This was my favorite jam at Coventry. I had a lot of fun at Coventry, despite the melancholy atmoshphere after the Phish performances. Thank god Trey recovered and we are blessed to have Phish as they are today! And now I get to share Phish with my kids (15 and 13). They love watching Phish Tuesday with us right now, and they will be going to the first show we can get tickets to after the pandemic.

I was at the Vegas shows right b4 Coventry. It was bad. It was obvious there was a problem. I was also going through the same problem. I'm glad we all made it.

"Hey man. How are your allergy symptoms?" "Not good,man. I'm itching more than Trey at Coventry."

thank you Andrew Mija...by arresting Trey (resulting in him being sent to Drug Court), you saved him from impending death, if this video is any indication

This is the darkest video on the internet.

This jam is a flower that grew out of a pot of dirt. Glad Trey and the band are still active and doing well.

I'm sitting here asking myself "why did I decide to finally watch this, I've avoided it for years for so many reasons" and it is very painful indeed....but he was able to bring himself back from a place that most people don't come back from....

One of the best jams

Happened across this footage this morning.... man Trey, like a whole different person.. Proof sobriety works wonders.

Never could bring myself to watch these until now. I’m young so I became a fan in HS, right around their reunion. I had always heard about these years but wow… so painful to watch. These jams are so dark. I’m so glad Trey recovered, for himself, his family, friends, and Phish.

One of the few good (and I mean good) jams from coventry.

thank god trey got arrested

Starts horrible but that jam is actually very underrated

And from the ashes he arose victorious!! Hooray Trey! Hope for any "hopeless" dope addict. Wow. I feel so lucky to have been seeing them in their renaissance.

The unconditional love and support at 15:03 , everyone needs a friend like Feesh

Am I the only one who thinks this is pretty bad ass? I was there. It was a total train wreck. But I remember this being a high point musically of the weekend. I still think it holds up. Maybe I just like the dark experimental jamming? It really doesn't suck. I recall Trey saying just before they played this that they were gonna "Blow off some fucking steam". They sure did.

That ending is transcendent though. Gorgeously dark.

This is uninspired beauty. It shows what once was beautiful and what will be again… thanks to Trey not dying.

15:00 i wish we could know what he was saying to fish. it looks like he said something like he wanted to rock out by the way fish seems to give him the look to go out there and get it @ 15:10, and also by the way the jam goes after that point

Idc about the reputation of this show. They've played alot of stinkers in their careers and alot of questionable versions of songs. But this SOAM is my favorite version by far. I must have listened to it all the thru with concentration at least a dozen times now lol. Its fr got everything and the underlying darkness is perfectly suitable for a song like this one.💯🤘

I made the long trek there and yes it was a lot of things, but what it wasn’t was not worth it. A lot has been said about this show. To be there and feel the emotion and connection that transpired that weekend told me all I ever needed to know about Phish. Connection, creativity, and gratitude define this band no matter the circumstance. An unforgettable experience. Greatest band ever, and this SOAM slaps.

The lyrics and the emotion sync up appropriately here

Thank God he got clean. I forgot how bad he was, he's on the top of his game now.

Man. After Glide and Trey's comments, we just stood there looking at each other and listening. We were in shock.

From the crowd, this was the highlight of Coventry.

I couldn’t imagine going to see your favorite band’s last show and being surrounded by junkies while the front man is tweaking out on stage. So sad. The jam is pretty fantastic with the context being what it was. I’d say this is my third favorite Melt jam after 4/21/93 and 12/31/99.

That junkie itch striking at 1:19. That composed section was painful to watch.

Everytime i watch this i feel dark inside. but something keeps me coming back. Glad trey is better

Blowing Off Some Fucking Steam 101

6:02 is scary as hell. That's tough to see. Trey could barely stand let alone play his songs.

In some really weird way this reminds me of led zeppelin no quarter Dallas Texas 1974 I think was the year . Or maybe just a flash back

the crowds glowsticks helped turned the jam damn epic towards the end...

