Down with Disease
| "Down with Disease" | ||||
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 Cover of promo single | ||||
Single by Phish | ||||
| from the album Hoist | ||||
| B-side | "NO2" (cassette single only) | |||
| Released | June 2, 1994 (1994-06-02) | |||
| Format | CD and cassette single | |||
| Recorded | October–November 1993, American Recording Co., Woodland Hills, California | |||
| Genre | Rock, funk rock | |||
| Length | 4:13 | |||
| Label | Elektra PRCD 8915-2 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Fox | |||
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"Down with Disease" is a 1994 song by American band Phish. It is the second track from their 1994 album Hoist and was released as their fifth promotional single by Elektra Records. The song is a funk rock song written by Phish guitarist and lead vocalist Trey Anastasio and lyricist Tom Marshall. The song's lyrics were based on a bout with infectious mononucleosis suffered by Marshall.
"Down with Disease" was the band's breakthrough single on American rock radio, reaching #33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in June 1994.[1] It was first played live December 31, 1993, as a jam without lyrics..[2]
A music video was created for the song, directed by Phish bassist Mike Gordon, that showed the members of the band scuba diving through an aquarium. The video was partially shot during the song's debut live performance, at the band's December 31, 1993 New Year's Eve concert at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts.[3] During the performance, the stage was decorated with aquarium props for the music video shoot.[3] The video appeared a few times on MTV, including an abbreviated version on Beavis and Butt-head.
The "Down with Disease" music video is the only one that has been produced by the band during its 30-year career, apart from a semi-official 1991 fan-made video for the song "Esther".[4]
In concert, "Down With Disease" has spanned from three, to ten, to over twenty minutes, often featuring full band improvisation. The longest standalone rendition of this song was the December 12th 1995 performance, which clocked in at 31 minutes and 20 seconds before segueing into "The Lizards".[5]
Contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Also appears on
4 Notes
Track listing
- "Down with Disease" (LP Version) (Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall) - 4:13
- "NO2" (Previously Unreleased Track) (Mike Gordon) - 7:37
Personnel
Musicians
Trey Anastasio – guitars, vocals
Page McConnell – keyboards, vocals
Mike Gordon – bass guitar, vocals
Jon Fishman – drums, vocals
Also appears on
Stash (1996)
Bittersweet Motel (DVD) (2001)
Live Phish Volume 2 (2001)
Live Phish Volume 11 (2002)
Live Phish Volume 15 (2002)
Live Phish 04.05.98 (2005)
Vegas 96 (2007)
Walnut Creek (DVD) (2008)
At the Roxy (2008)
The Clifford Ball (DVD) (2009)
Alpine Valley (DVD) (2010)
Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 (2011)
Chicago '94 (2012)
Star Lake 98 (DVD) (2012)
Amsterdam (2015)
Notes
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^ Down with Disease History Online. Accessed: May 16, 2014.
^ ab "Featured Column: The Top 10 Phish NYE Stunts - Jambands". Jambands. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^ "Esther History - Phish.net". phish.net. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^ December 12, 1995 Setlist > Phish.net Online. Accessed: May 16, 2014.
