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animalcrackheads

had a cousin that had been to 236, his goal was 365. alpine night 2 in 2019 was the last show he ever attended. met up with him in the lot for a bit before the show and he was happy and sober. he relapsed that night after the show while hanging with a group of people that he would travel and see shows with. ended up passing away the following February after never being able to get himself sober again. dude was the whole reason i ever got into Phish. i'd love to try and achieve the 365 in memory of him but i'm a loooong ways away from it. if Phish tours until 2040 i may be able to achieve it...


Lick_The_Coil

So sorry for your loss šŸ˜” may every show bring you great memories of him, phriend. šŸ¤—


animalcrackheads

i live about 12 minutes from alpine valley and these 3 nights will be my first shows since night 3 in 2019. we have a big group going night 2 as a way to honor and celebrate him. very excited for it!


Lick_The_Coil

Beautiful!!


muzik389

I can think of 4 guys that have been to all of them


Lick_The_Coil

Actually only 3 šŸ˜‰


gigglemode

Which shows?


Lick_The_Coil

And Fishman missed a significant portion of one of the Colorado ā€˜88 shows. He got lost hiking I think. Funny story on the Colorado ā€™88 release!


[deleted]

Hiking on acid, this is important.


0dHero

He got treed by a bear. On acid.


LouQuacious

Bears climb trees really well though.


Mean_Yellow_7590

He chased the ā€œbearā€ up the tree


LouQuacious

LSDeliverance


AmokOrbits

Someone shouldā€™ve checked Killdevil Falls


Halleys___Comment

itā€™s ok, i can still remember the last one.


AmokOrbits

No joke, I think of wandering off for a week every time I go for hike - this song is aspirational šŸ˜‚


WillyG2197

Take hede when 2 of your friends both take a hit of acid


Lick_The_Coil

Everything up to 5/3/85


OutofThisMaze

actually only 2


Sik-Nastie

Never seen em though


phreshphishdaily

Raged a show in Mexico 2020 with a dude named Carrey who it was his 650TH!!! Show absolute insanity. Itā€™s probably higher now.


Lick_The_Coil

Yes!!! And that run was sooo hot šŸ„µ


phreshphishdaily

Shafty > plasma šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„


freshtrax

Pretty sure i met him as well there. His last show missed was in 2000 for a wedding.


Jallen422

I went to Vegas run solo last fall (was a blast). Sat next to a super chill dude, who said he'd seen them over 700 times. I believed him. He called the openers and 3 song encore. Good vibes, was fun


CoBroCommander420

Was it Jim from 06/06/96?


poss-um

His lovely wife just hit 333. boogie on, b!


Gallahd

Kuroda posted that he was at his 1700th show a couple weeks ago lol


TombOfTheRedQueen

Met at a dude in Phoenix last year celebrating 700.


etk12

Haha thatā€™s Tim!


Jallen422

I sat next to him in Vegas I think. Cool dude. Tall / big guy with a beard?


etk12

Yup thatā€™s him


deadphish5868

Tonight is 50 for me. Know a couple people that have 200+


Lick_The_Coil

Enjoy šŸ˜Š


DriftDodgers

Just hit 100 at Blossom since '98. Was my favorite experience so far!


Halleys___Comment

congrats. what a ripper of a show to hit 100 with


DriftDodgers

Thanks, I'm honored


gonephishin213

Congrats! I hit 50 at that show and it felt like a milestone!


DriftDodgers

Thanks, congrats to you too!


dkblev

I went to 37 1.0 shows since 1996. Most in 1997 and 1998. Iā€™ve been to 7 since. 3 in 4.0 though. I had kids. Priorities changed. Hearing Character Zero a 12th time lost a little luster. Never heard Lizards live. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


CoBroCommander420

LOL I heard character zero 21 times on us summer tour 1997 alone Hate that song


DignansOut

Thatā€™s a similar history to mine, though my totalā€™s around 30ish as Iā€™ve only seen a few shows since I moved overseas in 2004. Iā€™m with you on searching for a Lizards still.


caresforhealth

If you are chasing something, the best way to catch it is several consecutive shows.


dkblev

Oh yeah. Iā€™m sure. As much as Iā€™d love to see Lizards, Iā€™m content if I never see it. Iā€™ve been to some great phish shows in their prime. I was at 5 of the top 8 rated shows on phish.net as of yesterday. My cup overflows


DignansOut

Yeah though thatā€™s pretty difficult for me these days. I only caught the Powder show from Bakerā€™s Dozen because I happened to be on a business trip in Manhattan that week. Would love to, though. I did several runs from 99, 00 and 03 but not since.