I remember this from the theater ..... One of the best things to come outta the oxy-hose oh yeah

Most of my phish shows were between 93-95....every one I saw was killer. Saw em again in 2000....wasn't the same band. Kinda gave up on em at that point. Still enjoyed the early records and some bootlegs tho. I remember when this show happened....was debating going, but didn't for whatever reason. Didn't hear the story about this gig til a few minutes ago....started listening with "Glide", which was a trainwreck. Have never heard Trey play that badly....led me to believe he was wasted out of his mind, but I think he was just emotional (yes, I know he was in the throes of opiate addiction at this point). But he seems to have cleared his fingers for this one. Playing's great. Yeah, it's kinda ramble jamble, but that's what these guys did during this era. Seeing comments about how bad this is is puzzling to me. Playing seems fine.

This is such a sad thing to watch. Trey was a mess. Glad he got through it.

4:20 little life back into trey or just an interesting point

Every time I rematch this I get ptsd. Between how rocked trey is, and the mud who ate 2 pairs of great flip flops 😭

Can't think of a better melt. A dark song like this actually benefits from Trey’s pain and sloppy playing. Glad he's doing better.❤

I got out of being a hardcore head in 2000, so i missed this part of history. Cant believe the trey/drug rumors werent more prevalent after seeing this holy fuck what a mess. This jam is still dope though

...thank you for posting...

Holy shit this video is dark. So glad Trey got sober.

We haven’t had a melt like this since

Can't miss version

dang, I think they needed a break. 20 years is a long time to perform/tour without as much as even a year off.

Do yourself a favor and just skip to 4:22, trust me.

really really hard to watch was there i fell into the mud and never looked back till this month frfr

Near tragical ending, right in front of your very eyes.

Don’t worry Trey’s just doing his Phan impersonation here.

This is a dark fucking video of Phish, they have some dark songs but live, if you ever wanted to go to a musically dark show this would have been it. my god.

This looks like it was filmed at a movie theater

Where is all this footage from? they never released a coventry DVD did they?

The one good jam

19:55 get it son

This hurts so bad to watch, thank god he's sober.

Black is the absence of light.

...4/4+4/4+4/4+9/8=SOAM...in a perfect world, at least...

Audio and video are off 4:00 in.... got goofed somewhere, it was fine at the beginning.

TREY is PELT BACK!!!!

how about that jam!!!!!!!

God Coventry was such a disaster, and this started off horribly, but understandably at the time, but they got their later on. I have good memories and awful from this fest. Ditching my Jeep on the highway, hiking over 10 miles with whatever we could carry. Thank god we are where we are today, cause this was a fucking funeral

High

I’m putting Kleenex with Aloe in my will for anyone who was here or watched or living this

Carini had an itchy face

This is phenomenal! I started listening to Phish deep into 3.0 and always shied away from listening to Coventry stuff since it's kind of sad and a lot of what I've heard is Trey messing up songs, but this is ridiculously good.

The most poignant SOAM ever.

For one last time...they were Phish

Damn Trey is fucked up!

Ironic title considering that this was an omen for what was to come...

this is actually a really good version

cant tell if he is crying or on drugs, either way its tear jerking

God the beginning is terrible but the Jam is worth tv the wait

painful

Hard to watch still

Was anyone else besides try dancing w my brownstone?

Right about 12:00 oughta do 'er.

holy shit...I have stayed away from this for a reason..the jam doesnt even make up for the close up of trey at the 1 minute mark..to go from that to what he did this last tour is nothing short of amazing..funny I used to think the drugs made these guys better..although upon deeper reflection the drugs didnt help me much either...

What's wrong with Trey?

Now I know what non-phish phans hear when I show them phish

Although he clearly tried, Trey simply could not handle his drugs like Jerry.

phish at their worst and 3.0 cant even come close to this epicness

wow.....I always heard this was a bad show but I had no idea. It's like a bad bar band imitation of phish. I always heard trey as a great guitar player now matter what but this is just awful. I lost interest in Phish around 2000, having first seen them in 92. Is the culmination of why? it's a good thing he got sober.

Other then Trey talking. Jams are great! Still like Troy

I split open and melted ( mud death rock med NDE ) Ty Virginia ❤ Last I remember was him handing me my water bottle And an open vial of breathe freshener Ofcourse you had no idea what was happening til I pieced It back to a puzzle 🧩