Weird Phishes: A Mashup of Radiohead and Phish
About This Event
Weird Phishes, a mashup band combining Radiohead and Phish material, performs at Brooklyn Bowl. The lineup foregrounds Phish's improvisational live‑jam approach alongside Radiohead's emphasis on atmosphere and compositional structure, testing how open-ended improvisation and arranged textures intersect. Phish's origins in Burlington and Radiohead's development within a guitar‑band framework inform the material Weird Phishes adapts.
About A Mashup of Radiohead and Phish
At Brooklyn Bowl, *A Mashup of Radiohead and Phish* stages an unlikely conversation between two rock lineages. Weird Phishes filters Radiohead’s precise, anxious songwriting through Phish’s open-ended improvisational logic, letting familiar melodies drift into extended grooves and back again. In New York, where tribute nights and jam culture often overlap, the format reads as a small study in how fandom reshapes repertoire. The critical point is simple: the mashup works when it treats structure and looseness as equal partners, not a gimmick.
About the Artists
Weird Phishes
Official website of Weird Phishes, the Radiohead + Phish Mashup Band. Find tour dates, videos, and news right here.
Radiohead
Radiohead is an English rock/pop group formed in the mid-1980s, built around Thom Yorke with Jonny and Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, and Philip Selway. Their work is known for treating guitar-band formats as a flexible framework, shaped over decades with producer Nigel Godrich and visual collaborator Stanley Donwood.
Phish
Step into the electrifying world of Phish, where rock and pop converge in a symphony of improvisational genius. With roots stretching back to Burlington, Vermont, this band has carved out a legendary status, captivating audiences with their dynamic live performances.