Oysterhead

Non-Phish Phish Band Members
#10

Always had a particular fondness for Stewart Copeland since childhood and The Police and I think he is definitely among the best drummers ever. Each member is certainly a master of their instrument and their combined talents were a match made in musical heaven.

The album is one of my all time faves. Great songs, each and every one. I had the distinct pleasure of seeing them live only once, but right here in my own hometown, and it was an absolutely stellar show. I used to hope and hope after hearing that show they did in NOLA for Jazzfest that they would do more. I listened to it repeatedly, especially “Owner of the World” and “The Israelites” (still a favorite song of mine by the golden piped Desmond Dekker). My expectations were exceeded by that album and show. So now I sometimes wish they would do another, but then worry that what if they just couldn’t capture that magic again? I could be content with that one time masterpiece.

#11

In the Phish Bio there are some quotes in there by Les that basically say, “Trey is a good guy”…not that he is currently friendly with him…makes you wonder. Isn’t makind amends part of Trey’s program? :wave:

Oysterhead rocked BTW

#12

Man, if you were able to see Les put on those CREEPY night-sight goggles and play “Shadow of a Man” then you got a treat. Will was right in that seeing the live show was much better than hearing it. I even ran into some total Phish-fan strangers at a party a month after I saw the show and all I had to say was “Shadow of a Man” and they all reacted in the same “blown away” fashion to the song.

#13

fuck a spring TAB tour

OYSTERHEAD ALL THE WAY!

but isn’t les in europe or something like that?

#14
#15

Yup, sho nuff, tru dat, werd.

#16

Yeah, that coulda happened, but Les played with Phish a couple times, Oysterhead is still Oysterhead, and in '06 or '07 Les wrote a theme for Trey to be played only when Trey was around and when he was coming up to play at some point. I saw that happen a couple times.

It goes like this: Yuh ohhh, Yuh ohhh, Yuh oh yuh oh yuh ohhhh, yuh oh yuh oh yuh oh yeah uh you ohhhh.

Beautiful really…

#17

Oh, and Trey has his own special Clay-dubbed nickelodeon name…“Antipasta.”

check: Bonnaroo and Allgood '06.

#18

Man, I love this album. Somehow I didn’t realize it existed until long after I got into both Phish and Primus… but man, this is amazing.

The great part is that it’s EXACTLY what you expect; a mix of Antipop-era Les with post-millenial Trey. Incredibly, it all works (thankfully, Trey is the kind of guitarist who can be great while still taking a backseat to an insane bassist, be it Mike Gordon or Les Claypool). Trey’s lyrics fare well, sometimes even eclipsing Les’ (a surprise, because usually Trey minus Tom Marshall is a problem), and Stuart Copeland can basically do anything he wants. (I swear there’s one part where I can hear “Klark Kent” providing backing vocals.)

I would recommend this album to anyone. Ever.

#19

:thumbup: :thumbup: YES PLEASE! Shit was TIGHT… :sunglasses:

Primus front man recently spoke with Rolling Stone for a new feature in which he discusses a couple of topics close to our heart - the possibility of an Oysterhead reunion

When asked about the possibility that the trio (which features Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland) will reunite Claypool responded, "Ah…I don’t know what the hell is going on with Oysterhead. We always talk about it. There’s a lot of talk. I think it’s an itch we should start scratching here pretty soon. It’s been long overdue

jambase.com/Articles/119499/ … shing-Show

#20

^I LOVED Oysterhead as well. I’ll never forget Les singing Shadow of a Man with those super-creepy flashlight goggles during the live show. That show was off the hook.

#21

^ yea those googles were interesting. The whole trio was interesting to say the least! :crazy: I saw them at the Aragon balroom in chicago, and at Purdue univ. Great to see such legends in such a intimate setting. Wonder if the venue"s would have to be in a bigger capacity venue, if they did do it again. :think: It was also intersting to see a mix of music fans all jamming out together, having 3 totally different musicians playing.

#22

I guess everybody missed the important quote here…

“But there’s a lot of exciting things going on, on all of our horizons - Phish is making a record right now”

#23

^I think everybody already knows that brah :thumbup:

#24

I am SOOOO out of the loop right now. So I guess Hampton are not warm up shows. :sunglasses:

#25

Hampton aren’t.

#26

Oysterhead seems like yesterday but alas it was a lifetime ago.

#27

Last time I saw Oysterhead I walked out of the show and watched the D’backs win the WS over the Yankmees.

'Twas in Ann Arbor on a glorious fall evening.

#28

More talks of a reunion from Copeland, seems to be about the same thing as prevouis article that all want to do it, but Trey and Les have been pretty occupied, and it’s just about finding the time. Regardless. the wheels are turning. :thumbup:

jambase.com/Articles/123379/ … -Interview

#29

^Never gonna happen. Copeland has nothing else going on so of course he wants to reunite. Les and sober Trey are not gonna get back together.