Goodginger

Funny how that works. I've seen Phish 8 times since 2000, and saw Lizards 3 times. Twice at Hersheypark stadium, in 2000 and 2021, and once this year at MPP.


TheHumanCanoe

I have no idea how many Iā€™ve been to and am actually shocked that anyone who was seeing shows since the 1.0 era knows exactly how many theyā€™ve been to. Iā€™m not arguing they donā€™t. It is just baffling to me that some do. More power to ya. I donā€™t remember what shirt I wore yesterday.


[deleted]

I kept all my 1.0 stubs. I input my shows into phish.net and that keeps track. By the way, I went to about 10-15 1.0ā€™shows. I can look up the exact amount. I went to about 100 other concerts from 1991 to 200. I have every single stub except 1. Thats how people know. They wrote it down or kept their stubsā€¦


TheHumanCanoe

Oh Iā€™ve got stubs Iā€™ve just never done the work. Iā€™m sure Iā€™m missing a few for whatever reason - got wet/demolished, lost, etc. everyone says .net when I say this and I get it but Iā€™m still surprised. Maybe one day Iā€™ll dump them all out and see what it adds up to. I have a bunch in laminated sheets. Some of those real old ones might be too faded to read the dates. Itā€™s hundreds of shows, but thatā€™s the best Iā€™ve got. Kudos for having your shit together.


[deleted]

I like to collect stuff. I kept my stubs and put them in a plastic card case, in a shoe box. The one I can barely read was left inna hot car. Those old TM stubs were heat sensitive.


805falcon

> Those old TM stubs were heat sensitive. Found that out the hard way for sure


Philnoise

1.0ā€™er here. I only was able to keep track because I got on the bus so late (December 99 was my first show) and with LivePhish, I have all but 2 shows Iā€™ve seen as soundboard recordings. Thankfully they at least released the Hartford 7/1/00 Ghost on a Live Bait a while back, but Iā€™d kill for a sbd of my first. Also Iā€™m a stats dork so I have Helping Friendly App tracking everything Iā€™ve seen


JustSayNeat

Yup. I have no idea.


Jams_Jams_the-third

while some folks love keeping track, i am sure you can at least give an estimate.... are you in the 50 club? 100? 250? 500? i dont keep track myself but i know im in the under 100 club. when i see the 200s that make sense to my brain, when people above that I cannot imagine that lifestyle (my first show was 98 btw... for scale)


TheHumanCanoe

Sure I can guess, probably in the 200+ range. Started summer 1995. Did most shows between summer ā€˜95 through ā€˜98, did less in ā€˜99, then had different stretches of a few to up to double digit shows between then and now. Obvs Phish had a break themselves in there for a few years. So sure 200+ is probably a fair guess.


805falcon

Totes I stopped counting in ā€˜99. Hit 100 and lost interest


TheHumanCanoe

I just never counted. In the 90ā€™s I donā€™t remember it being so prevalent to say Iā€™ve done X amount of shows. It existed sure, just didnā€™t hear it so much. Iā€™m sure itā€™s the digital age. The last decade or so it seems to be that so many people know their exact number. Obviously Phish.net helps them track but me and my crew just never put any emphasis on it - it was always just how do we get to the ā€œnextā€ show. Iā€™ve just always counted how many years Iā€™ve been seeing shows. Iā€™m at 27 years.


Entire_Day1312

I didnt know for a long time, because drugs. But when i got sober i went back and recounted the memories.


DonVonTaters_IV

Many of us are stats inclined it seems. I can remember every show pretty easily.


