*NSYNC

Rumors have circulated that Justin Timberlake quit the group, thus, disbanding NSYNC.
. Plans to work on their fifth album are being discussed, however details are uncertain. Listen to Live Recordings for free on the Live Phish (http://www.livephish.com) site. Joey is acting in movies (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and on Broadway (Rent). Setlists for this last run can be found at The Phish Net (http://www.phish.net/setlists/), and you can purchase and download the shows at the Live Phish (http://www.livephish.com) website. Lance abandoned his plans to be the first celebrity in space. Show highlights included the "sending-off" of the trampolines used during the bands perfomances of "You Enjoy Myself", a very emotional "Wading in the Velvet Sea", where band member Page McConnell was too choked up to sing the lyrics, a magnificent glowstick war (http://www.phish.net/faq/glowrings.html) during "Down With Disease", and of course the show closer "The Curtain With".

Chris closed his clothing business, Fuman Skeeto. Though considered by some to be technically lacking, the emotion of both band and fan was palpable, and it was an experience many will never forget. The group went on hiatus in 2002, as two of its members released solo albums -- Justin Timberlake released Justified on November 4, 2002 and JC Chasez released his solo album, Schizophrenic, on February 24, 2004. Also, it should be noted that anyone who was unable or unwilling to take the hike was invited to present their un-checked ticket in return for a book of band photos taken by Danny Clinch and autographed by the band (which have since become quite valuable) as well as a free download of the entire event from the Live Phish website. Recent hits such as "Gone" and "Girlfriend" have expanded the group's influence and fan base into the hip-hop crowd as well. The majority of the fans who participated in the hike felt like they part of something incredibly special. Their albums have been boosted by a number of successful single releases, including "Tearin' Up My Heart" from *NSYNC, "Music Of My Heart" recorded with Gloria Estefan for the movie Music of the Heart, "Bye Bye Bye", "It's Gonna Be Me" and "This I Promise You" from No Strings Attached. Because of this, many, MANY people turned around and left the show, leaving an upsetting taste in many of the fans mouths. On the positive side, even more people pulled their cars to the shoulder of the interstate, parked, and began the day long hike. Vermont state police were overwhelmed with the amount of cars on the side of the road, so the fans were confident that towing would not occur.

Their fourth album, Celebrity comes in at number two, with 1.8 million records sold in its first week. Early Saturday morning, Mike Gordon painfully announced via their radio station, The Bunny, that no further cars would be let into the venue. After moving from BMG to Jive Records, home of rival boy band Backstreet Boys, No Strings Attached, released in March 2000, sold 2.4 million copies in its first week of release—the highest record sales in music history (1.1 million of which was attributed to the first day of release). Many of those in attendance hiked upwards of 20 miles to the show after weather conditions made further onsite parking impossible. Their debut album, released by BMG, did well in Europe and the US as did the seasonal Home For Christmas. The festival was an emotional event for the band and fans alike, attended by well over 70,000 fans and was also broadcast locally on FM radio, on XM satellite radio, and simulcast in high-definition video to hundreds of movie theaters nationwide. No Strings Attached was the first album to feature this type of music; they gave the style a name with their latest album Celebrity. Coventry was held in the band's "home state" of Vermont on August 14 and 15, 2004.

The group produces a blend of pop, dance, and R&B that they call "dirty pop". Then Phish headed home, to the Northeast, for two shows at Great Woods in Mansfield, Mass., a show in Camden, NJ, and the final show, Coventry. Their defining album, No Strings Attached, released shortly thereafter, proved that the boys were back in business. To augment this anticipation, Phish added another show at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA, just two weeks before the run started. *NSYNC left Pearlman to be managed by Johnny Wright of Wright Entertainment Group. The tour then took a break of several weeks, building the fans anticipation of the final run. Shortly after their breakthrough, *NSYNC fought a court battle against their manager citing mismanagement. Both midwest venues had long been fan favorites.

After Lance joined, the group claimed to call him "Lansten" so his name would fit in the *NSYNC acronym. Two shows at the beautiful Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, followed, before the band headed to the midwest to hit the classic Deer Creek Ampitheater and Alpine Valley Ampitheater for two nights each. It was created from the last letter of each member's name: Justin, Chris, Joey, Jason, and JC. It started with two shows at Keyspan Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, a venue radically different from the arenas and ampitheaters that had been Phish's domain (with a few exceptions) since around 1994. The logic behind the name *NSYNC came from Justin's mother, Lynn Harless. The tour was quite a send-off, however. The bass part was sung by Jason Watkins, who left the group early on because he did not like the type of music *NSYNC was performing. We don't want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act." So ended Phish's twenty-one year run, with a two-leg tour of 14 shows.

