randomWalks

46. TREY ANASTASIO



Misdeeds: The pied piper of Vermont, Anastasio and his Phish bandmates have brainwashed white kids into believing that not showering, eating mushrooms, and listening to a jam band play cover songs is the path to enlightenment. When he stopped touring with Phish, their fans had no choice but to follow fifth and sixth-rate jam bands, giving rise to the beyond-awful Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, or any other whimsically named group of slapdicks that think adding bongo drums and a mandolin makes for good music. Anastasio's one redeeming factor is that at least one kid has probably died by choking on a glow stick at one of his concerts.



Aggravating Factor: Doesn't even encourage kids to do drugs. Kept Relics magazine going after Jerry Garcia's death.



Aesthetic: High school A/V club moderator meets art teacher.