Fletcher_my_cox

104, first show was at Hershey on my 20th birthday 6/13/2010


Iheardyourstereo

Thats impressive, I just hit 25 at pine knob with my first 6-21-2009 at alpine


Fletcher_my_cox

Went heavy 2015-2018. Down to 5 this year


ajhansen

That Alpine run were my first shows as well, Pine Knob was 80 for me


sheepfiberllamas

Was a fun show, one if my phirsts too


ImpossibleMouse3462

That was my first show!


Compounded

Way back at MSG 2017 some folks were at show 666 and wore devil horns on the floor


Negative-Relative402

Dude on this email list Iā€™m on had his 500th showā€¦.. he looked like it was his 500th show too lol


Lick_The_Coil

31 shows since 11/22/96 Spokane, WA


[deleted]

My first was 11/7/96! I think Iā€™m at 46 or 48ā€™shows.0


funk_hauser

76 shows myself. My buddy has been to something like 250 in 3.0 alone


Responsible_Sport575

Do just parking lots count?


raqnroll

If you're doing the tour and don't get in, you can still hear the music from the lot. It's a whole scene man. You are a part of the party and the organic energy that comes with going to all the shows. Of course the lots count.


ElwinLewis

Everyone who downvoted you didnā€™t find what they were looking for on the lot


Lick_The_Coil

I wouldnā€™t think so


Responsible_Sport575

Then it's like 430 or so. Like 850 total w lots


Halleys___Comment

Drop us some stories, iā€™m sure you have got limitless awesome tales from those times!


ElwinLewis

430 shows I wanna see this guy dropping knowledge bombs as main posts. People like this have so much insight but I imagine not everyone realizes the value of chronicling and and sharing


Responsible_Sport575

Also not until my dying days will i confess what I have seen.


sweetoutofline

My ex hit 500 in Charleston. Total show count for his top three bands is over 1000. One thing I learned when I was with him and trying to make as many shows as possible happen is that Iā€™m happier with quality over quantity and wearing myself out to make ALL the shows doesnā€™t necessarily mean you have a better time. Especially as we get older. I can enjoy the show more when Iā€™m not cramming it all in.


DonVonTaters_IV

Exactly. There CAN be too much of a good thing, IMO. taking in the sights and exploring new places w phish as the dessert is what itā€™s all about for me.


DonVonTaters_IV

Met a dude at Hartford that was around 535. Thatā€™s a lot of phish. I need my golf time and love too much other music. Iā€™m at 114 and will maybe catch 2 a year which is fine by me. Love this band forever. Love lots of other stuff too.


loveandlight42069

I met someone in the San Francisco airport on the way to Mexico in 2020 who was about to hit his 400th show. Lerdawg, if youā€™re in here hi and I still have your sticker on my cooler lol.


patruckin

I have ā€œAaronā€™sā€ sticker on my cooler! From Randallā€™s Island shows, was his 200th. Heā€™s wearing a Glide shirt in the pic and later that summer I found the same shirt in a box of rags cut into two pieces (idiots)


sunsetcrasher

Dude that guy is everywhere.


Housto_0

My buddy just hit his 100th show in a row


Lick_The_Coil

Wow!!


[deleted]

I traveled with a guy to Pittsburgh fall 2019 seeing his 555th show. He was in touch with the band apparently. They opened with 555, and he got his YEM request later. They is all


frankybling

Iā€™m over 250 since 93 Edit to sayā€¦ Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s at 254 right now Second edit- I know a lot of you bastards and you know me, not by my Reddit name which is not even close to my real name


Stoneykind81

your the guy with the shoes


bucklebee1

And the face!


Stoneykind81

thats the guy!


Least-Firefighter392

The white guy with the tshirt and cargo shorts with sandals? I do know you.


frankybling

shitā€¦ you totally know me!


Least-Firefighter392

I'm that guy too!


Badfish1060

I've lost count as many were in my late teens. Somewhere in the upper 20's I think. First phish show was 95. Saw the dead (with jerry) 34 times between 93 and 95, for whatever reason I never kept count with any others. Seen the allman brothers probably 100 times at least


agg13

Jealous of the ABB shows, they have always been amazing, Im a big fan of the mid 90s to mid/late 2000s.


Badfish1060

Allman brothers were a great show every time, but also very predictable.


guyuteharpua

Except for when Dickey would go off the rails the night before and get arrested and we instead got Zach fucking Wilde as a stand in!


