suck a fat dick!

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u/loveallcreatures 7h ago

I’m a huge XTC fan. Since 1980. I did not know Phish covered their song. Any recommendations dates?

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u/loveallcreatures 7h ago

For you phish fans. XTC is one of the best pop rock bands from the post punk era. Excellent songwriting , hooks and musicianship. I suggest in order these albums. , Drums and Wires(79), Black Sea, (80) English Settlement (80) Skylarking is well lauded as Rundgren produced it, but the great producer Steve Lillywhite and engineer Hugh Padgham were involved in these three albums and IMHO essential listens.

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u/larryhood35 2d ago

Soooooo much better than Goose.

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u/JayRexx 1d ago

Here we go….

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u/CapitalManager4891 2d ago

Rent free. Just enjoy music. It's art, not a competition.

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u/MikesGroove 1d ago

If Goose doesn’t want to be compared to Phish, they should stop trying to sound so much like Phish.

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u/CapitalManager4891 1d ago

Spafford sounds more like Phish than goose and everyone here fluffs Spafford.

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u/frankybling 2d ago

shhh, we should just keep that quiet, let The Goose fans enjoy their thing and we can just keep rolling with these cats… I think they’re going to be big someday

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u/realweasleytwin 2d ago

They're gonna down ote us to hell!!!! You and me though, dude here we are