Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

That is very true. I'd like to think of them more as being the "defining jam band" of this generation than the "new Grateful Dead", though. I just feel like they're too musically different. Other jam bands don't get nearly the amount of Grateful Dead comparisons that Phish get, even the ones that are a bit more similar musically.

I still really love The Grateful Dead. They were an amazing band, to be sure. Just different - like, I'd not be likely to put a Grateful Dead track on a CD next to a Phish track because they really just wouldn't mesh.

And as for the band you may be thinking of: I've heard a lot of comparisons with Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident, and moe. to Phish - is one of those the one you were thinking of?