Lance Bass, who coincidentally sang bass, was not originally part of the group. Trey stated ". The group formed in 1995 under the funding of Lou Pearlman, who hired Johnny Wright (former manager of New Kids On The Block ) to be their tour manager. On May 25, 2004 Phish frontman Trey Anastasio announced via the Official Phish website (http://www.phish.com) that the Summer 2004 Tour would be their final tour, and that the 2004 album Undermind would also be their final album.
. A partial list can be found on the Phish Net Guest FAQ page (http://www.phish.net/faq/guests.html). The group members are James Lance Bass, Joshua Scott Chasez (JC), Joseph Anthony Fatone Junior (Joey), Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick (Chris), and Justin Randall Timberlake. King, George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic, Jay-Z, and bluegrass legends Del McCoury and Bela Fleck.

*NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, specifically a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. Phish truly transcend genres, as evidenced by the sheer number of guests who have taken the stage with them over the years. Notables include Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (who showed up at their final pre-hiatus show, 7 October 2000), blues legend B.B. 2002 "Girlfriend" #5 US, #2 UK. All net profits from the sale of soundboard recordings from their website are donated directly to the Mockingbird Foundation, a non-profit organization of Phish fans supporting music education for children. 2001 "Gone" #11 US, #24 UK. They may freely give or trade them with other fans, however, and many do. 2001 "Pop" #19 US, #9 UK. Though soundboard copies of Phish's shows are now pressed and sold on the band's website, fans are also permitted to tape any performance they so desire, with the understanding that no profits from the recording are to be made.

2000 "This I Promise You" #5 US, #21 UK. Like the Grateful Dead before them, Phish (along with an increasing number of bands these days) have always allowed people to record and distribute audio of their live performances. 2000 "It's Gonna Be Me" #1 US, #9 UK. While the band knew and emulated the group they are quick to point out they are technically very different from them. 2000 "I'll Never Stop" #13 UK. The free and artistic community which often accompanies them has as its roots the followers of the Grateful Dead. 2000 "Bye Bye Bye" #4 US, #3 UK. Phish fans are often associated in the public eye with a revival of some elements of hippie culture, especially marijuana use.

2000 "Music of My Heart" (with Gloria Estefan) #2 US, #34 UK. Other music groups have had flavors named after them as well, with the Grateful Dead being the first ("Cherry Garcia (http://www.benandjerrys.com/our_products/flavor_details.cfm?product_id=5)") and Dave Matthews Band being among the more recent ("One Sweet Whirled") and ("Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies (http://www.benandjerrys.com/our_products/flavor_details.cfm?product_id=151)"). 1999 "Tearin' Up My Heart" (re-release) #9 UK. The band's share of the profits go towards the cleaning of Lake Champlain. 1999 "I Want You Back" #13 US, #5 UK. It is Ben and Jerry's third highest selling flavor as of 2000. 1998 "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" #8 US. Ben and Jerry named a flavour of ice cream after them, "Phish Food." It has chocolate ice cream with gooey marshmallows and fudge fish.

1997 "Tearin' Up My Heart" #40 UK. The band in fact only had one non-album b-side on all of their officially-released singles, an outtake from Billy Breathes entitled "Strange Design" from overseas copies of their song "Free". Celebrity (2001, Jive) #1 US, #12 UK. In fact, the culture surrounding the Phish was discussed much more frequently by the media than the actual music. No Strings Attached (2000, Jive) #1 US, #14 UK. In fact, the group only had one foray into music video, that for their song Down With Disease, cobbled in part from their legendary live performances, and directed by Mike Gordon. The Winter Album (1998, BMG). Despite the great successes by the band, the group seldom found themselves regularly on the radio or MTV.

Home For Christmas (1998, RCA/BMG) #7 US. Coventry is further discussed below. NSYNC (1998, RCA/BMG) #2 US, #30 UK. This 2 segment tour ended with the Coventry festival on August 14th and 15th, 2004, which was a very emotional, though not well played, farewell. 2nd, a stellar four night New Year's run in Miami, a three night April 2004 Las Vegas run, and the final summer tour of 2004. 28th - Dec.

After the IT festival, a few days after the Starlake show, Phish played a 4 night anniversary run from Nov. On this night, Trey declared that the ficticious character "Jimmy" mentioned in songs like "Squirming Coil" and during nearly every "Harpua" story was really drummer Jon Fishman, cluing the fans in to one of Phish's inside jokes (similar to Paul McCartney of the Beatles being the "Walrus"). "Harpua" is one of the most rarely played Phish originals, and is known for the stories Trey tells during the middle section. During the second set the song "Harpua" was played for the last time.

