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DISGRACELAND

Phish: Community, Hippie Crack, and the Nitrous Mafia

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.613.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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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. For a full list of contributors, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To listen to Disgraceland ad free and hear an exclusive mini-episode that further explores Phish and the Nitrous Mafia, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This Double Elvis.

0:07.0

Disgrace Land is a production of Double Elvis.

0:32.1

This is a story about community, about four self-described dorks from Vermont, who built one of the most devoted fan bases in rock history.

0:39.6

It's a story about making music with your friends and about musical euphoria, but it's also about the shadows darkening the margins, about hippie crack, hissing tanks, and the

0:46.6

Nitrous Mafia.

0:48.8

And it's about how a seemingly idyllic scene could be infiltrated by hard drugs like cocaine and heroin.

0:56.2

This is a story about fish, which means it's a story about, I don't know, man, is it great music?

1:04.7

Unlike that clip, I played a few at the top of the show. That definitely wasn't great music.

1:10.3

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called

1:13.4

Peace, Love and Ice Cream, MK1. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to

1:20.9

slow motion by juvenile featuring Soldier Slim. Why would I play you that specific slice of ass successfully backed up cheese?

1:31.1

Could I afford it?

1:33.1

Because that was the number one song in America on August 15th, 2004.

1:39.5

And that was the day that Fish played what was billed as their final show, when in fact no one, not even the band,

1:47.1

knew that their story was far from over.

1:50.6

On this episode, Four Dorks, musical euphoria, shadows on the margins, hippie crack, the Nitris Mafia, and Fish.

2:00.9

I'm Jake Brennan, and this 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.

2:37.6

And though they didn't get in, they dominated the discourse surrounding the nomination and voting

2:43.1

process because they received the largest number of fan votes in Hall of Fame history.

2:48.8

Over 329,000 votes, to be exact, and that's nearly 50,000 more votes than the runner-up,

2:55.6

bad company, received.

2:57.6

Now, the fan vote isn't part of the official vote, so that doesn't count toward getting you inducted.

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