Phish: Community, Hippie Crack, and the Nitrous Mafia
DISGRACELAND
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4.6 • 13.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
A parking lot ruled by shady nitrous oxide dealers. And a bandleader whose addiction nearly killed him. This is the story of Trey Anastasio and Phish – and their improbable comeback.
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| 0:00.0 | Disgrace Land is a production of Double Elvis. |
| 0:14.8 | This is a story about community. |
| 0:18.2 | About four self-described dorks from Vermont, who built one of the most |
| 0:22.7 | devoted fan bases in rock history. |
| 0:25.8 | It's a story about making music with your friends and about musical euphoria, but it's also |
| 0:32.6 | about the shadows darkening the margins, about hippie crack, hissing tanks, and the nitrous mafia. |
| 0:41.5 | And it's about how a seemingly idyllic scene could be infiltrated by hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. |
| 0:49.1 | This is a story about fish, which means it's a story about, I don't know, man, is it great music? |
| 0:57.7 | Unlike that clip, I played a few at the top of the show. |
| 1:00.8 | That definitely wasn't great music. |
| 1:03.2 | That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Peace Love and Ice Cream MK1. |
| 1:10.7 | I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to slow motion by juvenile featuring |
| 1:16.4 | soldier Slim. |
| 1:17.3 | Why would I play you that specific slice of ass successfully backed up cheese, could I afford |
| 1:24.7 | it? |
| 1:25.7 | Because that was the number one song in America on August 15th, 2004. |
| 1:32.5 | And that was the day that Fish played what was billed as their final show, |
| 1:37.1 | when in fact no one, not even the band, knew that their story was far from over. |
| 1:43.5 | On this episode, Four Dorks, musical euphoria, |
| 1:48.1 | shadows on the margins, hippie crack, the nitrous mafia, and fish. |
| 1:54.0 | I'm Jake Brennan, and this is this Graceland. |
| 1:58.2 | Music is this Graceland. Earlier this year, in the spring of 2025, Fish was one of 14 musical acts nominated for induction into the rock and roll hall of fame. |
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