Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead were a roots rock band from the sixties and seventies who developed a phenomenal cult following. They performed at both the Monterey Pop Festival and the Woodstock Festival. They are considered one of the most iconic rock bands of all time. They were a part of the Haight-Ashbury sound. There was once a course on the History of the Grateful Dead at the Universty of California at Santa Cruz. The group lasted into the nineties until frontman Jerry Garcia died. During their run, Garcia formed various spinoff bands who had minimal success at best. Although associated with the sixties counterculture, their best work strangely did not come until after Woodstock. Their devoted fans were known as "Deadheads". After Garcia's death, the Deadheads discovered a jam band known as Phish who took heavy influence from the Dead. The Grateful Dead were one of the Big Three of the roots rock revival of the sixties, trying to popularize a country-bluegrass oriented style rather than the psychedelic style that everyone else was trying. The other two were The Band and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their album Aoxomoxoa has a title which is a palindrome. The font is designed to be read "We Ate the Acid" if looked at in a certain way. They were well-known for their long jams.