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Official Jam Band Tier Thread

Elite Tier:

Grateful Dead & related projects (Dead & Co, Jerry Garcia Band, Phil Lesh & Friends, Further, etc)

Top tier:

Allman Brothers Band, Phish, Widespread Panic (and related projects)

Upper Middle:

Blues Traveler, Moe., O.A.R.

Middle Tier:

Railroad Earth, STS9, Umphrey's, Dave Matthews Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Gov't Mule

Bottom Tier:

SCI, Lettuce, Lotus, Papadosio, PIKE

Feel free to disagree, but if you try to fuck with Elite tier, you're an idiot

Posted Feb 13, 2017, 5:49 AM UTC · edited

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Bigcity10ΚΣ•

hey can you put me and my buddy in middle tier our band's name is Mission from God and we can only play Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden

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anonymous097•

WSP in elite, Dave Matthews in upper middle, and phish in middle you heathen

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CigBreakOPSEC! SEC! SEC! •

In terms of shows, Phish as to be top. They've played over 1600 shows, and not once repeated a setlist.

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smaynar3AKΛ•

DMB is lucky to have been listed at all. They're garbage.

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ysrdogCommunity College brah•

Dave Matthews first few albums are gold

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McGilla_GorillaFuck Nationals•

I'm a fan of reserving the elite tier for just the dead.

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ysrdogCommunity College brah•

Spot fucking on

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DG729•

Lol DMB>Phish and Panic up there with the Dead? yeah right

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heyfatkidΚΑ•

You're an idiot

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anonymous097•

Fuck you fat kid

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Oweng4000ΔΣΦ•

How can you not include Govt. Mule?

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Drunken_CapitalistΠΛΦ•

Warren Haynes is a god

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3gabeΚΣ•

Along the same line, Tedeschi Trucks Band, I swear Derek Trucks is the reincarnation of Duane Allman

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k_sully33ΚΣ•

True shit, my mom spent the summer between her junior and senior years of college following the Grateful Dead around and doing drugs and shit.

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harambes_ghost2MAC walk-on•

Your mom probably had sex with a lot of random dudes for drugs

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opticnautΚΣ•

Your mom did the same thing too

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harambes_ghost2MAC walk-on•

Impossible

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k_sully33ΚΣ•

I mean yeah probably

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bredleymertin•

Your mom was a hoe

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itsPebbsΔΧ•

Phish, String Cheese Incident should be elite tier

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SuarezBitMyFingerΧΨ•

Umphrey's & Papadosio are dope as far as modern jam bands go, but I guess their place against the greats is justifiable

Allman brothers is easily Elite tier

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opticnautΚΣ•

No Cream? No Neil Young and Crazy Horse? This list needs some revisions

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sick_teepee_ownerWhat's your major?•

If I ever want to listen to Neil Young I just put a bunch of feral cats in a bag and drown them. Sounds the same and I save money on tickets

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opticnautΚΣ•

Bruh...you're just wrong. And all the people here that agree are wrong. Making me get all salty bout Neil Young. Didn't even know he had haters that man is a legend

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3gabeΚΣ•

Where's Steve Kimock?

Also, Greensky Bluegrass deserves at least an honorable mention.

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CigBreakOPSEC! SEC! SEC! •

GBG is dope. I'll add them. Completely forgot

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DG729•

What about John Mayer's new band that he made with those old dudes?

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CigBreakOPSEC! SEC! SEC! •

Uh.... Can't tell if serious.

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DG729•

Not

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CigBreakOPSEC! SEC! SEC! •

Bad shit post since it's listed under related projects :/

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DG729•

Fair

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my-name-is-badButtstuff = Brotherhood•

Phish is for guys that like acid and weed too much, hate me all you want.

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1stonepwnBroke Φ Broke•

Wait STS9 is considered a jam band? TIL

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IndoorCigsRebirthed•

Where are ween and govt mule?

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heyfatkidΚΑ•

ween is below the page

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IndoorCigsRebirthed•

Lol fair enough my deadhead friends always talk about them but i haven't listened to em

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holy_calΣΑΕ•

OAR is middle and rising.

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pizzapartydadSome Fucking Fraternity•

Phish and Widespread to elite. String Cheese Incident, Twiddle to Top. Tom petty to Upper middle.

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CigBreakOPSEC! SEC! SEC! •

SCI sucks. They want to be Phish so bad.

Widespread Panic is one of my favorite bands, but they are not elite. They hardly sell out shows outside of the southern states, and they're not as big as some bands tbh. Great music, but not elite status.

Phish is meh. Lots of live shows, and good atmosphere, but the Grateful Dead influenced them a lot, and for that, they have to be lower.

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pizzapartydadSome Fucking Fraternity•

WSP is on my top 5 favorite bands so they are elite because my opinion obviously matters the moast.

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DG729•

Twiddle is for chicks

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NghiVΛΦΕ•

John Mayer is a god

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Spiralarchitect1973•

I'm seeing The Crazy World of Arthur Brown tomorrow night and I think it'll be a decent show. Also Rush and King Crimson are great, if those count as Jam Bands.

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DG729•

John Popper is an asshat

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