The Grateful Dead
Where do we begin with the Grateful Dead? A band that embodies tie-dyed counterculture. Multiple genres of music overlaid with seemingly endless improv guitar solos. A band whose fans range from your old roommate who started out dealing weed and eventually moved up to mushrooms to NBA coach Phil Jackson to the ice cream moguls behind Ben and Jerry's, whatever their names are. That's a band with reach. Where to begin?
Well, how about you begin with Cracked's definitive, multi-part history of The Grateful Dead? Man, now that we say it out loud, it seems like a pretty obvious place to begin.
The Cracked Guide To The Grateful Dead, Part 5: The Dead Today
Cover acts, spin off bands, and...John Mayer? The long, strange trip continues to get even longer and stranger.
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- By Jordan Hoffman
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1 The Cracked Guide To The Grateful Dead, Part 4: The Harsh 80s
If you ever wish for rock-and-roll superstardom on a monkey's paw, pay heed to the story of The Grateful Dead.
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The Cracked Guide To The Grateful Dead, Part 3: The Dead Hit The Road
Could you live out of your car just to attend every concert by your favorite band? The Dead Heads sure managed it.
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The Cracked Guide To The Grateful Dead, Part 2: The Seventies Get Wild, Man
Going into the 70s, The Dead started recording songs that belonged on the radio. The concerts, meanwhile, belonged on the moon.
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The Cracked Guide To The Grateful Dead, Part 1: The 1960s
America's greatest jam band: the music, the culture, and the solo that goes on so long everyone forgets what song this was supposed to be.
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