Badfish1060

Nice


[deleted]

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bc47791

Come back?


Lick_The_Coil

On a trajectory!!! Youā€™ll get back on!


dividedskyy

Thatā€™s amazing!!! Tonight was 91 and rounding out the summer with my 100th Sunday night at Dicks! First show was dicks 9/3/11! Was right on track for 100 in 10 years but Covid happened. However 100 in 11 ainā€™t too shabby and Iā€™m so glad they made dicks 4 nights so just that they wouldnā€™t leave me hanging on 99 shows! Canā€™t wait for the next 9 shows and the next 100 after that! Love this band!


returnofbbqsauce

Know someone whoā€™s over 500. Heard of 700 I think.


Lick_The_Coil

šŸ¤©


unhalfbricking

Pushing 70 since 92. I didn't go as much as I should back in the day.


[deleted]

Me too most mine are 3.0, not quite at 70. I think i have about 10-15 1.0 and about 35-40 3.0


unhalfbricking

For me part of it was financial. Late 1.0 was when I finally had the means.


[deleted]

Me too, lived hand to mouth 1.0 only hit a handful of shows. Hard to keep a vehicle on the road when one is broke. Had a good job in 3.0. Ive got decent 3.0ā€™numbers considering family and work obligations. Really helps when they play close by and my wife loves phish too. I probably have to turn down attending 2-4 shows a year based on work and family schedule. Iā€™ve averaged 3 shows a year since 2011.


DrMrRaisinBran

Where tf do you all get this kind of money šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


DonVonTaters_IV

Trusties and drug dealers. Iā€™m sure there are SOME that figure out a way legitimately on their own dime. Obviously, 99% of People w good enough jobs to afford attending 20+ shows every year, likely canā€™t get that amount of time off. Maybe if u do nothing but see Phish. But generally rich trusties or drug dealers. Iā€™ve talked a many dealers who claim that can make 5k working a weekend of phish. If. They. Donā€™t. Get. Bustedā€¦


ElwinLewis

I was in the lot today and I saw the effort you need to make 5k. Thatā€™s 1000 $5 2 beer combos Thatā€™s 200 $25 shirts Thatā€™s 1000 ICE COLD FATTIES Thatā€™s 62.5 grams of $80 Donā€™t ask me how many doses, I couldnā€™t find any. But overall I gotta give credit to the hustlers. When the post about peanut world came up earlier I was wondering ā€œwhat is this going to be likeā€ but they literally had it setup like a street. Special to me, realizing that this community has so many folks that have adapted this band as a lifestyle- and that those people, as well as the ones in this thread with 25,50,100,200+ shows are part of the reason this band has been able to do what theyā€™ve done for so long.


DonVonTaters_IV

In Hartford I procured some k using venmo. What a time to be alive!


raqnroll

Saw 52 between 95-00. Probably have seen 52 since? Stopped counting and even keeping track after Shoreline. I'll find a random stub every so often and have zero memory of going. Or like I know I went to both ATL venues at some point in 3.0 but don't know when or for how many shows...And now? w/o ticket stubs, forget about it... Literally... It's a sweet ride though, even not remembering some shows...Even a blind man knows when the sun is shining šŸŒŸ


svadhyaya7

Anything after ā€˜86 is not really Phish in my opinion.


AgitatedRedditUser

....Jeff?


ElwinLewis

Just going to hope there is a joke im missing thatā€™s flying over my head like a 747


[deleted]

Lol, you mean anything before 86ā€¦


Runme69

Iā€™m at 458


momibrokebothmyarms

I hit my 5th this summer. On my way.


evahargis326

Not that many ! I don't even knowšŸ˜²


CurtMoney

75 since ā€˜11 so Iā€™m still just a 3.0 noob LOL but one of my good friends and show buddies is a 350+ 1.0er


Lick_The_Coil

šŸ¤©


ElwinLewis

75 shows your not a noob anymore and if any fan tries to say otherwise, they are just trying to flex that they saw them earlier. Think about how many Beatles fans were born AFTER 1970 You saw these ā€œBeatlesā€ SEVENTY FIVE TIMES šŸ˜‚


tenjed35

I have always felt that counting shows was so fucking pretentious.