During the first set, the first 9 songs played made their first appearance that tour, with many being the first versions since Hiatus ended, delighting those fortunate enough to be in attendence. Notable during this summer tour was the July 29th show at the Star Lake Ampitheater in Burgettstown, Pennsylvaina. They completed a Winter and Summer Tour for 2003. Phish ended the self-imposed hiatus with a sold-out New Year's Eve (12/31/02) show at Madison Square Garden in New York City followed by a 3 show run in Hampton, VA.

Bruce Hampron and making films such as Outside Out and The Deep End, along with touring with The Benevento Russo Duo. The band members then began embarking on side projects: Trey fronting his own 10-piece band featuring Cyro Baptista and Jennifer Hartswick and working with Stewart Copeland of The Police and Les Claypool of Primus in the super group Oysterhead, Page forming the trio Vida Blue with Russell Batiste (The Meters) and Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers), Fish performing with Pork Tornado and Jazz Mandolin Project, and Mike working on his own solo album with help from artists such as Bela Fleck and Col. Phish toured throughout the summer and fall of 2000, and began a hiatus at the end of the tour (The first break longer than a few months for 17 years). It is, in this sense, not altogether surprising that the band's hiatus came but 10 months after Big Cypress.

The band later commented that this performance was a true highlight for them, so much so that it was the apex of their time as a band. The "Midnight to Sunrise" set included a performance of "Heavy Things" that was broadcast on ABC at around 2:30 am EST as part of the millennium celebrations. The final day of this festival was capped by a now legendary eight hour set that ran from shortly before midnight on December 31, 1999 until roughly 8 am the next morning. The concert at Big Cypress was particularly notable, for the band and the fans alike.

Their fame grew with each successive release and, instead of succumbing to the pressures of huge stadium concerts, the band began organizing massive festivals such as the Clifford Ball (1996 in music), Great Went (1997 in music), Lemonwheel (1998 in music), Oswego (1999 in music), a 3 day millennium concert at the Big Cypress Seminole reservation at the end of 1999 (1999 in music), and the IT festival at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine held in August, 2003. Phish fans are extremely giving, and with a little cajoling, you'll be on your way. To really hear Phish, you must get live recordings, which can be bought through the Live Phish (http://www.livephish.com) website, or traded on any number of music messageboards. Phish is a live band, and studio albums often don't give an accurate picture of what the band is really capable of.

They have also released three DVDs of live performances, one from a Las Vegas performance on September 30, 2000, a documentary about life on the road entitled Bittersweet Motel and a documentary about their 2003 festival in Limestone, ME called, simply, "IT" (http://www.phish.com/drygoods/home/product.html?pid=100DV&cid=19&pg=). The Live Phish Series began in late 2001. Phish is also releasing a steady stream of recorded live concerts from their archives, which contain thousands of concerts. Six albums are released twice each year. Note: All album information is taken from The Pharmer's Almanac book released in 2000..

They were signed to Elektra Records and released:. They recorded their debut album, "Junta" in 1988 (1988 in music), and began touring nationally soon after, playing 150 concerts in 1990 (1990 in music) alone. Their more epic compositions (such as "The Divided Sky" and "You Enjoy Myself") are often said to resemble classical music in a rock setting. Phish began playing at local clubs in Burlington, and their live shows gained a reputation for extended improvisational jams. Their musical ethos is a playful mix of skilled improvisation, psychedelic rock, folk, bluegrass, funk, a capella/barbershop quartet, and intricate compositions. Some of their original compositions (such as "Theme from the Bottom" and "Farmhouse") tend towards a psychedelic-rock and bluegrass fusion, with more rock and funk elements than the Grateful Dead and other earlier so-called jam bands.

After 21 years together, the band parted ways in 2004. In early 1986, Holdsworth left the group, thus solidifying the band's classic lineup. In 1985, Page McConnell joined on keyboards. Phish, a US band, was formed in 1983 (1983 in music) at the University of Vermont by guitarist/vocalist Trey Anastasio, rhythm guitarist Jeff Holdsworth, bassist Mike Gordon, and drummer Jonathan Fishman.

Download sample of "Farmhouse" from Farmhouse. Undermind (2004 in music). Round Room (2002 in music). Farmhouse (2000 in music).

Hampton Comes Alive (1999 in music). The Siket Disc (1999 in music) - "All music on this disc was recorded live (no overdubs) during two multi-day jam sessions at Bearsville Studios in 1997." (1997 in music). The Story of the Ghost (1998 in music). Slip Stitch and Pass (1997 in music) - Recorded live at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, March 1, 1997.

Billy Breathes (1996 in music). A Live One (1995 in music) - Recorded live during the fall of 1994. Hoist (1994 in music). Rift (1993 in music).

Picture of Nectar (1992 in music). Lawn Boy (1990 in music). Junta (1988 in music). The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday (1987 in music).

Phish (1986 in music).