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Phish Halloween Trivia

Phish's Halloween musical costumes are legendary. How well do you know the albums, the guests and the Phishbills? Here are 12 of our 13 Halloween questions to warm up with. Every answer links to the source it was checked against.

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1. The Lawn

   Phish's very first Halloween 'musical costume' in 1994 was a complete cover of which album?

   1. Pink Floyd's The Wall
   2. The Beatles' White Album
   3. The Who's Tommy
   4. Led Zeppelin IV
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   The Beatles' White Album. Fans picked it by mail-in vote, and the band learned all of the double album for one night in Glens Falls, NY.

   Source: Phish - Wikipedia

2. The Lawn

   For Halloween 1995, Phish brought in a horn section to perform which rock opera by The Who?

   1. Quadrophenia
   2. Tommy
   3. Who's Next
   4. The Who Sell Out
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   Quadrophenia. The 1995 costume added horns to recreate the big brassy arrangements of The Who's 1973 double album.

   Source: Phish - Wikipedia

3. The Lawn

   Which David Bowie album did Phish cover for Halloween 2016 in Las Vegas, the year Bowie passed away?

   1. Hunky Dory
   2. Station to Station
   3. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
   4. Let's Dance
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   The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The MGM Grand set was a tribute, complete with backup singers and a string section.

   Source: Phish Halloween Musical Costumes - Live For Live Music

4. The Floor

   Which of these songs debuted as part of Phish's 2018 Halloween set as the fictional band Kasvot Växt?

   1. Blaze On
   2. Say It to Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
   3. No Men in No Man's Land
   4. Fuego
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   Say It to Me S.A.N.T.O.S.. "S.A.N.T.O.S." became a full-fledged staple, played at more than 50 shows after the Las Vegas debut.

   Source: Kasvot Växt: í rokk - Wikipedia

5. The Floor

   The "Phishbill" handed out at Phish's Halloween musical-costume shows is a parody of what?

   1. Billboard magazine
   2. A movie ticket
   3. A restaurant menu
   4. Broadway's Playbill
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   Broadway's Playbill. Each costume show's Phishbill revealed which album the band was covering, styled like a Broadway Playbill.

   Source: Musical Costumes - Phish.net FAQ

6. The Floor

   Phish's Halloween 1996 show at the Omni in Atlanta featured a full cover of which Talking Heads album?

   1. Fear of Music
   2. Remain in Light
   3. Speaking in Tongues
   4. More Songs About Buildings and Food
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   Remain in Light. The band chose this one themselves, adding horns and percussion to nail its polyrhythmic grooves.

   Source: Live Phish Volume 15 - Wikipedia

7. The Floor

   At Halloween 1998 in Las Vegas, Phish covered which Velvet Underground album as a four-piece with no guests?

   1. Loaded
   2. The Velvet Underground & Nico
   3. White Light/White Heat
   4. Transformer
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   Loaded. 'Rock and Roll' from that set became a beloved, frequently jammed cover afterward.

   Source: Phish Halloween Musical Costumes - Live For Live Music

8. Page Side Rail

   Which Santana percussionist joined Phish for its Halloween 1996 performance of Remain in Light?

   1. Giovanni Hidalgo
   2. Sheila E.
   3. Airto Moreira
   4. Karl Perazzo
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   Karl Perazzo. He stuck around for the third set too, adding extra rhythm firepower.

   Source: Live Phish Volume 15 - Wikipedia

9. Page Side Rail

   Two nights after Halloween 1998, Phish played which album in full at the 'E' Center near Salt Lake City?

   1. Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon
   2. Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy
   3. The Beatles' Abbey Road
   4. Pink Floyd's Animals
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   Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. That surprise came right after the Velvet Underground costume in Las Vegas, giving fans two full-album covers in one week.

   Source: Phish Halloween Musical Costumes - Live For Live Music

10. Page Side Rail

    Which actor made a surprise cameo during 'Wombat' at Phish's Halloween 2013 show in Atlantic City?

    1. Christopher Walken
    2. Abe Vigoda
    3. Bill Murray
    4. Jeff Goldblum
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    Abe Vigoda. That night Phish 'covered' its own unreleased album Wingsuit, much of which became Fuego.

    Source: Phish Halloween Musical Costumes - Live For Live Music

11. Page Side Rail

    Phish's 2018 Halloween run made it the first major musical act to offer livestreams in what format?

    1. 3D
    2. 360-degree VR
    3. 4K
    4. Dolby Atmos
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    4K. The same run that introduced Kasvot Växt also set a livestreaming milestone.

    Source: Phish - Wikipedia

12. The Floor

    For Halloween 2010 in Atlantic City, Phish covered which classic live album by Little Feat?

    1. Dixie Chicken
    2. Sailin' Shoes
    3. Waiting for Columbus
    4. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
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    Waiting for Columbus. They brought a five-piece horn section plus percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo to capture that live-album feel.

    Source: Phish Halloween Musical Costumes - Live For Live Music

Ready for the rest? Start on The Lawn, move up to The Floor, or go straight to Page Side Rail.

More topics: Gamehendge Trivia, Phish Festival Trivia, Phish Album and Song Trivia, Phish History Trivia, Phish Covers and Guests Trivia

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