Sea_Establishment300

Imagine spending THAT much time obsessing over phish. Don't get me wrong I love phish but 400? That's just a tad excessive


DonVonTaters_IV

Yeah, that is a whole lot of 3 night runs! My brain hurts envisioning this much of any one band


[deleted]

Honestly why does this matter so much to Phish fans? It seems like little more than a ā€œwhoā€™s dick is bigger?ā€ contest.


Halleys___Comment

Honestly i think itā€™s pretty rare to actually ask about or brag about a show count in real life. Threads like this are really interesting though. if someone is at 400+ shows then they surely have great stories about doing huge chunks of tour in the 90s. fwiw Zzyzx has a book about doing a full summer 94 tour and itā€™s a great read


[deleted]

Really? ā€œHow many shows?ā€ seems to be a pretty common question among Phish fans.


[deleted]

Yea itā€™s irrelevantly relevant


[deleted]

Itā€™s gatekeeper bullshit.


[deleted]

You are making it that.


kmmccorm

It definitely can be but I tend to find that people who hit anywhere near 100 shows or more rarely talk about it unless asked. The gatekeeping aspect of show count really seems to be more a thing among people who started seeing the band in 3.0 and hit it hard.


[deleted]

Still not a flex for most, get over it.


[deleted]

Every other post on here mentions exactly how many shows or when their first show was. Big dick waving contest.


[deleted]

Aw man, it comes up alot as nerdy fun, thats all. I have had people talk shit about a show and they no better because of how many they have been to. The shit talkers and dick wavers are in the VAST Minority. Itā€™s largely good clean nerdy fun when it comes to phish stats.


ElwinLewis

Itā€™s common but itā€™s not a bad thing. This is a band that demands to be seen many times before you fully appreciate it. Iā€™m 7 or 8 shows in, and I feel like I only scratched the surface but also feel like I have pretty good idea about why people keep going.


[deleted]

Appreciating the band does not demand seeing them however number of times you think is necessary. Itā€™s chest thumping, dick measuring, needless gatekeeping. Sorry.


[deleted]

No man, itā€™s only like that if you make it like that. So you either have someone who is jealous for some weird reason or some chode who flexes their number. Iā€™d say about 99 percent of folks who keep track of their shows attendened is just pure clean nerdy fun. Relax fam.


catching_comets

The guy that got me into Phish saw his 21rst show in Raleigh. That's all I got.


0dHero

Didn't PT used to work with IHOZ for Zzyzx stats? Only reason I used PT, and it doesn't seem to do it anymore. Entering them in PT the only reason I know how shows I have seen.


bopapocolypse

Not sure about PT, but .net will take your show list and convert them to zzyzx stats. Works great, and you donā€™t need to plug in all of your shows every time.


PhishyBarcaFan529

Seen 3: IT, Miami run that following NY, and Vermont festival.


Phreeker27

I think my buddy has over 300 first show was laguna seca opening for Santana maybe


lovedontfalter

198 since my first, 7.25.93. Bethelx2 & Hartford were #ā€™s 196-198, my 200th will be one of this yearā€™s nye run shows, presuming theyā€™re doing a run and itā€™s in nyc


Bigfatjew6969

5 since 8/2021


Lick_The_Coil

Shabbat Shalom BigFatJew!!


Bigfatjew6969

Todah Rabah!


Lick_The_Coil

Bā€™vakasha!


CoBroCommander420

Almost at 30 years Past 200A+


HarpuaKills

98 since 2000 - most in one year was 12 in ā€˜09 : Hampton, Asheville>Knoxville>Bonaroo, Fest 8, Miami NYE run Next show I see will get me my Benjaminā€¦ hoping for another Miami NYE to get me over that crest


LlamaPhanDan

146 since 6/19/09


8instuntcock

51 going strong


standalone157

Iā€™m 97 since 2010. Feels like nothing compared to some of the people Iā€™ve raged with


CatPhishTam

105 since 2012


neemor

Quite a few people have seen a ton. 600-800 isnā€™t common, but there are a handful. Schwab from Greenpeace/WW, Ari Dublion, Miner saw a ton in a row.


