Question 1

"Waiting All Night" was a single from which 2014 Phish album?

Accepted Answer

Fuego. Most of Fuego was written by all four members together. It debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.

Question 2

Phish's Halloween 2014 set was a set of original songs inspired by what?

Accepted Answer

A 1964 Disney sound-effects record. The band wrote ten new songs based on the spooky sounds of The Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House.

Question 3

Since 2010, Phish has spent nearly every New Year's Eve at which arena?

Accepted Answer

Madison Square Garden. The exceptions were 2014, when the band rang in the new year in Miami, and the pandemic years. Phish had also played MSG on New Year's Eve in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2002.

Question 4

What is the name of the official service Phish launched in December 2002 to sell soundboard recordings of its shows?

Accepted Answer

LivePhish. LivePhish added an on-demand streaming service, LivePhish+, in 2014. Fans can hear official soundboards of shows from across the band's history.

Question 5

Who produced both Fuego (2014) and Big Boat (2016)?

Accepted Answer

Bob Ezrin. Bob Ezrin produced and mixed Fuego, recorded in Nashville, then returned for Big Boat, cut mainly at The Barn in Vermont.

Question 6

Before it was named Fuego, Phish's 2014 album carried what working title?

Accepted Answer

Wingsuit. The working title was Wingsuit, and "Wingsuit" survives as the album's closer. Eight Fuego songs debuted as a Halloween 2013 set in Atlantic City.

Question 7

Mike Gordon's reggae-tinged "Yarmouth Road," which Phish debuted at SPAC in 2013, got its studio version on which Mike album?

Accepted Answer

Overstep. The full album track premiered through RollingStone.com in January 2014.

Question 8

For his spring 2014 tour, Mike Gordon played instruments built by Ben Lewry decorated with what kind of optical effect?

Accepted Answer

Moire patterns. The custom moire instruments came from Lewry's Visionary Instruments shop.

Question 9

David 'ZZYZX' Steinberg, author of the 2014 road memoir This Has All Been Wonderful, is known around phish.net as the guy behind what?

Accepted Answer

Phish statistics (PhishStats). Phish.net's books page also calls him 'The Timer,' fitting for a numbers guy.

Question 10

When Phish appeared on Letterman in June 2014, which Fuego song did they perform on the broadcast?

Accepted Answer

The Line. The same day, they played a full set inside the Ed Sullivan Theater for a 'Live on Letterman' webcast.

Question 11

The 2014 Lifetime movie Presumed Dead in Paradise slipped in several Phish nods, including a fake ID bearing what name?

Accepted Answer

Susan Greenburg. Other nods included a '1999 Forbin' sign and The Great Went showing up on a character's iPad.

Question 12

According to phish.net's jam chart, the 25-minute "Down with Disease" from January 3, 2015 in Miami won which honor?

Accepted Answer

2014 Jam of the Year. Though played on January 3, 2015, it still counted for the 2014 award because it was part of the 2014 New Year's run in Miami.

Question 13

For Halloween 2014 in Las Vegas, the second set's all-debut song titles came from the first ten tracks of which 1964 Disneyland record?

Accepted Answer

Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House. Rather than covering the record, Phish wrote new music around its sound effects and narration.

Question 14

Which song opened Phish's Las Vegas Halloween shows in 2014, 2018 and 2021?

Accepted Answer

Buried Alive. The short instrumental has become a fitting first-set curtain-raiser for the band's desert Halloween runs.

Question 15

At Merriweather Post Pavilion on July 27, 2014, the jam-charted 'Tweezer' turned wonky and atonal before sliding into which Fuego song?

Accepted Answer

Waiting All Night. That night was billed by fans as a 'Tweezer-fest,' and this short but strange version was its improvisational heart.

Question 16

Which 1996 Phish album peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200?

Accepted Answer

Billy Breathes. Fuego hit No. 7 again in 2014, and it was Phish's highest-charting album since Billy Breathes. The Story of the Ghost came close in 1998 at No. 8.

