Phish consists of Trey Anastasio.
This article is about the musical group. For deceptive e-mail practices, see Phishing.
Phish was an extremely popular American rock band most noted for its extended jams and unique improvisation. The band's four members 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 had 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, a total of 609 songs. Each Phish concert was different in terms of the songs included and the order in which they appeared, and (for many songs) in the way in which they were performed. Most of their songs were never played the same way twice. Along with Bob Dylan and The Beatles, Phish were one of the first bands to have an Internet newsgroup - Phish.net - launched in 1991.
Phish was formed in 1983 at the University of Vermont by guitarists Trey Anastasio and Jeff Holdsworth, bassist Mike Gordon, and drummer Jon Fishman. In 1985, Page McConnell joined on keyboards. A year later, in 1986, Jeff Holdsworth left the group after graduation, thus solidifying the band's classic lineup, which remained unchanged for the rest of their career.