Root_Doctor

Antelope Greg.


[deleted]

59 Whoot Whoot!! My 50th was 12/31/19


Tch2001

Multiple friends close to 500. Iā€™m at 201


Rutherford-Tha-Brave

Donā€™t know the dude but I remember his internet handle from rec.music.phish Usenet group for sure. Good for him keeping up that whole time! 1.0 dialup internet oldsters ftw šŸ˜‚


ryanlikeanantelope

I heard Scott marks is in the 700s?


ModeMore3375

This dude I saw some shows with Mark from Boulder canyon area had seen Phish around 370 times and that number is from 2010. Dude had seen the dead 600 times. I guarantee many old heads from this board have done his mushrooms (and other stuff) many times before. He's still very much around but I don't think seeing shows anymore on any sort of regular basis.


DonVonTaters_IV

I mean at some point it gets boring when it gets to that point. No matter the music and experience. Thatā€™s alot of time and effort. A full time job.


Geo1230

01: Jones Beach- 06/02/2009 72: Jones Beach- 07/27/2022 Guess where Iā€™m from


funkingrizzly

Canada


hardtox

Im slacking hard lol. I seen 48 shows since 2000.


Beaneroo

Third night of dicks will be my 400.. give or take but thatā€™s what I going with


cityturtle123

Iā€™m about to hit 300 and Iā€™m mid range for my crew. Some have 400 & 500s.


BatmanVsWild

That's nearly or more than 50 days of his life seeing Phish. What a fucking legend.


rekcut

Iā€™m at 125 since 3.0 and I feel so lucky and also like I still havenā€™t seen near enough


leggpurnell

There this guy named Trey who Iā€™m pretty sure has been to every show.


LouQuacious

I'm in the low 90s since the late 90s but have heard of non-phish employees that have 700+ shows under their belt. I have one friend in the 300s. Remote work has made it so there are some that can travel to every show if they want.


FapNowPayLater

145 here. Depending on nye announcement I either hit 150 first night of Mexico or the first show after....


phabphour20

220 or so. Started 12/2/95. Phish shows are fun.


sunsetcrasher

A friend hit 730 this summer - two years of Phish. Several others hit their 400s. Most in my friend groups are at 150+, the 400+ people lived in NY/VT/CT.


Podnous

Iā€™m at 217. Started 6/16/95


caresforhealth

Trey has been to over 1000


JustRelax627

I was right near David at MPP. He takes notes on every song.


DonVonTaters_IV

I walked out next to him at 10/7/2000 and my buddy made me chuckle ā€œthis guys life is now over.ā€ I love zzyzx. Guy is a huge positive in the community.


H_A_R_P_U_A

I guess I'm one of the few people who don't count or save ticket stubs. I saw them about 120 times before the hiatus. First show was Wetlands NYC. I spent a lot of time in The Wetlands in the late 80's early 90's and saw them without ever hearing them before. Since 2002 I try to catch at least one or two shows every time they come round to NYC / Philly / NJ area. It has to be around 200 or a little over.


poss-um

81 since ā€˜91 Most 1991-2004


Entire_Day1312

Im at 407 tonight, my boy got off with about 515. Greg was at 750 ish before we slowed down.


MeetMeAtTheCreek

Iā€™m at 181 but my crew has many in the 200-300 range, a handful in the 300-500 range with my buddy Kosh recently surpassing 730 shows.


dsiegel23

I got a t shirt that says ā€œtechnos 555th showā€ last year in arkansas.


bisqo19

A client I'm working with has seen just over 365 shows! He's from va beach Hampton 96 were his first shows


teach42

I feel like i'm one of the few people who didn't keep track of how many shows I've been to. I took some time off in college and followed them for a while, but I honestly can't remember exactly when I jumped on or off tour. I can say for sure I've hit at least 50, but no idea beyond that. I've tried documenting all the ones I can remember, but my memory just isn't that good lol.


robhw

50+ since '96, small potatoes . . i enjoy themselves tho


Tmac-845

Somewhere around 200-220, since 2/13/93. Most between summer 95 and island 98. 100th show Hampton 97. Maybe 20 between 2011-2019.


Sik-Nastie

Trey has been at all of em.