Ultimate hippy band

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  1. Nicksteckler10

    Nicksteckler10 Member

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    In your opinion, whos the hippiest of hippies in the music industry(bands)? haha Im sure theres been a million of these threads.
     
    Nicksteckler10, Aug 12, 2006
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    without a shadow of a doubt, without question, the one - the only:

    the grateful dead
     
    dannyandryan, Aug 12, 2006
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    ditto
     
    fairydustdreams65, Aug 12, 2006
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  7. Lather

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    the grateful dead obviously... and jefferson airplane to a smaller extent
     
    Lather, Aug 12, 2006
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  9. Nicksteckler10

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    Thats mostly what i was thinking but I expected some people to be maynsters and think of another one.lol
     
    Nicksteckler10, Aug 12, 2006
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  11. PlaceboAddikt

    PlaceboAddikt Paranoia!

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    Grateful Dead..
     
    PlaceboAddikt, Aug 12, 2006
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  13. seancourt

    seancourt Free Your Mind

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    they weren't always complete hippies, but in the later days, the beatles.
     
    seancourt, Aug 12, 2006
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  15. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    in today's music world, I tend to think of bands who work on their own terms and bend as little as possible.
    String Cheese did that, in the Ani DiFranco mold, also Yonder Mountain String Band, and that's with different management companies.
     
    drumminmama, Aug 16, 2006
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  17. indescribability

    indescribability Not To Be Continued

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    George Clinton P-Funk AllStars
     
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  19. shine_crazydiamond

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    theres so many...i'd say grateful dead...but there have been so many bands starting off with pure intentions but almost every band has gotten sucked into money/drugs. they just loose touch, and what a "hippie band" is all about is getting in touch with one another, as well as the audiance. jerry got lost in the drugs( im not saying that he wasn't amazing) and the band members even said, after they started playing hugh gigs, they only fely like they were reacing the first 20 rows, then it was all a blur
     
    shine_crazydiamond, Aug 16, 2006
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  21. JLPMGHRS

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    the beatles in my opinion. they may not completely fit the stereotypical "hippy" image that people think of but they did their own thing. they were leaders. think about it. they were revolutionary.
     
    JLPMGHRS, Aug 17, 2006
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    in all honesty how can anyone argue against the grateful dead.. they carried the 60s culture all the way to 95, they were leading the way in the 60s in San Fran, the hippie center of the world, and their legacy is still felt very strongly today. two of the biggest bands in the jam band scene are lead by former members of the dead, and mick and bill are headlining the vegoose fest... and if that isnt enough, just look at the deadheads
     
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  25. SLammon420

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    I really don't see how anyone can give any answer but the Grateful Dead.
     
    SLammon420, Aug 17, 2006
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  27. seancourt

    seancourt Free Your Mind

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    Because the beatles were better. Like someone else said, they were revolutionary. Not saying that the dead weren't awesome, because i like them alot, but i think everyone is way to quick to jump the gun and always say the dead.
     
    seancourt, Aug 17, 2006
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  29. SLammon420

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    This isn't about who is "better", this is about what band represents the hippy way of life the most...and that band is the Grateful Dead.
     
    SLammon420, Aug 17, 2006
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  31. drumminmama

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    I couldn't back the Beatles in their "hippy" phase, esp since they would not tour and live music is what ignites that communal fire.
    Now technically, George Martin was all over the map for that band.

    I would also say that the Dead were not so much leaders in the SF scene, they attempted to stay apolitical most of their careers, but they were the long term survivors of that ferment. A lot of credit goes to Bill Graham and his East Coast sensibility (the man was a survivor, once hunted by Nazis) being able to build a mythos around the Dead.
    THey circumvented the rules in place by record companies and managed to get banned from some of the best venues in the US (Red Rocks, fo example and Phil was deleriously happy to return with the Summer Sessions tour)
    So from an outsider sense, they did manage to represent working around a broken system.
     
    drumminmama, Aug 18, 2006
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    I agree completely, to be a true hippy band in my definition you have to tour a decent ammount and the beatles just didn't. Plus as you say their producers and managers were way too involved in their music for my idea of a hippy band. Its pretty obvious that the Dead are the "ultimate hippie band." like someone else said you just have to LOOK at the deadheads its a sea of freaks!
     
    TreePhiend, Aug 20, 2006
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    Nirvana, without a doubt.
     
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  37. x_WaX_x

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    ah...what.the.fuck?
     
    x_WaX_x, Aug 20, 2006
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    Jefferson Airplane
    Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company
     
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