Question 17

Which album became the first Phish release to appear on the Billboard 200, debuting at No. 51 in 1993?

Accepted Answer

Rift. A Picture of Nectar didn't reach the Billboard 200 until its 2014 vinyl reissue, more than 20 years after Rift charted.

Question 18

Phish played four-night New Year's runs in 2003, 2009 and 2014 in which city?

Accepted Answer

Miami. All three runs were at the same Miami arena. Apart from 2014, almost every New Year's run since 2010 has been at Madison Square Garden.

Question 19

Phish's Las Vegas Halloween shows in 2014 and 2021 took place at which arena?

Accepted Answer

MGM Grand Garden Arena. In 2014 Phish played songs inspired by a 1964 Disney haunted-house record. In 2021 they appeared as the made-up band Sci-Fi Soldier. Both shows were at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Question 20

Phish's New Year's Eve 2014 midnight gag ended with Fishman's vacuum "stuck" to his lips. What rose above the crowd once the problem was solved?

Accepted Answer

A giant inflatable Fishman. Mike's fix was to flip the Electrolux from suck to blow, which set off a pyro blast. Then a huge inflatable Fishman rose over the crowd, and balloons shaped like the donuts on his dress came down.

Question 21

The title track of Phish's 2014 studio album was recorded live during a soundcheck at which venue?

Accepted Answer

Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The soundcheck took place on October 30, 2013, the day before the Halloween show where much of the album's material debuted.

Question 22

At Dick's in 2014, Phish spelled out the title of which rarity in the first set, after fans voted it their top song in a Rolling Stone readers' poll?

Accepted Answer

Lushington. Rather than play the song, a grinning Trey counted off 'Ha Ha Ha', and later in the set he told the crowd, 'You asked, we delivered, simple as that.'

Question 23

At Halloween 2014, Phish closed the encore with 'Frankenstein,' its first performance in 100 shows. On which instrument did Page McConnell play it?

Accepted Answer

Keytar. Strapping on a keytar lets Page come out from behind his keyboard rig for the classic rock instrumental.

Question 24

When the haunted-house walls collapsed during Phish's Halloween 2014 set, what were the band members wearing?

Accepted Answer

White tuxedos and zombie face paint. The reveal came at the end of 'The Very Long Fuse,' with zombie dancers joining in later.

Question 25

In the encore of Phish's Halloween 2014 show, Phish debuted 'Is This What You Wanted,' written by which songwriter?

Accepted Answer

Leonard Cohen. The encore continued with 'Frankenstein,' with Page on keytar for the first time in that song since July 2012.

Question 26

With no live shows possible, how did Phish mark Halloween 2020?

Accepted Answer

It streamed three past Halloween costume sets. The pandemic-era webcast series served up the 2014, 1996 and 2018 Halloween sets that night.

Question 27

Which 2014 Phish album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 32,000 copies in its first week?

Accepted Answer

Fuego. It was the band's first studio album in five years, and veteran rock producer Bob Ezrin produced it.

Question 28

On Halloween 2014, an undead narrator introduced each new song after rising from a crypt inscribed with the name of which Phish song?

Accepted Answer

Esther. The graveyard set dressing included a tomb marked ESTHER, a wink at the eerie Junta song.

Question 29

In 2014, 22 years after it came out, which Phish album made the Billboard 200 for the first time, thanks to a vinyl reissue?

Accepted Answer

A Picture of Nectar. Phish's 1992 major-label debut only reached the Top Heatseekers chart at first. Its 2014 vinyl reissue finally put it on the Billboard 200, at No. 110.

Question 30

At Dick's on August 29, 2014, which two Trey Anastasio Band horn players joined Phish on 'Suzy Greenberg'?

Accepted Answer

Jennifer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman. JamBase noted they were Phish's only guests in about a year and a half. Sit-ins had become rare after 2009.

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